The illusion used when everyone retreated just now had been Shade's doing. The anti-divination measures were Luvia's handiwork, while the devouring pigeon flock had been a precaution Priest Augustus had prepared before entering the cemetery.
The five of them had not escaped together, but scattered in different directions. After casting the illusion, Shade had directly transformed into a cat and leaped into a tree. Then, using Laguerre's Leap and a cat's nimble movements, he had quickly left the cemetery by hiding behind the numerous gravestones.
When he found the carriage hidden in the nearby woods, he discovered he was not the first to return. Miss Writer, who was equally proficient in spatial power, seemed to have been back for quite some time.
"Wait, I need to verify whether you're really the Detective!"
She jumped down from the coachman's seat with a smile, but without asking anything, she hugged Shade.
Priest Augustus appeared next, while the Doctor returned five minutes later.
"I waited outside the cemetery for a while and only came back after confirming that the Peace Church's team wasn't following us. They went after those two cultists. As for that puppet, it seemed to have vanished outright. Why are there only four of us? Where's our diviner?"
After another five minutes, Luvia still had not appeared. Worried, Shade volunteered to go look for her, but he had barely set off when he saw Luvia emerge from the dim Withered Forest.
"What? Why did I return so late? Haven't you realized that every one of you can either use Space Movement or fly and burrow through the earth? Even the cat the Detective turned into ran faster than I did."
She could not help but complain.
"I walked back on my own two legs. Though I had the bone shard