"..."
"...Tracy..."
"Tracy?"
The voice that had haunted Tracy's dreams again and again called to her, waking her from her sleep.
Opening her eyes, Tracy found herself sitting beside a tree on soft grass. In front of her, Helene crouched with a dark expression.
She instinctively moved her limbs and discovered that her legs had been tightly bound together with coils of sturdy rope, leaving no room to move. Her arms were crossed behind her back, equally immobile. From the feel of it, they were bound with similar rope.
No spider silk... Has that Demoness still not recovered her spirituality?
Delight stirred in Tracy's heart. She straightened her waist slightly and was about to try something when a cool voice came from behind her:
"If you make another move, this dagger will pierce your cervical spine."
It's that Demoness... The cold touch of metal against the back of her neck made Tracy promptly abandon her struggle.
Her substitute wand had already been used, and her Magic Mirror had been confiscated. To escape, she would have to form a blade of frost to cut the ropes, or use disease to bring down the two women beside her. But either option required time, while a dagger driven into her cervical spine would take only a second to end her life.
In the distance, the battle between the Black Death and the Red Haired Woman had also ended. The arrival of the Hunter who had transformed into a spear and flown onto the battlefield seemed to have robbed everyone of their will to fight.
"There's no need to look over there. Anderson Hood has a decent reputation. At least his fighting ability lives up to the rumors. I hired him to wait in Berens and rush over to protect the red ship the