Andre frowned and took a step back, asking, "Who are you?" He didn't recognise the creepy looking old man. Craig had indeed told him about the encounter with the old merchant and the story of him being called the Transcendent King, however such a remote memory would never surface at the moment. Also, he had never seen the merchant before either.
Lastly, he wondered how the old man snuck in. Not many people knew of this bamboo forest and even if they found it, the moment they tried to enter his alarms would notify him of their presence.
"Me?" The old man smiled, exposing his crooked scattered teeth. "I'm just an old one who knows many things. Of the things I know, one of them, is that your brother... is dying."
