"Why should we even believe you anyways? Are you certain you saw this, or are you just panicking for no reason? Also, we're in a closed instance of a Hidden Realm, so there legitimately cannot be another person here without the Elders knowing!"
Evander was swift to downplay what I saw and even quicker to start accusing me of making it up, yet everyone else was just staring at the castle with narrowed eyes as they took my word for what I had seen.
Even Valentina was quietly surveying the ramparts, searching for that same glimpse that I had seen moments before, but right now everything was just quiet and still, creating more 'reason' for Evander to be the way he was.
"I think you just don't want to explore the ruins. I think you're scared after that snake crept up so close and almost managed to bite Huang Wei! I think-!"
"Do you ever shut the hell up?"
