"Where are they?" Paul gritted his teeth. They had been running for an hour, but the trail still kept going.
As they feared, the demons might have gone to the baron's city, causing havoc there. The baron might stay in the city, but he was still useless against a Superior Demon.
Even if they could help them, they probably only tried to evacuate the citizens and inform the Demon Banner Army's headquarters for reinforcement, especially the Demon Hunting Squad's base.
"Hmm?" Rose suddenly narrowed her eyes as if noticing something. "Wait a second…"
"What's wrong, Rose?" Paul asked. They kept running at the current pace, hoping they could catch up soon.
Meanwhile, Rose seemed to have no worry as though there was no trouble to begin with. Rose pointed at the trail and said, "I don't know if you noticed this, but I think the demons aren't going to the town!"
"What do you mean?" Paul frowned, not understanding what she said. The current trail was going to the city. That was what they could currently see.
So, a contradiction like this made them confused. Even the others couldn't see the point Rose was talking about.
Rose pointed at the trail and said, "It might look like they're going to the city, but if you take another look at the detail. They have been gradually moving away from the city's direction.
"For example, if you just move one meter to the side every ten meters, you will deviate from the original course, ultimately not finding the city. I'm not sure how great it is, but from my rough estimate, I don't think the demons will find the city."
Rose explained with a serious expression.
The others felt weird. On the one hand, they didn't doubt Rose's senses. On the other hand, the change wasn't that visible. So, they didn't know whether the deduction was correct or not.
However, there was actually one person who completely believed Rose. It was none other than Noel.
"So, you're saying the demons aren't going to the baron's city?" Noel asked.
"Yes." Rose nodded without hesitation, confirming it. "Unless the demons change their course after this, they won't find the city if I calculate this correctly."
"In that case, where do you think they will go?" Noel frowned.
The others were still listening, trying to understand Rose's points better.
Knowing she had grabbed everyone's attention, Rose added, "I'm not sure, but if they continue in this direction, I'm afraid they're going to reach a city far deeper in the region… I'm not sure which city since I haven't looked at the map again, but yeah, this is what I believe."
Paul looked down, contemplating. Even though it looked like the situation was in their favor. It didn't change the fact the enemies had a Superior Demon to help them.
"Hmm…" Paul hesitated for a moment before asking, "Should we split the group into two? We have to inform a captain eventually, so it's better to start now."
"I don't think that's necessary for now." Rose shook her head.
"Hoh? Why is that?"
"What we need right now is speed and time." Rose raised two fingers. "Right now, our speed should be enough to gradually catch up. The other nests have a lot of demons, so since we haven't found any Low Level Demons yet, it's clear that they have to reduce their pace in order to allow those demons to stick together.
"Then time… If we take another look at their trajectory, it's clear that we'll encounter a city sooner or later. It's better to use a pigeon to pass the message since it'll be faster. And with us confirming its location, we can pinpoint the enemy and have the captain handle it afterward."
"So, during that time, we're going to employ some traps to stop the Superior Demon?" Stella asked.
"Yes." Rose nodded.
"What do you think?" Paul turned to Zion, who would be their messenger.
"I don't mind if you send me ahead right now just to follow the trail." Zion shrugged. "I'll inform the city and send the information to the Demon Hunting Squad's captain right away."
"No. The Demon Hunting Squad is already ahead, so we'll maintain our pace." Paul rejected the idea and chose to believe in Rose.
They didn't realize that Rose and Noel had been working together this whole time. Although, at first, they looked like they were discussing some unimportant stuff, those two had reached an agreement.
Of course, it didn't change the fact that the enemy was a Superior Demon. What Noel and Rose wanted was a direction change since they wanted to make the Count the target.
As long as they didn't find the pack of demons, Noel knew Anna hadn't died. So, he hoped the trail would last as long as possible.
And as they expected, the demons actually passed the city. The baron had prepared the little army he had left to stop the demons, but it seemed they couldn't fight against numerous demons. So, they ended up holding themselves in the city, waiting for reinforcement.
Meanwhile, there was also the regular army in charge of the last nest. They seemed to be making progress, so they didn't bother to go there to check their condition.
Their priority was to catch up with the Demon Hunting Squad and get some information regarding the demon pack.
It took them three hours before they managed to see the back of the Demon Hunting Squad, albeit they were still in the distance.
"Zion!"
"Got it!" Zion raised his Spiritual Energy output to catch up to them, informing their arrival.
As soon as the two groups met, they immediately matched their pace to discuss what had happened.
Unfortunately for them, none of them seemed to be able to find anything. They were wondering why the demons went this way as if they were lured by something.
They didn't know it was actually Anna who had been luring them away. The reason why Rose heard the noise was moving away was due to Anna knowing Rose's ability.
This way, Rose wouldn't bother to check them and she could bring all these demons to the Count.
And a few hours later, it was time for everything to begin.
