'Their plan was a series of interlocking schemes... The Scout harassment, the solo provocation, the feint, the taunts to split our forces, and finally, this fatal move to destroy the bridge!'
'That kid... that Necromancer named Lynch...'
'His strategic depth is simply terrifying!'
'He was almost certain that the simple-minded, reckless Scarface Craig and his two hundred-plus men... were finished!'
「Meanwhile.」
Scarface Craig was leading his two hundred-plus men, galloping wildly as they frantically pursued Catherine, who flickered in and out of sight up ahead.
"Faster! Don't let that broad get away! Capture her alive! She's a noble—worth a fortune!" Scarface roared excitedly, as if he could already see riches and women waving at him.
Catherine seemed to be fleeing in a panic, not caring where she was going. She spurred her horse out of a birch forest and onto a pebble beach by a lake. Surrounded by water on three sides, there was almost nowhere left to run.
