Hisada Asuka thought for a moment before offering her suggestion.
"Then let's change our approach. First, use Kasukabe's ability to find the Tiger-headed Man."
Asuka had barely gotten halfway through her sentence when Kasukabe Yō interrupted her. "I've already found him."
Everyone present was astonished by Kasukabe's efficiency.
Her ability was unexpectedly useful for searching.
Such efficiency also saved them plenty of time and energy.
If they wanted to ensure victory in this extermination competition, they had to make sufficient preparations.
They could not afford to waste any stamina or energy.
After all, this was their first battle since coming to this world.
They wanted to do their best.
This was neither a society governed by law nor a peaceful era.
This was the Little Garden.
It was a world where competitions were fought with Gifts—supernatural abilities—as well as power, women, land, population, and other things as stakes.
Beneath the veneer of Gifted Competitions lay a blood-soaked world.
In such a world, they could not afford mercy in competition.
Nor could they ever show mercy to their enemies.
The young girls were unexpectedly calm when they made that decision.
As if it were only natural.
Hisada Asuka could do so because she was a young lady. Standing high above others, she could naturally see the essence of many things.
Kasukabe Yō, meanwhile, was close to nature and her animal companions.
And nature's simplest law was survival of the fittest.
For years, her animal companions had shown her scenes of hunting and fleeing for the sake of survival.
Thus, the two girls found it far easier than expected to accept killing.
The three entered the forest through the courtyard gates, then made their way into the castle.
Before long, they had arrived at the castle entrance.
The castle was deathly quiet.