When the Doctor had been summoned by Shade at a secluded crossroads in the woods half an hour earlier, he had already told Shade the exact location of the demon's strongest fragment. Therefore, after separating from the three ladies, Shade flew directly in that direction.
To be honest, he was not very worried about Sister Devlin. With the relic's seal, the nun's restraint over the power of fire, and the Chosen One of Death's balancing effect on death and resentment, Sister Devlin was the safest of the four people facing demons tonight.
As for the Doctor's confident claim that he would be fine as well, Shade did believe that he could handle things himself if the demon had not seemingly received help from the World Tree Remnants. But now that George Kant had already displayed abnormalities, the Doctor was probably facing an unexpected situation as well.
Considering the Doctor's consistently bad luck, the chances of an accident were even greater.
With the Forest Trail thaumaturgy, traveling through the woods was quite convenient. Even though something as significant as hunting demons was taking place tonight, the forest beyond the battlefield remained as tranquil as ever.
At first, he transformed into Red Butterflies and flew, then returned to human form and ran through the forest. After all, he did not want to drag the Luku Birds into anything involving demons.
But as he ran beneath the moonlight, he recalled the Fifth Epoch werewolf girl Miss Bister's words about Wildness Liberation. Thus, amid silver radiance, he transformed into that Silver Wolf and continued racing beneath the moon.
Feeling the wind, the Moon, and nature, he tried to empty his mind according to the meditation method Miss Bister had taught him. Before he knew it, the Silver Wolf racing through the woods at tremendous