“Be cautious of the Keeper of the Crypt?”

“Yes.”

“…So, it was you, O’d, who leaked the location of this place to Troivan.”

“It seems you’ve suspected it all along.”

“A little.”

Before Theo set out to rescue his companions, Cassandra had given him a brief warning:

"Be wary of O’d."

“The ancient Sword Manuscript that the elders spoke of was never completely lost,” Cassandra explained. “Some of its basic principles survived, though they weren’t entirely intact. Nevertheless, fragments were passed down.”

“Then… the inheritors of those fragments?”

“Yes. Exactly.”

Theo sensed a tinge of regret in Cassandra’s voice. It …