Final Option

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Kishi's deep breath could be heard clearly from where they were, 'So, the only option we should take is to run, huh?'

"Sorry to say this, but yes. It's the only option we should take, considering our limited amount of mana," Mizuto replied solemnly, his eyes stayed glued on the road ahead of him.

The brick walls extended far beyond, with the air around starting to dense a little. The golden-flamed torches that lit their ways came to an end. What's to come was a dead end to the hollow tunnel they've been running in.

The water currents that had been helping them dispersed, and so was the light around them. It became dark-- too dark for any of them to see. The only things shining were the demons' crimson-red orbs and Shizuka's beam of light that swirled around her fair hand.

It was an understatement to say that Zannera's long shriek broke their eardrums. It took Isseiris and Beelzebub a while to shut the were-rabbit up.