279 Contemplation.

'And so it begins,' Ozul thought inside his head as he felt one of the Rank-8 Mages hiding at a distance leave the area, leaving only three to watch over them.

He couldn't help but shake his head as he thought, 'Do they really think they are well hidden?'

Ozul could guess that these people probably had things to worry about since they didn't even realize that they were doing a lousy job at hiding. Not to mention him, a Rank-9 Mage wouldn't have needed to spare a few seconds to locate them either.

Since one of the four people sent to watch over them immediately left after knowing their destination, it was most likely that they would send people after them.

They were going to the uninhabited part of the continent, thousands of miles away from any human settlement. The Church would most likely think that Old Gu wouldn't be able to get the wind of this if anything happened to him there.