Annie ignored that "Probe" entirely and never once considered what the other party might do on her own. After destroying that so-called Dark Pawn, she sat on Tibbers's shoulder and charged all the way forward, soon boarding a magic elevator.
However...
When the large magic elevator reached the end, she was astonished to discover that she had somehow returned to the surface again.
"Strange!"
=('ヮ'=)
"How did I come back up again...?"
(Д≡д)!?
After looking around once more and confirming the scenery on both sides, Annie quickly figured out where she was: where else could it be but the Liurnia region?
Moreover, judging from the mist-shrouded lakeside area of Lake Liurnia to the northwest, she was definitely in the southwestern corner of the Liurnia region!
"Strange..."
く(＾_)ゝ
"Is it in that direction?"
(゜-゜)
"But if the 'Fingers' are on the surface, why did that person go all the way underground to Nokstella, the Eternal City? Wasn't that just stupid?"
("ヘ")
Annie was utterly puzzled. She placed both hands above her brow and began gazing toward the northwest.
In the end, however, Annie had no choice but to give up investigating. She sat back down on Tibbers's shoulder and indicated that he should continue charging at full speed toward the direction from which she had sensed the soul fluctuations of a certain doll lady.
She had already caught up and even made it here. There was no way she could give up halfway, so continuing forward was her only choice for now.
(...)
(●￣￣●)
(Tibbers himself naturally didn't mind. He knew that his opinion was useless and couldn't influence the decision of his troublesome little master. Thus, he simply began striding clumsily and heavily toward the northwest, lurching along at a wide-legged run.)
"Honestly..."
ε=(ο｀*)))唉
"It's just killing one 'Finger.' Was