Hunter and Prey (2)

Malin turned his head again, the explosion sounds coming from the woods made him realize that there were major problems today, and the signal that burst in the sky made Faye recognize it, the girl's voice resonating in Malin's mind: "It's the battle mage's alarm signal, don't go there, he's already dead."

"Is that the ultimate signal that uses the soul as the trigger?" Jessica had heard about this, and her question was affirmed by Faye: "Yes, the ultimate signal, the scarlet signal, a third-ring battle mage. There are many ways that such a mage can be killed, but to be pushed to ignite his own soul... the opponent is not so simple."

Faye's explanation made Malin resolute in his belief that the farther away from there, the better: "Let's go, girls."

As they continued through the woods, Fio occasionally whispered in Malin's ear, the thorns it had planted along the way sometimes felt something pursuing them.