Lide felt a familiar presence emanating from the direction of the City Lord's Manor, and his heart skipped a beat.
Especially when he sensed that the Magic Shield over the City Lord's Manor shattered in just a few seconds, his premonition grew even stronger.
"Is that Viscount Bernard's presence?" he asked Emi and Grote with some uncertainty.
"Ancestor Crown, it is Viscount Bernard's presence, no one knows him better than we do," Emi nodded. After twenty years in the Dark Contract, although she hadn't gained Viscount Bernard's absolute trust, it wasn't difficult to identify him.
Grote also gave a definitive reply.
"My Lord, it is indeed Viscount Bernard."
Lide glanced at the two of them, his gaze inexplicably complex.
It was likely that Viscount Bernard's target was not the Crimson Mage Tower at all, but the City Lord's Manor.
All the previous doubts threaded together at this moment.
