Chapter 139: Urgent Mission

It was a clear, moonlit night somewhere in Xenton. In a stretch of desolate hills, the shadows were thin and everything was deathly still, mist pooling and hanging low like a sea of clouds. A soft rustle came from the waist-high weeds. Suddenly, a burst of golden light flared, driving back broad swathes of fog in an instant. Just then, two figures pushed through the fog barrier and out of the dense woods, only to stumble and collapse into the grass. A man and a woman, both dressed in hiking gear,...