He looked at Fang Hong: "Of course. In fact, back when we boarded the ship on the Sea of Illusions, I'd more or less guessed this outcome. But I didn't tell you any of it then, and I imagine you've already guessed the reason—"
"Because the moment you brought Affia back to Quistack, everything was already set in stone. The Blind Followers used the Sand Thieves to lay a second trap here, but compared to what happened in the Phantom Sea, this one actually wasn't unavoidable."
"It's just that… would you really have chosen that path?"
Fang Hong couldn't help being stunned.
He already understood what the way to avert all of this was.
It was to abandon Affia. Without the Arcanist girl as a vessel, and without the Dragon Soul in her body, the Blind Followers would naturally have been unable to summon Dika from Quistack.
But would he really have done that?
