Chapter 540: Unusual Allies

"I don't suppose that you saw another one of those last night, did you? The Forge Master, that is." Karl asked Leafa, who was still staring at the location of the now closed portal.

The Haint nodded. "Yes, we killed one near the fortress last night. We also had the Oracle and Trouble Seers search for more, but only one appeared according to their visions.

I was confident that you would win the battle, or I would have come earlier. I never expected that the Giants would find out about the situation so fast and try to abduct him."

Karl nodded. "I think you should likely be more concerned with how they found out about that very specific Cyclops among the entire horde of Cyclops. That seems like a difficult thing for a foreign seer to pick up, but a much easier one for a spy to relay to the enemy."

Leafa tilted her head. "You consider the Giants as an enemy?"