After following the messenger’s guide, Chi-Woo arrived at a place where many people were already gathered. He saw a girl with pigtails standing at the center of the group and immediately walked up to her. The Last Dragon didn’t even move when he got closer. She simply looked at the ground with her arms crossed and head bowed. Chi-Woo followed her gaze and saw a circular hole on the ground. He couldn’t see the end of it, and it looked like a hole drilled into the ground for underground investigation purposes. The Last Dragon stared intently at the hole with a solemn look on her face.

“What is it?” Chi-Woo asked, and the Last Dragon raised her head. “Ah…you’ve come.” There was no strength in her voice. She even sounded a bit remorseful.

“How should I explain this…?” The Last Dragon clutched her forehead like she was getting a headache. Then she explained how Bael’s energy, which was becoming fainter as time passed, had completely disappeared a couple of days ago. The Last Dragon supposed that Bael must have been extinguished and their enemy coalition would undergo some change as a result. Yet contrary to her expectations, their enemies were staying quiet. They weren’t attacking the last gate nor backing away. They weren’t fighting each other either. They were just maintaining their silence and inaction.

While contemplating what was happening, the Last Dragon thought of the possibility that their enemy might be targeting something besides the last gate: Shalyh City. What if their enemy was planning to create a bypass around the last gate and aim directly for the holy city? Thus, the Last Dragon immediately...