"Luck really was on my side. Nothing could stop it..."
The corners of Haike's mouth curled up as he muttered soundlessly to himself.
Still, he maintained the necessary caution and did not step forward immediately.
Instead, he watched and waited quietly.
Only after that guy had exhausted all his strength and collapsed on the ground without moving did Haike finally set aside his concerns and prepare to act.
However, just as he was about to leave his hiding place and approach the "escapee," whose fate was still unknown, he suddenly heard faint breathing from another corner opposite them.
It came and went, extremely faint.
But it was enough to catch Haike's attention and stop him mid-step.
There was someone else?
The scene before him felt inexplicably familiar to Haike, as though he had seen it somewhere before.
Oh...
He remembered.
The second pursuit.
Back then, he had also crouched at a corner, waiting for his target to run out of stamina.
Then another guy had suddenly appeared out of nowhere!
All he remembered was that the man's footsteps had been utterly undisguised, arrogant beyond measure.
He must have had absolute confidence in his own strength.
The Labyrinth was so vast...
It couldn't possibly be such a coincidence that he had run into that guy again, could it?
Haike felt uneasy, and his inflated confidence subsided somewhat.
Although he had already steeled himself to seize this opportunity and take the initiative, that didn't mean acting recklessly...
If his luck was truly terrible and he happened to encounter that powerful, flamboyant guy, Haike's role might very well change from hunter to prey!
It was better to wait and see.
In any case, the injured "prey" had completely lost the ability to move and lay right beneath his nose.
If there really was