This place was one of the vampires’ barrier strongholds. The ones who would have arrived here before us could only be the vampires’ kin.
Could we have been discovered?
But the Great Witch had gone to great lengths to remain unnoticed. Except for the time she suddenly revealed herself at the temple, even her shadow couldn’t be found until we entered the forest.
Then, where had our movements been exposed?
The logical conclusion was obvious.
Unlike the Great Witch, I had boldly traveled on foot. The hypothesis that they were waiting for me here was the most plausible.
The woman’s judgment seemed no different from mine.
“Should we ambush them?”
“No need, I’ll handle it… They probably don’t even know I’m here anyway.”
Waving her hand like that, the Great Witch began to take steps forward again.
One step, two steps.
As she walked steadily, a bizarre landscape unfolded. The space distorted around the Great Witch, and soon a horrific noise echoed, like nails scratching a metal plate.
Screeeech-
Even…