Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem-Chapter 505 : Catching Up

The silence after Visla's question hung heavy in the midst of the howling glacial winds tossing and turning around them. But not saying anything wouldn't change reality.

"She's dead," Zach said in a flat voice after a minute or two.

"What?" Visla asked, stumped.

Out of all the things she could have ever expected to come out of Zach's mouth, that was the last thing she would have thought he would say. But the look on his face made it clear he wasn't joking.

"Wha-what happened?" She asked, still in disbelief. She couldn't believe her ears just because it didn't look like Zach was joking.

"We ran into a Child. He killed Nora when she attacked him. End of story," Zach said quickly in a deadpan voice.

Visla frowned. That was not a lot of information. But it was clear Zach did not want to talk about it, given his tone and expression. She did not pry. But she and the other familiars looked at Alzara. She had some explaining to do.

But first, they had to deal with the shadows surrounding them and hiding in the snowstorm blowing around them.

Despite Zach's group not showing a hint of fear, it didn't take long for the snow-white wolves to lunge at them. It also didn't take long for the pack of fierce wolves to be wiped.

Regardless of what had happened, they still had things to do and a war to stop. So, while moving through the floors, they told the others what had happened while they were separated.

Zach stayed clinical and focused as he talked about his encounter with Borso and the Ugri tribe's general attitude. Visla had a few things to say about the Ugri tribe, but they soon moved on when Alzara told both Zach and the others what happened when he was gone.

The others were curious about that part, but they could tell from the lack of details that's when Nora died, so, once again, they didn't pry. The part about the Arlecch tribe's internal conflict was also important enough that where Zach had been wasn't important.

It worried Visla.

The Arlecch tribe had always been a tribe representing wisdom and a united front that guided the whole of the Sesha toward a brighter future. That they had killed each other for an unknown reason was alarming.

Yanael, Soara, Mandra, and Visla had also seen some action, but it was nothing more than a couple of run-ins with the barbarians. Nothing they couldn't handle.

Neither of them had seen any traces of other labyrinth entrants. They had seen the glass floor as the aftermath of the battle between a Child and another, but that was it. No signs of the Child they were chasing, and no signs of the Evandiels.

It was a little strange how a Child weaker than the one he killed had managed to virtually disappear in the Labyrinth. But it wasn't like the Labyrinth was small. It wasn't impossible for him to have just gone under everyone's radar.

But Zach was getting curious.

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They had caught up to and partially surpassed the three tribes. But there was still no sign of what they or the Children or the Evandiels were looking for.

Zach wondered how deep they would have to go to find anything of what they were looking for.

It took them arriving at the twenty-fifth floor to even see another human again. It was a small group of Maura warriors. They had a few words to say to Visla, which she didn't let the others hear because she was embarrassed. Then Visla told them about the Arlecch tribe and the Children.

They didn't seem like they believed everything she said. But Visla had made it this far into the Labyrinth when not many of their tribe members had. They took her seriously. Though they looked strangely at Zach.

He hadn't died his hair again, and that red hair…

But it didn't seem like Visla was going around with an Evandiel for no reason, so they only told her to be cautious. They also informed her that the chief should only be a couple of floors ahead of them.

If they hurried, they might catch up.

It should be good news. They wanted to talk to the chiefs of all the tribes and get them to agree not to wage war against the Empire. That was how it had started at least.

Now, they wanted to talk about why they had invaded the Empire in the first place and why they were in the Labyrinth of Jira. They wanted answers to all the questions about what was going on.

But now that they were on the brink of getting their answers, Visla was getting cold feet. It was a little concerning, but Zach wasn't patient nor in the mood to care.

He had a feeling as to why Visla was hesitant. If he was right, she was just being silly.

So, once they bid farewell to the Maura warriors, he urged his group to continue moving. There was no reason or time to stay still.

Visla didn't have the persuasive power to get Zach agree to maybe slow down. She also didn't have a reason. She couldn't even convince herself that it was a bad idea to try and catch up to the Maura chief.

It was the only chief they knew the whereabouts of, after all. Maybe by catching up to and meeting them, they could finally make some progress.

They had already spent a lot of time on this wild chase in the Labyrinth. The Children could have wreaked all sorts of havoc on the surface by now. They could have reaped many innocent lives while they were wasting time.

They needed to put an end to this war as soon as possible.

Visla could only sigh and resolve herself. After all, how bad could it really be?

She was just meeting her mother for the first time in a while.

It wasn't like the chief had asked her to stay out of trouble or anything.