Eryndor didn’t attempt to move towards. He continued watching with his extended vision as the armadimo was force fed the entire plant.

    He could already see that the armadimo had no intent to attack the lariet anymore. Its small beady eyes began rolling around before its armored body began swaying.

    The lariet bopped its head looking at it, then began moving its body in the same rhythm.

    Jeez what the fuck.

    Eryndor couldn’t help but chuckle. What the hell was wrong with these lariets?

    For the next few hours, Eryndor continued moving around in the deeper parts of the forest, killing many beasts in the process.

    Before ending their life, he would always make sure to use his Cognitive Scrying.

    Even when it was time to head back to the spaceship, his Cognitive Scrying hadn’t completed the breakthrough.

    However, Eryndor could feel that he was getting close. He didn’t know how far he was from breakthrough, but he could feel he was indeed making progress towards it nonetheless.

    Hope I can do it soon.

    He suddenly narrowed his eyes when he saw the couple in the base near the spaceship.

    Maybe this is my chance.

    Ken and Hellen had come out for some fresh air, spending time in the base going through various experiments performed when the latter’s vision spotted something.

    Hellen gently alerted Ken, who looked her way before spotting the same thing.

    A white paper was floating in the corner of the room they were in. It was cut in the same shape as the one which had warned Ken of Liliana.

    To be honest, both of them were quite afraid after their last meeting. They had expected to meet a human, but a human wouldn’t invoke a terror from just being in their mere presence, would they?

    They had never come across anyone who could elicit primal fear out of them. As if the existence before them was an apex predator.

    "There must be some updates."

    Ken whispered at Hellen. They realized that it was better to at least get to know what the entity had to say.

    After Eryndor sent the white paper, he walked around the base for a while, only then did he approach the spaceship.

    He didn’t want the couple to doubt him even in the slightest due to their close time of appearance.

    "Alright, people. We’ll leave for the Shx’Trelith Forbidden Void tomorrow. You three especially, make sure you get plenty of sleep."

    Liliana pointed at Ken, Hellen and Eryndor.

    They nodded at her.

    When Ken and Hellen entered their rooms, they looked at each other and fell in thought.

    Ken was the first one to break the silence.

    "Do you want to do it?"

    Eryndor had told them a mix of truth and lies, just to get them to convince Calix to surrender.

    Hellen nodded. "Brother is too headstrong for his own good. If the enemy already knows about his ability, it is better to surrender and live to find a chance to escape."

    "It’s you."

    Melissa spoke after opening the door. She recognised the man before her.

    He was the one who had made a move to cut off Rodrick’s mind control. What was he doing here?

    As if he already knew the question in her mind, Erin smiled at her.

    "Get your students out, we need to leave this place."

    "What do you mean?" Melissa asked, but she began packing up nonetheless.

    "I don’t know what’s happening. It’s just that Eryndor has asked me to take all of you out of the city."

    Melissa’s eyes narrowed when she heard the name. Did that student find out something again?

    Should the Human Federation be notified?

    While contacting the students, she glanced at Erin.

    He wouldn’t say anything even if I ask. I don’t think Eryndor will explain anything either since he didn’t message me anything.

    Melissa hesitated if she should contact the Human Federation, but ultimately decided to trust Eryndor.

    She contacted the rest of the students, gathering the three of them in the main room.

    "Wait for me, here."

    Erin then left and entered another building, knocking on one particular door.

    Syndra opened the door, seeing a strange man standing before her. She instantly took a step back, having no idea how the man before her bypassed all the defenses outside her residence.

    "Chill out, Eryndor sent me to get you out of the city. Do you trust him?"

    Syndra remembered all the strange talks Eryndor had been having with her the past few weeks.

    Did he really find anything? Will we lose? Is it such a certainty that we’ll lose that he is evacuating me?

    Why did he not notify the Human Federation?

    Syndra already had a few guesses in her mind based on all the information Eryndor had asked of her, but hesitated and nodded.

    She would quietly agree to leave without alerting anyone.

    "Cool, follow me then. By the way, do you have anyone dear to you in this city, like your parents?"

    Erin asked her. Syndra tilted her head at the strange question, but answered nonetheless.

    "Nope, all of them are handling different cities which border the Mage Outer Domain."

    "Alright then, that’s all."

    Eryndor had asked Erin to ask Syndra this question specifically, and not to Melissa because the latter would have a few students in the army at most.

    Syndra’s parents on the other hand were Ravencrofts, who would be surely killed since Lucian had promised a complete purge of past authoritative figures.

    Erin brought her to the room where Melissa and three of Eryndor’s roommates were gathered, and declared.

    "We are leaving this city."