Although they merely crossed paths, Ivita still sensed the danger posed by the knights hidden in the dense forest.
Although she had never seen them, Ivita could discern, through "The Eye of the Demon," the evil Qi domains of these individuals, which allowed her to determine that they were five Knight Marquises.
Ivita did not share this discovery with the Hearthstone Witch and Kristin since there was no need and she was afraid it would cause them undue alarm.
'To dispatch five Knight Marquises just to guard a valley,' Ivita said, 'probably even the king of a typical kingdom does not have such generous resources. Indeed, the being that sealed the Ice and Snow Queen is no ordinary person.'
Ivita thought again about the 'it' that Conqueror Shaw had once mentioned.
Could it be that there really was a force, silently influencing the world, dictating its operation?
Ivita returned to Maximilian's castle with the Hearthstone Witch and Kristin.
