Kadeci sat in silence for a long time amid the atmosphere of sorrow and relief, then began pondering another important question.
(In the current situation, if the Butcher Hunter makes a move, he could wipe out every last one of us without lifting a finger.)
(But whether just now or now, Jietisikoki has never shown any intention of attacking our side directly.)
(What exactly is that guy trying to do?)
(Could it be that constantly hopping back and forth between the hunter and Clown camps is some kind of wicked amusement to him?)
(Are all of us nothing more than toys for his entertainment?)
Kadeci kept watch over the surrounding space as she wondered in confusion.
However, no matter how much she thought, the truth was not going to come running out on its own.
At the same time, no matter how closely she looked, the space around them still showed not the slightest anomaly.
(Jietisikoki must have been toying with everyone regardless of friend or foe... and now, he has completely lost interest in us.)
With things having come to this, Kadeci could only provisionally characterize the situation that way.
Afterward, she withdrew her attention from the surroundings and instead raised her head to look skyward.
Kadeci's gaze passed over the steep cliff faces and dim sky, finally settling on the vast black haze beyond the White Hole Barrier, enough to blot out heaven and cover the earth.
It was the disastrous result wrought by countless abyssal truebody species known as Abyss Mist Nests, capable of annihilating ninety-nine percent of all things in the world into nothingness.
Yet, as her gaze swept back and forth through the black haze that covered the sky and earth, Kadeci's eyes soon caught the firelight flickering within it like a field of stars.