Director Ignatius waited hidden in the trees facing the mine entrance, his royal phoenix manifesting a golden aura that made each strand of his white hair shimmer with power.
The bronze rank guards maintained their encirclement at a greater distance, their earth beasts would be useful for blocking retreat or providing support, but in direct combat against a gold rank tamer they would be little more than a hindrance.
The supervisor, his ice penguin partially manifested, positioned himself hidden on the other side of the entrance. Silver rank 2, not enough to fight directly against a gold opponent, but he could provide support to the director who did have a gold rank creature.
A presence moved inside the cave. The Director sensed it immediately, gold rank power was unmistakable, impossible to completely conceal.
In Yino, where platinum rank was nonexistent… that meant someone near the top of their hierarchy. Which made their presence here very problematic.