Sneak In

The golden apes were cautious and spread their elemental sense. There was no other creature in the surrounding.

"Hoo"

"Hoo"

Then they rushed to their injured comrade and were taken aback by its injury.

The injured one had a large cut across its chest, with pieces of flesh strewn all around. Its golden blood was gushing out, and the only reason they considered it to be still alive was the faint breath.

They hurriedly picked it up and rushed towards the golden mountain.

To their horror, even its aura was nearly non-existent.

"Hoo!"

"Hoo"

The already weak breath was turning even weaker, and the apes hurried.

As they approached the entrance to the cave, Varian, in disguise of the injured ape, controlled his breath and confirmed again.

'System, they'll really not detect my aura, right?'

[No. 'He's severely injured and all his aura is exhausted'. That is a likely conclusion.]

'I'll trust you on this one.' Varian kept up his act and restrained his movements.

"Hoo!"

"Hoo!"