Chapter 539: The Mischievous Demon Attack Strategy (side: Treant)
I am using my [Tree Spiritisation] skill to stay in my small and charming form as Aro-dono carries me in her enlarged arm. With my current stats, if I were to run seriously, I could move at around the same speed as her but, well, I would stand out a bit too much.
Considering that it might attract the attention of additional enemies, or cause us to be bombarded by long-range magic, it's best if I rely on Aro-dono to carry me. There’s also a chance that the group we’re chasing will lose sight of us in the fog this way.
We are chasing down the grievously wounded Aruane to finish her off, and then we will go and rescue atlach-dono. We were once brought to the brink of annihilation by Aruane, but now she has been heavily wounded by master-dono. That is why we can win.
However… As we catch up to Aruane, it becomes apparent that our estimations were off.
“She should have run away. That dragon-san probably wouldn’t have blamed her, as well.”
Aruane is facing us, ready to fight and in perfect health. Fortunately, she seems to have gotten in a fight with that Alphiss swordswoman, but… Her recovery from her wounds is unforeseen.
…Last time, we fought together with atlach-dono in a three-on-one, and yet we were still unable to put up a proper fight. Although it is purely a view based on hindsight… If it was going to turn out like this, we should have done something else. Had master-dono known that Aruane would recover, he wouldn’t have let us chase her.
Behind Aruane stands an undead of a middle-aged man, who stares at us with hollow eyes.
『H-how did this… Could she have been hiding her [Autoregeneration] to lure us in…?』