Perhaps the phantom of the Great Love Poet was cautious and did not plan to reveal itself to Lanci for an attack just yet.
Or it might be that it started too far away and had not caught up with Lanci yet.
"So, it's an identical copy of the Great Love Poet. Even its cowardice of not showing up when it's losing is perfectly copied over," Lanci thought.
Lanci's eyes examined each prison door, each mark on the walls, looking for clues to move forward.
There was a time when the Great Love Poet was very afraid of Talia, so whenever Talia was around, the Great Love Poet adamantly refused to come out.
It was not too difficult to move in the direction indicated by the map. Eventually, they would reach the designated exit teleportation hall to regroup with the others, a process that might take quite some time.