"Don't mind that thing, run! Get out of here!"
Although everyone was puzzled, they knew Laura wasn't the type to act impulsively like Boudica, so they moved to retreat.
Retreat wasn't running away, but a calculated tactical maneuver, an arrangement that had been discussed before they came down.
Boudica led the way as the vanguard, Alhazred followed closely in the second position, and Laura, positioned third, occasionally fired arrows into the dark as she covered the retreat with Balistan.
After retreating a certain distance, Alhazred seemed to have realized something, and the Skull Candleholder in his hand suddenly ignited.
The ritual they had set up in the passage activated, summoning countless shadow tentacles that blocked the pursuing enemies, creating distance.
At that moment, the other two teams in the Pigman modification room and breeding room also seemed to sense a faint tremor from deep within and the strange pig squeals, realizing something was amiss.
