Chapter 458: Arc 6, - 74: Lightning’s Stride
"Get as close as possible to any of those ships," Jotou ordered.
"Jotou, we’re not taking prisoners," Hotaru furrowed her brows.
Jotou shook her head, "No, not that. Just let me get onto a wrecked ship and I can make my way to Beauregard, she left me a trail straight to her."
"You’re going to waste your mana getting there."
"What’s the problem, don’t trust her anymore?" Fumeko snarked.
"Don’t you start," Hotaru pointed a finger at the brunette. "I’m just wondering how this would be practical."
"The ship’s not gonna get close enough anyway, I have to get to Beauregard somehow. This way, the ship can get close enough, but not in direct harm.
Those warships are huge, they have enough real estate for me to make my way across from the side. Not that flanking’s gonna matter to something that big, but it’s not a bad idea.
Also, if there’s anyone trapped, injured or about to die, I could probably also save them. I know it seems pointless, but think about it.
What better way would the Malecise Regime be convinced that the Burntish government didn’t mean for any of this to happen. It’d credit the cult as the culprits, not the nation.
Maybe it might even, I don’t know, gain the trust of the people of the Malecise Regime? That’s a longshot, but I think it would help in the long term.
All the rest of you will get there after me, and if I can get Beauregard out of the way first, I can get back on the ship and we can escape before the Malecise Navy could do anything about it," Jotou spouted.