"Just as I thought... Although this school looks perfectly normal on the surface, the deeper we dig, the more 'abnormalities' we find."
"And as time passes, perhaps this world is sliding toward an irredeemable abyss."
After leaving the main teaching building, Bandura was surprised to discover...
The students who should have been active on the sports field and throughout the campus—the students who had still been going about their normal activities moments ago—had now vanished completely.
Clearly, while they were investigating the blood-drawn symbols in several places inside the main teaching building, all the students on campus had disappeared without a sound.
As for where they had gone...
The six players here had ways to track them, even with the [Item] completely ineffective.
"Those students didn't vanish into thin air. They seem to have gradually gathered... up ahead, and they were heading downward—they went underground."
White Sand spoke in a low voice, pointing everyone in the right direction.
Although most of the time he was a selfish and aggressive lone wolf who hardly ever cooperated with others, perfectly embodying the temperament of the "Marauders" organization,
when faced with a crisis that could only be overcome through cooperation, White Sand, as a "Tier 3" player, naturally wouldn't let his temper get in the way.
When it was time for him to play his part, he would honestly make his own contribution.
"How did you know?"
The "Magician" looked at White Sand curiously and asked.
White Sand didn't hide it. After all, it wasn't an ability that needed much concealment, nor was it difficult to analyze: "My sense of smell. I can smell living things—and to me, their scent is like a trail."
"Especially since some of them are injured."
The Magician was astonished and spoke again: "Dude, you can actually do