Ten minutes earlier, at Green Lake Inn, although the girls who had seen Shade off were worried about his safety, they also knew that ensuring their own safety and holding out until the Great Witches arrived was what they should be doing most.
The rain was still pouring down, but because of the three campfires and the effects of the Thaumaturgical Camp, the inn's 1st Floor was dry and comfortable.
Although Tifa was not the highest-ranking person here, as a Witch Apprentice, she served as the inn's actual leader. Together with the other Witch Apprentice, Miss Hailey Aurora, she coordinated the inn's defenses.
The Black-Haired Head Maid was currently at the Eighth Ring, but because of the blessing Miss Feliana had once given her, aside from advancing from the Twelfth Ring to the Thirteenth Ring, she could use this power at any rank to unconditionally advance to the next level (Chapter 534). This meant that, at the most dangerous moment, she could directly become a Ninth Order Witch Apprentice and a Nine-Ring Arcanist.
Although a Witch Apprentice's witch rank was completely weaker than that of a true witch at the same level, it also meant that she possessed a trump card capable of temporarily turning the battle around.
As for Angelina, the weakest person in the inn, she obediently sat on a chair beside the campfire, holding Little Mia, whom she had not let out of her hands all night.
There were temporarily no monsters approaching the inn, and she was no longer needed to help. So she sat there warming herself by the fire, staring blankly while holding the cat.
"What are you thinking about?"
Leisha handed her a cup of hot tea. Angelina thanked her in surprise. In her memory, her elder sister had never poured tea for