"What? Ethan Cruz is running away?"

[Yes. To be exact, I see the two remaining undead heroes returning to him.]

"Ah... So he's at least going to try getting out with what he has left."

In a way, it was the expected course of action. Lee Shin-Woo had killed the Beast General, dropped the Vulture General from the sky, and killed six out of the eight undead heroes serving Ethan Cruz. To make things even worse for him, Lee Shin-Woo had also killed Ethan Cruz's accomplice, Mentes Orun. Were it a chess game, Ethan Cruze was essentially left with only a king and a pair of pawns. It would be stranger if he wasn't retreating.

"But... Hmm. There's no way he'd just leave," muttered Lee Shin-Woo.

Jin retorted, "Shin-Woo, don't you think you're the reason he's leaving?"

Jin believed that Ethan Cruz had done everything he could. His fault lay in failing to properly assess Lee Shin-Woo's ability beforehand. It seemed obvious, but it was indeed his biggest mistake.

"Still, there's no way he'd just leave. There are a lot of undead left on the battlefield, and the heroes are still fighting, so the fact that Ethan Cruz is running away by himself means that...he believes he might be exposed."

"Maybe he thinks he's already been exposed. Especially since you went out of your way to single out and kill the undead heroes."

"No. Regular heroes can’t use darkness mana, and won’t be able to ascertain the link between the undead heroes and Ethan Cruz. So long as they aren't cognizant of that link, Ethan Cruz will...