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"All right. I've wasted enough time here. This is where we part ways!"
For some reason, Diabolo suddenly said this.
And once he said he was leaving, he left without hesitation.
His red clothes stirred gently, his shoulder-length hair blowing in the wind. Holding up his white umbrella, he slowly disappeared into the rain.
Alexia stood dazed, letting the rain strike her as she watched his figure fade into the distance, appearing and disappearing behind the downpour. She opened her mouth but said nothing.
What right did they have to ask a man as powerful as a god to stay?
Nana pouted, clearly unhappy.
"He's just leaving?" someone asked.
"Yes, he's gone. A hunter that powerful is beyond our reach. We're from two different worlds," someone sighed, shaking his head bitterly.
They had no right to ask the powerful man to stay and protect them. Besides, as outstanding students of the mighty Central Military Academy, their pride would never allow it.
"Yes, he's gone. Let's head back too!"
Andariel watched the flash of red vanish and felt a sudden emptiness.
Her slender fingers gripped the umbrella handle tightly, unwilling to let go.
But we'll meet again. She added the thought silently as all the students headed back to camp.
The rain fell harder and harder, with no sign of when it might stop.
The surrounding forest absorbed water remarkably well. Even in such a fierce downpour, there was no flooding.
But life in the rain-soaked forest grew increasingly difficult.
Dangerous animals were not the only threat to people in the forest. Food was growing scarcer too, and