In the outskirts of the real-world City of Warding, Irving was moving alongside James and others. He had just received a distress message from Aron. At that moment, he was frowning, contemplating what course of action he should take next.
Irving's expression did not go unnoticed by the others. James felt a bit puzzled, but he refrained from asking directly. He understood that Irving preferred not to be disturbed when he was deep in thought.
After a while, Irving's expression finally eased somewhat. With a smile, he said to James and the others, "It seems we need to pause our current operation. We have eliminated the vast majority of the remaining Night Blades' forces, but the others have hidden themselves very deeply. If we want to locate all of them, it will take a considerable amount of time. We must return to the headquarters of Angel Guild to discuss our next action plan for entering the Shelter Game world."