Chapter 706: Words He Should Not Know
Leon put the bulk of the party behind the ridge line with Vyra and did not take them any further.
"Vyra, keep the other twenty-four behind this rise," Leon said. "You have command. If we need to withdraw, take them to the last marker and contact the base."
"And you?" said Vyra.
"Me, Seraphine, Ira, Loriel, and Bai Heng." He glanced at the extraction master. "I want someone who can tell me what they've actually been taking."
Bai Heng glanced at the distant tents, then secured his lens cord beneath his collar and nodded.
The five walked into the basin in plain sight. Leon kept his presence at its familiar public level, the Peak Golden Core reading the Palace's artifacts registered. Seraphine walked near his shoulder, with Ira and Loriel flanking Bai Heng.
Somebody in the tents had seen them before they reached the first crate.
