Bastard Is Too Partial

'That was too dangerous!' 

Ian was truly scared this time as this was really an undeserved calamity. 

'So, she had been affected by the Whispering Expanse? Even more, a monarch-level figure?'

As Ian knew, there were three forbidden zones on this Gravethrone Continent: Ashen Spires, where he had been, the Umbral Rift bordering the Velmoria Empire, and the Whispering Expanse bordering the Mistveil Empire. 

Since Aurora was from the royalty of the Mistveil Empire, it made sense for her to get entangled with that forbidden place. 

However, Ian never thought there was an involvement of a monarch-level figure. He was now truly surprised at how Aurora had even lived until now. 

From the Arcane Passage, he knew that Monarchs were those powerful figures who were equivalent to Tier 8 or higher-level Wizards. They were the true ceiling-level power of this world, Aetherion.