Ryuu tore through the mountains with fluid speed. White mist engulfed the slopes on all sides. Nightfall made everything nearly impossible to see clearly.
But none of that posed any issue for him. He blazed forward with almost no sound to his steps.
Then suddenly, the entire mountain shuddered. Ryuu and his subordinates racing through the terrain froze in their tracks. Ryuu's half-lidded eyes, grey irises glowing faintly, fixed forward.
His speed exploded. He vanished and surged at a vicious pace, leaping across mountain edges and treetops until he finally landed within range of the Black Tower structure.
Immediately, he whirled toward the crater gouged at the mountain's base. He sprinted toward it, stalking through the carved hole.
Then his eyes widened.
There lay his blood—fainted and drenched in crimson.
At that moment, his subordinates in black robes, black leather belts, and bracers landed behind him. The first widened his eyes in terror the instant he saw it.
