But she had never expected this.
That black-haired god's perception was actually this keen.
From so far away.
He could still pinpoint her hiding in the shadows.
"..."
At that thought, Ryu's heart sank.
She was filled with disbelief.
After all.
As a former member of the [Astraea Familia], she was now "Gale," a wanted fugitive with a Guild bounty on her head.
Over these years.
To avenge her companions who had died so brutally.
-to drag every last one of those damned Evilus remnants out of the gutters and execute them.
She had become an avenging demon who existed solely for vengeance, and through countless brushes with death, she had honed her ability to conceal her presence to an almost instinctive perfection.
Even against a Lv.5 Level 1 Adventurer.
As long as they did not deliberately activate that sort of wide-area perception skill.
They could not possibly pinpoint her from dozens of meters away when she was hidden in a complete blind spot.
What was more.
The spot she had occupied just now.
Had been a blind spot that not even moonlight reached, completely swallowed by the shadows of two buildings!
At that thought.
Ryu did not dare be careless.
She quickly checked her bearings.
This was North Street's upscale residential district, where the open terrain made shaking off pursuit difficult.
I need to head southeast.
Toward Daedalus Street.
The slums there had complicated terrain and intersecting alleys, like a labyrinth, and were the place she knew best.
As long as she got in there.
Even a Lv.5 adventurer could forget about catching her easily.
Her mind made up.
Ryu quickened her steps.
Ahead lay a complicated intersection.
A left turn would lead into the slums of Daedalus Street.
As long as she got in there...
However.
Ryu pushed