Chapter 425 - The sixth person

As Hephas' partners jumped to attention at the approaching party, the man smiled and visibly relaxed his shoulders after only a few short moments. 

Unlike Ovid, Mikol, and Lyno, who have already long forgotten the group of greenhorns, he, who literally spent the whole day thinking and worrying about their safety, could vividly remember and match the particular signals. 

However, just a moment later, just before his friends could question his strange aloof behavior, he himself suddenly turned stiff. Shortly after the group stepped inside the range of his sensing, another life sign entered shortly after them.

This one felt much more defined, having more depth, more experience to it. Although he couldn't confirm what or who he or she was, it was obvious that a) he was in a rather disheveled, chaotic state based on the chaotic pulses, and b) the entity was much older than the others, somewhere around the decade range of himself, someone in his forties.