Chapter 461: Ground for Tempering

Dante Easton fell silent. He lifted his head into the two women's curious stares. His expression tightened, and when he spoke, his voice came out rough and low. "Elder Yves… used a forbidden art to save me. He's badly injured and unconscious. I kept him inside the Map of Rivers and Mountains to sleep it off." He gave them a stripped-down account of what had happened, including the ambush. Stephanie Waller and Edith Yavener both went pale. "What did you just say?!" Stephanie took a single step...