““Ha, ha, ha…!!””

The sudden change in direction caused a slight delay in the greyhounds’ reaction, creating a distance between them.

Still, it’s a small gap. How much more can we keep that distance?

“Damn it, damn it, damn it!”

Despair floods their hearts and they can’t stop.

Even so, the two of them continued to run desperately to survive.

Then,

A small cloud of dust rose from the other side of the road.

“What the hell? What is it?”

“I-I don’t know~~…”

It seems that the dust cloud is slowly approaching us.

Roy had an unpleasant thought… another demon was coming here.

However, that thought was rewritten a few seconds later, and Roy, as well as Priscilla, opened their eyes in astonishment.

What came into view was a shadow.

It was coming towards us at a very high speed.

Immediately, a black thought came to Roy’s mind.

“Priscilla… passed those guys and a bunch of greyhounds…”

“Ro-Ro-chan, no way!!”

“AAHH, I’m gonna have to put the herd on them!”

“―――?!”

It was an extremely inhumane thought that her childhood friend had mentioned.

It is one of the most abhorrent actions among adventurers, just like the blame act that we were subjected to earlier―――the worst act of forcing a demon that we can’t beat on the adventurers nearby, which is called【Press】.

It is an action that can be called an emergency evacuation measure depending on the situation, and this time is certainly not the time to choose the means to save themselves.

However, Priscilla still could not nod her head to his words.

“There’s no time to lose… I’m not going to let you die, that’s for sure…”

“Ro, chan…”

Priscilla looked down as she ran.

But Priscilla understood, even if she didn’t want to, that there was no way to save them now except by doing so.

“Let’s go…”

“Yeah… I’m sorry!”

Priscilla muttered an apology to the unnamed person.

Gradually, the figures came into clear view.

The first thing she saw was a pair of people, a man, and a woman, just like her.

However, on the backs of the two people she saw, she could see that they were carrying a young girl on their backs.

Priscilla immediately hesitated, wondering if she should force the greyhound on such a small child.

“Don’t stop! Stay with me!”

“―――!!”

At the loud voice of her childhood friend, Priscilla forced her feet to stop.

And finally, Roy and the others and the figures passed each other.

For a moment, each of them felt as if their gazes had crossed, but Roy and Priscilla ran through unconcerned.

“I’m, sorry…”

With tears streaming down her face, Priscilla ran without looking back. She was desperate to get away from the screams of desperation that were sure to follow.

But what she heard was not a scream.

“―――GET OUT OF THE WAY～～～～～～!!!!”

It was a cry and a roar that seemed to echo throughout the area.