Chapter 52: Chapter 52 - 52. Retreat

Flame who was nimbly evading Bigarm's attacks immediately broke away from the confrontation after receiving the order. Bowler also bolted once he landed on the ground. Previously Jack had asked him to use up all his remaining free attribute points to fill up the Dexterity stats. He was the slowest among them, so this fleeing strategy would be harder for him. Luckily, there was no opponent pinning him down at the moment so he was the one with the most head start when the order to retreat was given. The two rangers who went up to the terrace didn't see when Bowler jumped down, they were still looking around up in the terrace for him. Scarface wanted to chase but since he didn't invest any point in Dexterity, he soon lost sight of Bowler. Scarface yelled at the two rangers in irritation, "get down here, you two! He has already jumped down!" Red chased after Jack as he removed himself from Stonecleave. In the group, only she could barely match speed with Jack hence they soon found themselves some distance from the rest of the group. Seeing the opportunity, Jack said in team chat, "Bowler, look at your map and come to my place. I got an enemy expert in our tail. If we manage to get rid of her, it would be a great blow to our opponents. Flame, you are too far away, continue onward to the rendezvous point." After giving the instruction, Jack stopped his running and turned back to face his pursuer. He looked at his radar and found out the rest of the enemies didn't scatter to chase them, instead they gathered and stayed where they were. Red Death who was chasing after him stopped several meters away from him. She wore a conflicted look. She then glared at Jack and said, "don't you think this is over. We will settle this another time." After saying her piece, she turned back and left. Jack was confused at her retreat. From his radar, he could see Red Death reconvened with her group. He continued observing them on his radar to see what kind of move they were planning, but instead, they started to move away in the direction back to the safe zone. Bowler arrived at this time and asked, "where is the expert?" Red Death who had regrouped with the rest of her team, asked Scarface in dissatisfaction, "why are we retreating?"