“Sentry spiders?” Qianye frowned. “Now they’re sending arachne after the werewolves have failed? I don’t think there’s a great dark monarch, though.”

Qianye couldn’t understand the Demon King’s intentions. After Sousa’s failure, he had thought that his next enemy would be two great dark monarchs. Of course, it was possible that this hunting party was just the vanguard.

In truth, this demonkin hunting party was anything but ordinary. Not only had they mobilized a warlock, but it was Prince Predica himself. The only issue here was that the outcome wasn’t going as they had expected—Predica’s prophecy was actually unable to pinpoint Qianye’s location.

Qianye placed another leaf on the sentry spider without touching it. These creatures were a type of servspider that would be placed in strategic areas, and their death would be sensed by the arachne expert who had set them there. This made them the best guards in critical areas.

The appearance of sentry spiders meant that an arachne expert wasn’t too far away. Qianye checked his location and felt a bit hesitant.

From the traces in the forest, there should be two arachne experts of considerable rank....