Chapter 65: Blind Reunion (Rewritten)
Seele ricocheted off the walls, floor, and ceiling of the orphanage’s corridors as she attempted to escape the specter. Said pursuer was right on her heels, the two of them phasing in and out of existence in a game of tag.
She had given up on attempting to fight the wraith — the halls were too small for her to swing her scythe around. If she tried to actually fight it, she would only make mistakes that the creature would be able to capitalize on.
So, Seele decided to drag on the chase for as long as possible in an attempt to stall until Sunny or Bronya could get to the orphanage. She had completely dried out one of her Cores while using her Aspect to run away, so she was starting to run out of time.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a sound — one that came from outside the orphanage. It sounded like... a bell?
Stopping in her tracks, the wraith prepared to impale Seele with it’s claws. However, she used her Awakened Ability to dash behind it, running for the entrance.
After a few seconds of sprinting, she located the broken doors. She ran out of the orphanage, blindly chasing the point in which the ringing bell should have been coming from.
If she stayed in the orphanage, she would have been running in circles as she burned through her Essence. Seele wouldn’t be able to fight back, as the corridors made it extremely difficult to swing the large polearm.
Unfortunately, leaving wouldn’t be very smart either. She would be bringing the wraith back to it’s dominion, blinding Seele and possibly making it even stronger than it already was.
Either way, she’d die at some point. Her best bet was to find at least one of the other two, as they might have the means to defeat the wraith. Even if they didn’t, she was sure that Sunny would have a better time fighting in the orphanage than she did.
...Based on the echoing screams behind her, she doubted that it would let her return there.
"Gah!"