"Is that so?" Max smiled lightly as he looked at the dark blue armored man and the disciples of the Sword God Palace surrounding him, and although his tone sounded casual, his eyes had already become sharp enough to see through the strange situation around this neutral city.
He understood that something was wrong here. Princess Rosaline's order might have been real, and the gathering of participants at the entrance might have had some greater purpose, but the way these Sword God Palace disciples had tried to block him in the sky and attack him before he could even reach the city entrance made it clear that they were using that order for their own convenience.
There was a conspiracy here too, perhaps smaller than what Karo and Munro had prepared outside Starfall Haven, but still troublesome enough to delay him if he followed along obediently.
Nancy noticed the faint smile on his face and immediately felt that something bad was about to happen.
