Alfred glanced at the anxious Grover, not responding to him, but instead walked past him towards the storeroom filled with a large amount of magic stones.

Seeing Alfred walk towards the room that was about to explode, Grover hesitated for a moment, but still chose to follow, explaining to Alfred as he walked:

"Sir, that place has already had its elemental stability disrupted by a Great Mage, and the energy of the magic stones inside is evolving into irreversible chaos, ready to explode at any moment."

"When I arrived, the Great Mage had already succeeded and escaped, I didn't... Awesome."

Grover was about to say that he didn't have the ability to solve the explosion and could only quickly find someone who could, but seeing Alfred's subsequent actions, he could only silently offer a 'awesome'.

Alfred actually used his own powerful strength to forcibly suppress the chaotic energy in the storeroom, and even reversed the chaos, allowing the magic stones to return to a stable state.

One, two, or even dozens would be fine, but here were thousands, even tens of thousands, of standard magic stones piled in boxes.

If so many magic stones were to explode, the energy produced would be enough to form a huge energy impact covering hundreds of meters in radius.

If an ordinary Second-tier Extraordinary One were at the center of the explosion, the result would likely be serious injury or even death.

And the elemental turbulence generated by the explosion could affect an area of several kilometers, forming an elemental restricted zone where ordinary people would find it difficult to survive.

Even ordinary people further away would find it hard to guarantee they wouldn't be affected, thus contracting 'elemental sickness' caused by elemental chaos.

It could be said that if the explosion occurred, Baker City would basically be finished; at least for one to several years, the entire Baker City would become an area difficult for ordinary people to approach.

Grover was no stranger to this phenomenon.

World is not always peaceful; besides the Hartwin Kingdom, other countries on the continent are also at war, and war is about defeating the opponent by any means necessary.

He had witnessed such methods before; some crazy people directly used magic stones as bombs, and it was precisely because he understood these things that he was even more aware of Alfred's power.

"Mr. Evans."

Alfred slightly exhaled, then turned to call out to Grover.

When he heard about the attack on the armory, he had a premonition that such a thing might happen, which was why he rushed here immediately.

Hearing Alfred address him respectfully, Grover was so startled that he quickly shook his head and waved his hands, saying, "Sir, you are too polite, you can just call me Grover or Evans."

"Then Grover, you seem to have the ability of large-scale perception. Can you sense the location of the Rebel Army in Baker City now?"

Alfred didn't waste time on the address issue but directly asked Grover to use his perception ability.

Before, he had also sensed someone extending their perception through earth elements via some ability, but at that time, he was more concerned about the situation at the city gate, or rather, a certain person there, so he didn't investigate further.

But upon seeing Grover again, he realized that this ability came from this Pigman of the Free Country.

"Alright, Sir, I will use my ability now."

Hearing Alfred's command, Grover immediately responded.

He was not surprised, nor did he overstep by asking Alfred how he detected his innate ability; in his opinion, it was very normal for a strong person of this level to do so.

After responding to Alfred, Grover immediately entered the 'Earth Listening' state; he closed his eyes tightly, his expression serious, and his large ears, unlike those of ordinary humans, flapped rhythmically.

"A very unique ability mechanism, but it doesn't seem like a Master's ability... Is it some kind of innate talent?"

Alfred thought to himself.

Through 'Mirror Lake' continuously scanning Grover's physical and mental state, he could sense that when the ability was activated, Grover's spirit underwent some subtle changes.

It was like becoming a large earth element, but it wasn't that the spirit truly underwent a structural change, but rather that a layer of illusion was placed over the surface of the spirit body.

Otherwise, if his spirit truly turned into a pure element, Grover would have lost his mind long ago.

Soon, after about a few tens of seconds, Grover opened his eyes, lowered his head slightly, and respectfully reported to Alfred:

"Sir, there are no unfamiliar strong presences in Baker City now... They might have escaped, or they might have evaded my ability through some means."

"The unrest in the city also seems to have subsided, it's just that the auras of several generals seem a bit weaker than before; they might be injured."

"Escaped, huh."

Alfred murmured softly.

Even without Grover's latter explanation, he knew that ordinary Second-tier Extraordinary Ones would find it very difficult to detect Grover's ability.

Unless one's perception was extremely keen or one had a deep study of related elements, it would only be possible to detect his ability if one knew of Grover's existence.

"Can the range of your ability's perception be expanded further?"

"It can be, but with my current strength, it can't be expanded too much, and if the target is too far from me, I can only get a vague general direction."

Hearing Alfred's inquiry, Grover explained carefully.

He wanted Alfred to have a clear understanding, lest he couldn't find the enemy and vent his anger on him.

Alfred naturally saw Grover's concern, which made him feel a little speechless, wondering if his temper was that bad in other people's eyes.

If he usually knew someone thought that of him, he would at least make the other party taste the 'teachings of the Sword Saint'.

But at this moment, he was not in the mood for such idle matters; he just wanted to know who 'that person' was.

"Try it."

Alfred said with a resolute tone.

"Alright."

Grover did not raise any objections and once again entered the 'Earth Listening' state. After a while, he opened his eyes, showing a slightly puzzled expression, and said:

"It seems I've found them?"

Upon hearing this, Alfred didn't pause for a moment, directly grabbing Grover and rushing out of the armory.

...

On the other side.

Liens and the other six who were carrying out the evacuation gathered together.

"Didn't explode, huh."

Cella withdrew her gaze from Baker City, saying with a somewhat regretful expression.

"What exploded or didn't explode?"

Cruz looked at his wife with some confusion, not knowing what she was waiting for as she kept looking towards Baker City.

"When carrying out the destructive operation, I found Baker City's armory and discovered a large amount of magic stones within it."

"I thought those magic stones should be used to provide energy for the city protection ritual. There were simply too many, and I couldn't take them all, so I thought about detonating all of them."

Upon hearing this, the others present looked at Cella with some frowns. Although they knew Cella's personality was relatively cold, they didn't expect her to be quite ruthless in addition to being cold.

They all knew what would happen if a large number of magic stones exploded simultaneously; at that time, not only the soldiers of Baker City but also a large number of ordinary civilians in the city would suffer.

However, Cella was their companion after all, and war was indeed cruel, so although they didn't like this method, they couldn't really say anything to Cella.

"Cella, you went a bit too far."

Others couldn't say anything, but as Cella's husband, Cruz said to her with a somewhat gloomy expression.

"War may require cruelty, but have you forgotten why we joined the Rebel Army?"

"If we sacrifice a large number of innocent civilians for victory, it would undoubtedly be putting the cart before the horse regarding our original aspirations... Cella, don't let magic extinguish your humanity."

"Cruz... I know I was wrong."

Cella looked at her husband's serious expression, knowing that he was serious, so she obediently admitted her mistake.

"Sorry, I've made a fool of myself."

Seeing Cella admit her mistake, Cruz felt relieved, but his serious expression did not drop. Instead, he turned to the others and continued.

The reason he reprimanded Cella in front of others was not out of disrespect for Cella.

Rather, what Cella did had already touched the bottom line of the Rebel Army's values, and to prevent others from ostracizing Cella, he could only do this.

If it were a general mistake, how could he bear to scold his lovely wife? He would only explain to Cella little by little when no one was around, letting Cella realize her mistake herself.

The others understood Cruz's intention and were about to say something like 'Cruz, don't be angry' on the surface, to give both parties a way out.

But before the words could leave their mouths, they were interrupted by Liens, who had been silent all along.

"Go!"

Liens's eyes narrowed, his aura erupted, instantly dispelling the surrounding earth elements, and he shouted to everyone, then instantly left the place.

Although the others were puzzled, seeing his reaction, they immediately followed him.