The Blade's Reach villagers smirked and nodded. "Fine, as long as you lead us to Adrian."

"Follow me," Duo said coldly, then led the people of Blade's Reach to the cave.

"Adrian, wasn’t that bat a warning for us not to come here?" Lyra gripped Adrian's hand tightly as they walked through the pitch-black cave, feeling scared and nervous.

He chuckled and said, "Don't worry. Things are different now."

According to Adrian's estimation, that giant bat was at most an intermediate seventh-level mon