Chapter 426: Holding the rear × Duel Space × schemes
But both Puppet Girl and Beyond knew one thing: this approach could not hold Nurarihyon for long.
Beyond looked grave. Puppet Girl's fingers danced nimbly, pulling monsters one after another toward the spot where Nurarihyon had disappeared, apparently intending to surround the place where he would reappear.
Beyond did not know how this ability had come about, but these monsters had indeed given them an opportunity to escape.
Especially now that the fellow who had come with Nurarihyon had already fled without a thought for him.
Now it was a matter of how many people they could take with them.
More and more people emerged from the spaces they had been dragged into, but throughout this process, Puppet Girl had fewer and fewer monsters under her control.
Beyond made an immediate decision. "Retreat."
He had long since decided which way to retreat: the direction that departing fellow had taken.
Beyond moved fast, and the companions following him were no slower. As for those who still had not emerged from the spaces they had been dragged into, he could only wish them luck.
Because under the current circumstances, he, Pariston, and Mikhail all knew perfectly well that staying would only get them all killed too.
Of course, there was another option: take advantage of their time outside to set traps targeting Nurarihyon.
But that choice offered too little reward and carried far too much risk.
At least, by Beyond and the others' calculations, the probability of death was over ninety percent.
If they withdrew now, everyone left behind would be a member of the mercenary corps. Though unhappy, Mikhail could only agree with Beyond's decision.
Deep down, he even supported Beyond's choice. After all, mercenaries made their living on a knife's