"This… this is a defensive array! The elves are attacking!" Jessmine shouted.
"A defensive array? There's a defensive array here?" Andreas asked in disbelief. When they had entered the Free Zone a month ago, he hadn't sensed anything.
"Yeah. Actually, it's a deactivated six-star defensive array. Activating it requires a huge amount of resources. But yesterday, when you talked to my father about the mountain, he activated it without hesitation, regardless of the cost."
"With this array, no Climber below rank A can enter the city. Even regular rank A Climbers won't be able to get through."
"I see…" Andreas murmured in awe.
"But the fact that everything just shook like that means the array has been attacked!"
"We have to return to the estate immediately," Daniel said with a frown.
They all nodded and, without wasting time, hurried back to the estate. Once there, they didn't stop and went straight to see Leo.
"Father, what happened?" Jessmine asked upon seeing her father.
