"Wait, wait, wait–! I'm not adjusted to your freakish speed—! Emilio!" Joel called out.
The silver-haired man could barely even allow his boots to touch the ground as he was helpless to the speed at which the Dragonheart sprinted, breaking through the gateway of sound as the neighboring leaves fluttered wildly.
What was reached was a downward slope leading to a quarry, as if an entire chunk of the forest had been completely carved up, leaving a stretch of soil and exposed stone.
"A quarry?" Emilio questioned.
Coming to a stop, Joel stumbled beside Emilio after being let go, catching his breath and panting almost like a dog, "...Warn me next time you do that! Emilio?"
"What's…? Hold on–it's them!" Emilio called out.
It seemed they weren't the first ones there; as the mist parted itself, what revealed itself was a fight already taking place in the vast quarry as the familiar sight of both Asher Devilheart and Vandread were there, facing "something" haunting: