Chapter 4213: Golden Opportunity (Part 2)

“Are you saying you’re not his comrade?” Xenagrosh asked.

The group carried the same faint, tangy scent as Akhton—but it was too subtle to confirm whether it came from them or had simply rubbed off after traveling together.

“Comrade? That guy’s barely an acquaintance, lady.” Xenagrosh detected no lie in Erion’s words. “I met him not long ago. We only teamed up because our interests aligned.

“We needed a local guide to track down a very rare… specimen. He has contacts across neighboring countries, so we let him tag along.”

“The rumored fungus folk?” Xenagrosh asked.

She was tempted to kill everyone carrying that same scent on the spot.