Chapter 425: Combination Attack (side: Thermal)
I chase the fleeing red-eyed girl and the masked spider carrying Miria. I draw out a map of the castle in my mind, with an aim to use my terrain advantage and narrow down their possible routes.
Perhaps extrapolating from my attempts to corral them, they occasionally make strange turns in an attempt to throw me off. But, having no way to know the layout of the castle, their haphazard movements do more to hinder than help them. For a moment, the possibility that they’re intentionally leading me somewhere crosses my mind, but that’s not possible. This is their first time in the castle.
It would be possible for Irushia to be communicating with his allies by some skill or other, but he should be locked in battle with Rogueheil currently. Volk and the magiatite heart are fighting Mephisto. The only one I can think of that remains is the Saint, but it’s hard to imagine that she would throw away her concealment just to dispose of me.
It's no more than vain struggling based on guesses from my movements. Anything else is unthinkable.
Within a short span of time, I catch up to them. The passage ahead leads only to a private room, and there’s no proceeding beyond that. It’s a dead end.
“It's unfortunate for you. You should give up. It’s impossible for you to get away from me. Though if your objective was to draw me away and die, then you’ve already accomplished your duty.”
If I gave them time, they’d escape through a window, or tear out the ceiling or floor to escape. The ideal is to defeat them here, without giving a chance to escape. With my physical abilities, that should be easily doable.
Closing the distance to me, the red-eyed girl steps forward to protect the masked spider.
“[Clay]!”