There was something in Ren's tone that didn't admit arguments. Julius immediately activated his concealment artifact, feeling his mana presence suppressed to barely detectable levels.
Ren did the same, and suddenly both became practically invisible to most forms of magical detection.
The effect was rapid.
Within minutes, more small beasts began passing near them, no longer avoiding their enormous power signature. Hunter beetles, lesser worms and small mimic insects moving through the ground. All low-level creatures...
But they weren't alone.
Something was following them.
It was subtle at first, barely perceptible even with both their enhanced senses. A disturbance in mana patterns, a pressure moving through the area like an invisible underwater current.
Could there be beasts capable of hiding their mana presence?
