“Did he know we were coming?”

Eltuan asked while she watched the elven warriors clean up the battlefield under Ellaja’s instructions.

“Maybe.”

Raven answered briefly. However, his true thoughts were a little different.

‘Not we, me.”

The elves of the Red Moon Valley rarely deviated outside of their boundaries. They knew how dangerous it was to venture outside. Within their territory, everything that happened played out in the palm of their hands, but the rest of the Great Forest was full of unexpected elements.

They had only come to this place because of Raven.

Jean Oberon had clearly prepared the monsters in anticipation of Raven heading towards the tower after meeting with the Red Moon Valley elves.

‘However, this is strange…’

The sorcerer should have been well aware that the prepared forces were insufficient to kill Raven. Jean Oberon would have known for sure.

He was a sorcerer.

He knew that Raven held a contract with Soldrake, and he knew the power it provided Raven with. Although the ogres of the Great Forest were strong, one was simply not enough.

More than a hundred lizardmen had been added to the mix, but the end results had been the same, especially with the help of the Red Moon Valley...