This was William's plan,
After their first clash, when he had buried the hand axe in Gatekeeper Pym's shoulder, William had reached two conclusions.
1. Even though the Knight Order-standard "Deslake. Dark Hand" had cleaved so deeply into Pym's body, it had only reduced his total plague value by 1/10.
He would only get such a perfect chance to attack once. It would be nearly impossible to find another opportunity for a strike like that in the battles to come.
Thus, it was certain that he could not defeat such a Skin Apostle across a rank gap.
Even if he somehow won with an extremely slim chance, William would pay a devastating price. By then, he could only be carried by the bloodfolk like a piece of meat into the completely unknown skin factories, with no room to resist.
2. The effective strike from the hand axe had changed Pym's thinking, causing him to mistake William for a Death Plague Knight. From this, William inferred that if he could attack Pym's brain further, he might be able to awaken the mad and paranoid Pym.
Once Pym regained consciousness, the two might be able to communicate as skin slaves. Perhaps they could figure out the skin factory's current condition, avoiding battle while also deciding whether to enter the skin factory.
As things stood,
the plan had succeeded. After learning the specifics from Pym, William no longer insisted on going deeper into the skin factory. Pym had also kindly seen him off and given him a gift.
"Ah!"
At the same time as William was thrown out,
an extremely shrill bloodfolk shriek rang out across the sky. Led by the Noblewoman, all the bloodfolk emitted high-frequency shrieks from their "human-shaped" mouths,
the shrieks making the blood river tremble and carrying into the