Chapter 149: Devil Plan (1/2)

He remembered what Phyrill told him about the camp and such.

A few hours ago.

After Phyrill returned, he quickly asked Phyrill how it went.

Phyrill had a serious expression when explaining. ”I noticed the monsters' trails were there. However, there was one thing missing. The camp was not far from here and I investigated their camp but found nothing. When I thought nothing could go wrong, oh boy, I was wrong.

”I checked the footsteps of the monsters to the camp and ended up finding one human's trail. I tried to look at it and found that the trail led to a nest a quarter mile away from their camp, which basically won't give you any problem if you don't wander around.

”I was convinced it was a nest due to the number of footsteps and if their scout was the one who did it, they did it horribly because it was so easy to know that this person wasn't that good in covering their trail when scouting the area. In fact, I noticed that this person came to the nest, not stayed away from it.”

Theo's expression started turning cold as he asked for confirmation. ”So, you're assuming someone tried to lure those monsters to the camp and used that excuse to lead the entire group to us?”

”This person can't be working alone.” He shook his head and asked, ”Don't you have any suspicion already?”

”Yes. First, Alea seems to have noticed something wrong with them. It may be the scheme of two or three people. And there are too many coincidences in this encounter, especially with how they chose this one specific direction.” Theo nodded. ”Besides, the fact they are this close to us is already suspicious. The mammoth is among the hardest ones to kill for a Hero Rank Monster, so it's impossible for them to challenge it if they even need our help to defeat the monsters.

”That's why they're kinda suspicious. Our location and this kind of timing… It's as if they are tailing us. I don't know, but I feel a connection between the monsters that emerged from the forest and them. And if everything is like how I describe it, you will see that it's all connected to them. In that case… I'm afraid they were behind us the whole time or someone continuously leaked our location.

”Do you think this is related to Laust?”

”He is the most suspicious one, but I don't have any proof. After all, he indeed told us he wouldn't do anything until the tournament is over. At the same time, he also rejected the idea of them staying in this camp. Considering Sihan and you, who probably will remain neutral, it's a huge gamble to do it and there's a huge chance the entire plan falls off. And it may be his family doing it behind his back, so he is clueless about it, making the entire scheme perfect. And I don't know how you transmit one's location in this place…” Theo narrowed his eyes.

”I can't say anything about the tracking process, but I think the methods require a summoner most of the time to use their summoned creature to pick up one's scene. There's no signal here, so no tracking technology is working. That's why It's either a summoner or a traditional method.” Phyrill licked his lips excitedly. ”We can torture them.”

”And there may be other people that want to eliminate me…” Theo squinted his eyes. He thought there might be another person or influence that wanted to take advantage of this situation to get his pocket watch since it was too mysterious even for him. He often thought about opening it, but his brother's words stuck in his mind. He told him to use it when he had nowhere to go. Now that he thought about it, he had been too focused on the tournament and didn't open it when he was about to die with Alea.

As much as he wanted to reflect on it, he should put this thought away for a moment.