The man who had escaped from the dungeon had been guarding it earlier. Hearing the shouts of battle above, he had wanted to go up and help, only to see Raphael effortlessly kill two of his companions. Then he had heard the exchange Raphael wanted everyone there to hear.
This member of the Rose School knew he was no match for Raphael, so he simply hid again. Even after everything outside fell silent, he waited another half hour or more before coming out.
Once outside, he immediately left town. Only after repeatedly making sure no one was following him did he head to the base overseeing theirs.
Almost all the members at the town's base knew where their superior base was, because they regularly delivered "sacrifices" there.
It was a manor. Like the owners of the surrounding manors, its owner was a Loen man. However, he had already become a believer in the Chained God and frequently took part in the Rose School's orgies of indulgence.
The entire manor provided the perfect cover for this major Rose School base.
After the member who had narrowly escaped death arrived, the Wraith in charge of the major base immediately summoned him and asked about the precise situation at the other base, the enemy's strength, and other information.
Learning from the account that the enemy was most likely only a Sequence 5, the Wraith relaxed a little. In that case, the survivor was unlikely to have led the enemy here.
Still, the sudden appearance of someone from the Temperance Faction on the Southern Continent was rather unexpected. Since that civil war, there had been virtually no sign of Temperance Faction members on the Southern Continent.
After sending the survivor away to rest, the Wraith immediately wrote to his superior.
Once he had handed