Kurumi herself spoke up.
"Yes. Looks like all our work was for nothing this time."
"Hehe~ It couldn't be helped. That girl was a valuable test subject to DEM, after all.
It would be strange if we found her that easily."
Kurumi's Clone answered with a laugh, then pointed toward Lingmeng and the others.
"Speaking of which, Miss Lingmeng seems to be in a little trouble. Should we help?"
"No. We've already helped them enough. We didn't achieve our goal, so there's no need to spend any more time on this.
I'm sure Miss Lingmeng and Mr. Shido can handle it. Until then, let's hide in the shadows and wait for things to settle down."
The Clones had no objections to Kurumi's order.
After all, they had faith in Lingmeng's strength. She wasn't called the Strongest Spirit for nothing.
If something did go wrong, they could always emerge from the shadows and lend a hand.
They could consider it a favor to Lingmeng and Shido.
But for now, staying alive mattered most.
And so Kurumi and her Clones slowly sank into the shadows to wait out the danger.
"Nightmare has escaped...!"
That was what the AST and DEM Wizards said when they saw the Kurumis disappear into the shadows.
But they had already escaped, and there was nothing the Wizards could do.
Wizards couldn't enter a Spirit's Shadow Space.
That left them with no choice but to focus on the storm that had suddenly appeared.
With that in mind, the Wizards turned their eyes forward.
Some of the sharper-eyed Wizards cried out.
"It's Element Maker! And a Spirit who looks like Berserk! The two of them seem to be fighting!
There are also Spirits nearby who look like Princess and Hermit!"
"Tch—are the Spirits fighting among themselves?"
One of the