Although she still doubted whether Xi Mu was an impostor claiming to be the King of Ash.
...
Shortly after the trio left, several figures cloaked in black robes, followers of the Dusk Cult, appeared. They surveyed their surroundings until one of them crouched down and touched the traces on the ground.
"Sleipnir has left," the crouching dwarf revealed his cloak, displaying fiery red hair and pupils filled with a mad will.
This was a red-haired dwarf.
"Grandpa, is it really necessary to find that horse?" Nearby, a petite loli with a massive iron hammer and slightly puffed cheeks asked, "She's just the former companion of the King of Ash, now having no connection to him."
"But she was a companion nonetheless," the red-haired dwarf spoke, "Perhaps through her we can contact the King of Ash, which might hasten the world's incineration."
Dwarf loli: "..."
