A chill crept down Ren's spine as he ran the timeline. Selthia had possessed this scaling mechanism for some months now, ever since the exchange in the ruin. There was absolutely nothing stopping her from deploying this exact strategy on the other side of the continent.
Over in Yino, her corrupted network was significantly larger and far more entrenched than it was here.
And if she used the 8 artifacts…
Ren's expanded perception didn't reach that far. Operating mostly in Yano, he had spent his patrols meticulously monitoring the major movements in his own zone.
But what if she had slipped right past him, routing her swarms through the deepest, most remote territories?
Selthia could have already claimed several elemental rings while everyone in Yano was patting themselves on the back for "defeating" her at the Wall.
"Professor Zhao." Ren turned to face him. "We separate here…"
