Both groups remain silent after coming out of the shadows. But the tension in the air reached its peak. Everyone wanted to capture the Sky Stealer, who was just standing a few inches away from the mysterious circle.
However, each group will not just watch while the other group took away the thief, he was too valuable to give up upon. Besides, they still didn't know why Ace was just standing there and not escaping.
After chasing him for so long, they knew this thief was very crafty, and he was always one step ahead of them. But now he was just standing right at the corner of a mysterious circle doing nothing but chatting with them, they would be idiots if they didn't find this suspicious.
Lan and Alvin were most vigilant in both groups since they saw John's dreadful end.
That's also when they first found Leap King surrounded by stone golems, they save him, so they could use him to test the waters.