"Your Highness, we have come here to discuss the temporary alliance between our factions," Lucan said. "However, because of the disappearance of the succubus princess, we are unable to iron out the details of our alliance.
"I know that this is not a good time to discuss it, so let's schedule our next meeting. We have already stayed here for two days, and it's now time for us to return to our headquarters."
Princess Aurelion hadn't been able to sleep for the past two days, and it showed—his complexion had gone a bit dull, and he looked a little more haggard than usual.
The trackers who had followed the path deep underground had reached a dead end, unable to find any trails indicating where the kidnappers might have gone.
The Azothralls made sure the decoy path would head toward the west, which was the former territory of the Wanderers.
This would prevent any suspicion that the kidnappers had headed east, to where the Artemian Army was located.
