Chapter 156

He stops walking in front of Ethan with one last strong click of his cane, the metal of his leg cracking as he narrows his eye, on edge with our presence here: "So, Ethan, what is that you are looking for? You don't seem surprised to find us here."

Ethan starts being questioned about his intentions, but he is sly and answers them in a nonchalant way without giving out our objective at first, unsure of what to expect in this place.

"Ah, you see, I saw some hunters with a great species down the lake and we talked and-" He slightly changes Lily's version of how she came to know this place, panting us as mere hunters or enthusiasts on the subject as if we were searching from someone to sell one of those too, keeping it simple and vague and yet far from the truth although I cannot deny we share a level of curiosity on the creature as well but not deep enough to deviant us from our objective, especially when we are so close now to saving mother, after all these years.