Chapter 302: Shadowy elephant in the room

"Woah!" Nadia squealed in reaction to Mathew's hasty decision to summon the merchant.

Leila simply watched the things happen while Norbert visibly tensed up.

Summoning a merchant in the middle of the potentially enemy territory wasn't what either of them would consider a good idea. Not only because it meant wasting a hundred of the precious cores, not only because it only served Marcus' agenda, but mostly because it would obviously make him aware of such mechanics within the new reality that surrounded them!

And just this knowledge alone was one massive advantage that Mathew… just gave up on.

When it came to the merchant himself, it appeared in the usual manner. A hundred of the cores within the pushcart lit up before exploding in a flash of intense light. And by the time the flash dissipated, a new shadowy persona stood right by the side of the cart.

"Why did you do that?!" Nadia freaked out, no longer willing to hold back her doubts.