"Is it really necessary? We don't have much energy..."
Along the way, the girl wore a puzzled expression. What this team feared most was actually exhaustion...
The source of their terrifying power was something on their bodies. While that thing frightened others, it also drained their energy. It was something akin to a parasite. Even in a low-energy state, it placed no small burden on their bodies.
That was why they split up. Centered around the location designated by the captain, several team members spread out in all directions to search for clues. Reaching the next stage as quickly as possible was their basic strategy. Whenever they encountered another team, they would wipe them out and seize their things. They didn't have the time to search for clues slowly. They couldn't afford the energy consumption!
Now they had to turn back to find Orffy, and they also had to prepare the device. That would consume no small amount of energy, and the energy they had brought was needed for the next stage...
To be honest, the way this competition was set up wasn't very favorable to them. They preferred a huge free-for-all, but the competition had deliberately been divided into two stages. It was a real nuisance...
The captain was good in every way... He was just too cautious...
Another quarter of an hour passed, making nearly half an hour in total. To avoid activating the parasites on their bodies, they had stayed in a low-energy state as much as possible along the way. Even so, they had covered forty or fifty kilometers in half an hour. The girl's complaints gradually grew quieter, and her expression began to turn solemn.
The captain's worry... seemed to have come true!
The elemental fluctuations in the distance had vanished, which meant the battle