Two Hours Ago, Westmore Hague, Number 10.

The knights battling the mutant monsters in the first-floor lobby had yet to notice us.

Had the mutants caught the scent of a large group of people and followed it all the way here? But if that were the case, why had they simply ignored us before?

It seemed they had another purpose for coming here, something beyond just the scent of humans. The only thing that ever interested mutant creatures apart from people was Elpinos.

Could they have tracked the scent of Elpinos all the way here?

The more I thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. These creatures had intelligence, and their ability to detect the scent of Elpinos was exceptionally sharp.

Unlike us, who had to rely on a map to find our way, Leonardo had managed to track down a natural Elpinos habitat in the deep Brunel mountains just by scent alone.