章 526: The Information Game

[...and that's when Spring Brawler and I decided to cut our losses and come back here to report everything we heard to you, maestro,] Hurricroak finished.

"Hmmm."

As Zhen Liu began to process all of the information his kaijin had gathered during their activities in Willow Scale, a grimace began to form on his face as he mind began to think of the complexities this had brought to the task at hand.

Noticing their lord's somewhat sour mood, the kaijin deemed it necessary to check to see if he was alright.

[Milord? Is everything okay?,] Nepherage asked.

'I want to say yes...,' Zhen Liu hesitated, 'but I am getting a feeling in my stomach that everything is not going to be okay...'

[How so, maestro?]