"Please stall for just a little longer. I’ll bring those guys over."

A quiet whisper was heard right next to her. Kang Ra-hye slightly nodded to indicate her understanding before approaching the other three, who were still standing there in a daze, their faces showing they hadn’t yet fully recovered from the shock.

"It could be a trap," she said.

"A trap… you say? May I ask what led you to that conclusion?"

While the others were distracted, Ra-hye quickly sprinted along the path the ogres had fled down. Their footprints, though chaotic, continued in a straight line.

Occasionally, she passed large holes in the ground, and at each one, the number of footprints increased. It seemed that more ogres had joined those who fled earlier, possibly encouraged to follow by their comrades. The area around her was desolate, abandoned by those who had already run.

Judging by the fact that I didn’t sense anything earlier, it was clear that they hadn’t fled because of me, like the first ogres had. Rather, those who had fled first must have invited the others to escape together.