The automated weapons had held an overwhelming numerical advantage, but Koutarou and the others had been dominated the fight from start to finish. The results spoke for themselves as after a few minutes, all of the automated weapons had been turned into scrap. Moreover, since they had been fighting with caution, they were hardly hurt. The biggest injury they had sustained was Maki scratching her knee.
However, not everything had gone as well. There was a price to pay for not forcing themselves.
“No good. This area must have been holy ground, as passing through here makes it impossible to follow the spiritual energy”
”The spiritual energy of the land is too high Ho-!”
”Performing a detailed investigation on the outside of the holy ground will take too much time Ho-!”
The price to pay for their victory was that they had lost sight of Crimson and Green again. The direction they had escaped in was rich in spiritual energy, and it completely covered up their trail. The faint remnants of their spiritual energy not being covered up by magic mixed in with the spiritual energy of the land and Sanae and the haniwas lost track of it.
It would be possible to follow them once they left the holy ground, but they had no clue of where they would exit the holy ground. As a result they had to investigate the area outside of the holy ground, but as time passed, the trail of spiritual energy would grow weaker, making it impossible to detect before long.
“This is just Green's strategy coming out on top. She must have come up with this strategy after a great deal of planning”
Maki, who knew how Darkness Rainbow thought, reached that conclusion. Having rescued Crimson on her own, she must have been convinced her strategy would work. Her preparations were all set, and she surely had methods to evade all kinds of pursuit. Making this many preparations in such a short amount of time was far from normal, and Green's abilities deserved praise.
“I really should have chased after them at that time...”
Sanae sadly dropped her shoulders. Koutarou had told her not to force herself, but considering the situation they were in, she regretted her decision.
“It's okay, Sanae-chan”
However, Yurika smiled at Sanae. Unexpectedly, the person in charge was not disappointed in the slightest.
“Why?”
”Because we have a plan too”
”We do? What plan?”
Sanae's eyes opened wide in surprise. She was of course surprised that there was a plan, but she was also surprised as Yurika was so confidently mentioning it.
“Well, that's―”
Just as Yurika was about to explain the details to Sanae.