Lubella stared at Zich. He stood above the lake as he drew his sword and exhaled deeply. 

She moved her gaze from Zich to the front of the boat. The space before them was split—there was no other way to describe it. It was as if a curtain covering a scenery was split right in the middle and revealed what was behind it. A part of an island appeared into view behind the split space, but the island wasn’t visible in any other area. Lubella was able to easily assess what had caused this phenomenon.

Space was warped in this area. While the lake’s rough currents blocked people from approaching the area, space itself was warped to conceal this island. The island that came into view behind the split space was probably the Bellid headquarters that Zich talked about. Although the Bellid headquarters that the Karuwimans had been desperately looking for came into view, Lubella’s eyes lingered longer on Zich than on the island. What was the strike of light she had seen just now? Concealing an island by warping space couldn’t be done by any normal means. Furthermore, looking at the parts of the island visible...