Moss heaved a sigh of relief when he swept his gaze across everyone in the Victor Knight team.
Not a single person was missing. It was true.
It was unbelievable, but it was great news.
As a border Margrave, Moss was used to losing people, but he hated it the most.
"All of you may rise."
While he was happy for the safety of Victor's team, Moss did not lower his guard.
It was the border, and anything could happen here.
There were incidents where missing knights suddenly returned and then killed their former companions at night to open the city gate for the enemy.
Golden battle aura poured into his eyes, turning Moss' eyes golden.
At that moment, the scenery in his vision had changed.
[Battle Aura Skill: Eye of Truth]
Through this skill, Moss could see through the enemy's disguise, as well as the traces of magic, the direction of magic aura, and other things that ordinary eyes could not see.
Upon seeing Victor and company, Moss' heart palpitated at first sight.
Frenzied black gas surfaced on Victor and the others.
A bloody scarlet mist intertwined, transforming into the appearances of Victor and the others from time to time.
Through this bloody mist, Moss seemed to see his subordinates struggling in the monster forest.
An eerily white mist transformed into the monsters falling under the attacks of his men.
Nether Wolf, Gale Flying Snake, Night Bat Ape…
Glancing away, Moss looked at Bernal, who was in Alia's arms.
When he saw Bernal's tender face and peaceful sleeping expression, Moss' gaze softened.
This time, he did not lose anything.
His child was still alive…
Mos no longer knew how to describe his current emotions.
He had an inexplicable urge to hug this child.
His eyes were slightly red and swollen. Moss had the urge to cry for once in a long time.
However, Moss repressed these feelings. The mission and responsibilities he shouldered did not allow him to appear weak.
Even if it was his child, Moss could not favor anyone.
If anything wrong were to happen, no matter how unwilling he was, he had to perform his duties for the sake of the country's safety…
The golden light in his eyes brightened up as Moss carefully observed his child and Alia, who was carrying Bernal.
"Help!"
"No!"
"Somebody help!"
Moss pushed his Eye of Truth to the limit to even see a bit of what happened to Bernal.
At the time, Bernal was grabbed by the cultists in helplessness and despair.
Upon seeing these scenes, Moss finally felt relieved.
He closed the Eye of Truth and nodded at Parkes.
Parkes trusted Moss' judgment unconditionally, so he immediately ordered his men to let Victor and the others pass.
Moss walked up to Alia and held out his hands to her.
Alia looked at Victor hesitantly, who nodded at her.
Seeing that there was no problem, Alia gave Bernal to Moss.
Beside him, Parkes watched the scene and sighed with admiration.
He had followed Moss to guard this border for decades, and no one knew better than him about Moss' sacrifice for Liluca.
Now, with Bernal's return, he felt happy for Moss from the bottom of his heart.
The first time Moss hugged Bernal, perhaps because he had arrived in an unfamiliar embrace, and Bernal seemed to be slightly unused to it.
He frowned as his body twisted uneasily.
Sensing Bernal's actions, Moss, who hugged his son for the first time, felt at a loss momentarily.
Moss' reaction reflected in the eyes of the soldiers, who had mixed emotions.
They did not ridicule Moss for his clumsiness and stiffness at all. Instead, they respected the usually lofty Margrave more.
They were glad to have such a powerful guardian.
Moss did not know what his men were thinking. He could not care less about his image at the moment as his mind focused on Bernal.
Moss, who did not show any signs of panic despite facing the attacks of millions of monsters, was actually slightly nervous when facing his child.
After confirming that Bernal did not wake up because of him, Moss turned his head and said to Victor, "Victor, come and see me later after everything here got settled."
As he spoke, Mos lowered his voice for the first time in case he woke Bernal up.
"Yes, my lord."
After instructing Victor, Moss looked at Alia, who dressed as a maid.
Moss did not know how to deal with this seemingly harmless maid.
Through the Eye of Truth, Moss saw the scene of her escaping the cave with Bernal.
However, that scene was extremely vague. Moss could at most determine that the two of them had escaped.
Moss could not tell the exact details of how his son escaped.
That was suspicious.
If possible, he wanted to execute her secretly.
It was the safest way.
Moss was definitely not a benevolent person.
However…
Looking at Bernal in his arms, Moss thought for a moment before telling Parkes.
"Send this woman to my residence."
Parkes nodded. He immediately understood what Moss meant.
Although he would not kill her, he would need to send people to monitor her closely. If anything wrong with Alia got detected, he would kill her without hesitation.
Moss seemed assured to leave it to Parkes. He nodded and transformed into a stream of light that rushed into the sky.
Seeing Moss disappear, Alia instinctively tried to follow him.
However, Victor stopped her. He knew the situation with Alia. She had to separate from Bernal before clearing her suspicion.
Feeling Parkes's gaze on him, Victor gave a simple introduction.
"This is Alia. It's all thanks to her that we were able to find our young master."
As he had passed Moss' test, Victor regained the trust and respect of Parkes and the others.
Pax didn't question what Victor said.
"What on earth happened to Young Master?"
"They're cultists. They wanted to capture and use Young Master as a sacrifice."
Upon hearing this, Parks was immediately convinced.
Although Young Master Bonal's talent was terrible, the blood that flowed through his body was the blood of the Nielson family.
Noble blood was the cultists' favorite offering.
"However, if it's only heretics, they don't have the guts or the ability to plan a demonic attack."
Parkes looked thoughtfully. He made a guess.
"In that case, it seems that someone from another country is behind this attack."