From the appearance of the God-King Palace’s martial artists to Tobias, who was levitating in mid-air, James immediately knew this was not truly him.

It was Thea in disguise. After all, only the God-King token which she possessed could mobilize the men of the God-King Palace.

“Are they here to save me?”

James calmed down.

Thea must have impersonated Tobias and brought the God-King Palace here at Mount Littleroot to save him. One could also surmise that Tobias had given up on him and Maxi