Another knight still refused to give up, "Haven't you smelled a strange odor?"
"It must be the smell of Source Oil," the knight said impatiently, "Haven't you smelled it before? Especially on rainy days, when the Source Oil gets wet, it emits a very disgusting odor. You'd know if you've ever been to a Source Oil processing plant."
"What kind of smell?"
"The stench of rotting corpses," the knight answered tersely.
"...Well, you've grossed me out," the other beam of light also vanished, "What you say seems to make sense, after all. Source Oil is a fine thing, but it really does smell awful."
Saying this, the two knights who had quickly circled back gradually departed.
This time, it likely wasn't a probe.
But Gerard dared not relax. He kept his body tense until he was certain that the footsteps of the two knights had faded away, and after receiving Bai Wei's confirmation, he completely relaxed and released Ju from his embrace.
