The investigation consumed five days.Kael worked with Sergeant Kors and her team in the administrative building, analyzing attack patterns, victim profiles, movement trajectories. Maps covered every wall. Red marks indicated strike locations. Blue marks indicated survivor settlements. Yellow marks indicated projected future targets.Kael traced his finger across the map, following the thief's progression from east to west. "They're methodical. Not random. Not desperate. This is planned hunting.""How do you know?" Kors sat across from him, watching. Always watching. Studying whether Kael was providing genuine assistance or protecting a criminal counterpart."Because the victims are selected. Look at the skill distribution. Every settlement hit had a specific cluster of enhancement abilities. Speed mages. Strength mages. Endurance specialists. Someone's teaching them. Someone's explaining the sequence.""You think there's a mentor?""I think there's someone who knows power theft intim