Inside the privileged room, Jayden slowly looked up when the two men entered. His expression remained cold, but the tension around his eyes sharpened immediately after hearing Rael's name.
"What kind of lead?" he asked while standing from the chair.
One of the exhausted men swallowed once before answering. "We found several corpses near the mountain range. Monsters had already mutilated most of them badly, but based on the equipment and remaining features, they should belong to Rael's group."
Jayden's eyes narrowed slightly. Almost immediately, he remembered the earlier conversation Zich had with Arnold. During their exchange, Zich had casually mentioned finding a dungeon around the mountainside, and at the time, Jayden had not thought too deeply about it because the brat's attitude had irritated him more than his words.
Now the pieces aligned too neatly.
