The woman seemed to sneer at Shirley Lucas and her team’s status as hired hands.
"Hmph. Ms. Sutton hired more than just our team. Who knows which one you are."
Leo Hale fanned the flames.
"Stone, so you’re telling me you were hired too? Then why did you turn around and hire us?"
A man on the team asked with a smirk.
"Yeah, and here we thought you were the big bosses. Turns out you’re working for someone too. That stone must be pretty valuable."
Another person was still laughing heartily when a cold glint of light appeared. The expression on his face instantly froze, and he fell backward, his eyes wide open.
His forehead had been pierced through. Blood gushed from the back of his head, staining the grayish-white ground a deep crimson, like a blooming flower.
"If you’re hired, you follow the rules. Those who don’t, die."
A cold voice emerged from behind the group, and some of their faces instantly turned pale.
Nina Jacobs finally got a clear look at the man.
He was a somewhat lanky man with slightly long hair. He wore a gray windbreaker, and his eyes were sinister.
Even Adrian Shaw hadn’t been able to see what Superpower he had just used.
"Gold Element and Speed Element."
Nina Jacobs tilted her head and said in a low voice.
’What just pierced that man’s brow must have been a Gold Spike.’
’Combined with the Speed Element, it just seemed uncanny to onlookers.’
’Could this man be Magnus York?’
"Alistair White, what should we do with these two Bishop Clan members and these people?"
The woman from before walked over and asked.
Listening to their conversation, Nina Jacobs realized there didn’t seem to be anyone named Magnus York among them.
’Are these not all of them?’
"If it comes to it, just kill them all. These two aren’t talking anyway."
The group stood at a distance, discussing in low voices.
The man named Alistair White shook his head.
"They won’t talk now, but Magnus York has his ways of making them. Have you forgotten how we found this path?"
"What about those people? Aren’t you curious how they got here?"
The man in camouflage fatigues fixed his gaze on Adrian Shaw’s group.
"Those people are indeed suspicious, but... what are you afraid of?
The more people there are to set off traps, the safer we’ll be, right?"
After saying this, Alistair White sneered and walked toward the group.
"Since we’re all here looking for something, why don’t we team up?"
Alistair White’s words were unexpected.
But Nina Jacobs replied:
"We can, but we have more people in another location. There are just as many of them as there are of you."
Alistair White just smiled when he heard this.
If the woman before him hadn’t said that, he might have had other suspicions. But the more she insisted, the more certain he was that she was bluffing.
After all, they hadn’t seen any sign of anyone else on their way here.
"Alright. We know about your employer, Oceane Sutton. So, have you found any clues?"
Alistair White asked probingly.
Nina Jacobs shook her head. "Not yet, but we found a passageway."
A passageway?
"Summer, how could you tell them something like that?"
Shirley Lucas said, feigning blame.
Nina Jacobs must have been talking about the sealed passageway Naji had mentioned earlier.
"Everyone, don’t listen to her nonsense. There’s no passageway."
Adrian Shaw added.
The woman from before became interested. She walked up to Nina Jacobs and asked, "What’s your name? How come I’ve never seen you with Oceane Sutton before?"
"My name is Summer Warner,
I’ve been with Ms. Sutton at the stronghold this whole time. Since you say you know Ms. Sutton, why haven’t I ever seen you?"
Nina Jacobs retorted, certain that these people would never have appeared before Oceane Sutton.
"We’re friends of a friend. Of course you haven’t seen us.

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