Their discussion was basically about how the day had proceeded for everyone.

    Was there any new information about the terrain of the planet or about the unexplored area in the direction team Lockheim headed in?

    Were there any new findings from the researchers? Did the researchers need any kind of beasts or plants from the planet to conduct experiments?

    The agents announced if the quota of resources to harvest from this planet was filled or not, and if the spaceship had refueled completely.

    They also took notes if something could be improved in the protocols or in the tasks to be carried out on the planet.

    As the meeting continued, the feeling of energy of Consciousness draining didn’t lessen one bit.

    He was grateful he had the Sovereign’s Cloak, and that too an upgraded one now, which provided him immense defense.

    Not even ten percent of its defense capacity was consumed yet.

    At a certain point, he had taken a glance at Liliana, and he spotted that on her right hand, the thumb was touching the ring on the index finger.

    Of course, that didn’t mean Eryndor was sure the ring was the treasure which was executing the mental attack, it could be Liliana’s cultivation art for all he knew. She was certainly capable enough for that.

    There was a very simple way to verify it though.

    A few minutes later when the discussion concluded, Eryndor felt the drain on his energy of Consciousness coming to a stop. Simultaneously, he spotted Liliana’s thumb disengaging from the ring.

    Indeed, it’s very likely the ring.

    Eryndor made a mental note and retreated to his room.

    After entering, he soon went to the box of pills. What he took out wasn’t the level one Qi Gathering pills this time but the third box.

    It was the one which contained pills related to the mind.

    With Liliana using mental attacks everyday, he didn’t feel safe with just a Sovereign’s Cloak. He needed to strengthen his mind.

    He had also kept an eye on everyone, and it seemed that there were no changes. Eryndor planned to imitate the changes these people exhibited, if at all they did, so that he didn’t stand out to Liliana.

    He took out a bottle of Spirit Strengthening pill and held it in his hands.

    The Qi you absorb through the circulation of practice technique would then be used to temper your mind.

    Since the meridians weren’t getting the absorbed Qi, one’s realm didn’t increase during this procedure.

    Unlike the Qi Gathering pill, the effects of Spirit Strengthening pill didn’t depend on time but were fixed.

    No matter how long you took, as soon as a certain amount of tempering was performed on your mind, the pill would lose effect.

    Eryndor was just about to take the pill when his door was knocked in a pattern which was for urgent matters.

    Putting aside the pill, he immediately headed towards the main room. Once everyone had gathered, Liliana addressed all the people in a grave tone.

    "When I ventured out for the final check for the day, I discovered that the location of all the Maws of Agony near us had changed. We’ll need to be careful, I don’t feel good about this."

    Everyone’s expression changed, their eyes widening as they realized the implications of it.

    The strongest on a team had the role of scouting the surroundings at the end of each day so there weren’t any unstable factors near the spaceship.

    Since Liliana had detected a change, it must be true. No one joked about this matter.

    All of them had the same thought.

    Who changed the locations? Was there some unknown dangerous thing about this planet? Was it even safe anymore?

    All of them except Eryndor. His mind was a jumbled mess. His brain was short circuiting.

    Isn’t it her, or the people behind her which moved the Maws of Agony? Did she not do it?

    No, it must be her group for sure. Did she expose the locations since Hellen and Ken wouldn’t be venturing out anymore? Was it so that no other humans were harmed?

    But that raised more doubts. Eryndor always thought Liliana stood opposite the humans in the battle of Ravencrofts vs Mage Outer Domain.

    If she cared about humans, that messed with Eryndor’s insights and the predictions he had made.

    His thoughts grew increasingly jumbled and messed up until collapsing into a single line.

    What’s going on?