Bell pov
This is bad. As I grabbed Hestia and ran the Silverback had started chasing after us. The silverback is big and strong. It won't do so well in a tight space. Turning I run through the alleyway with Hestia in tow. I know that it will only buy me some time but time us all I need right now.
Roaring, the silverback jumps high and tries to cut us off. I won't make it if I keep running so I head off in another direction. The place is close to Daedelus street so there should be branching paths. If I keep this up I might escape!
Thinking that to myself I rumln across the alleyway. Unfortunatley my hope was dashed when I was forced to get out in the open.
Carrying Hestia I was running through hoping I can make it before the silverback comes through. I was simply to slow as it landed before me.
It raised its arm and swung down. I duck over to the right with Hestia in tow. I draw out my knife and slide under beneath its legs. Pushing Hestia forward I drew my knife and plunged it into the back of its knee.
Roaring in pain it tried to trample me but I rolled back and tumbled into the alleyway.
That was close. I was almost crushed.
Unfortunatley I lost my only weapon. And my only way to win.
Turning to Hestia I had smiled "I'm sorry Hestia but I can't win. I'll buy you some time so please, escape from here"
"Hey what are you..." Hestia started but was pushed back into a branching alley.
I then closed and jammed the gate shut.
"Thank you for everything" I say before turning back. If Hestia had not picked me up back then, I would still be a weak and selfish coward. Really I am truly grateful to her. And to captain. The one who taught me everything.
No choice. I gotta buy some time for Hestia to run. And if I'm lucky maybe help can get here.
Side story:
Finn, Riveria, Beet, and Ais were sitting on the couch staring at each other. The mood in the room was sour, like they all just entered a trap room and escaped.
"I can't take it anymore" Beet had whined. Grasping his head he was completely enraged. The reason,
They couldn't get Rimuru tempest to take off her mask.
"We know. This is the 4th time you've said this" Finn had shook his head. He to was irrated and tired.
"Where's Tione and Tiona" Riveria asked.
"They're both rampaging in the dungeon" Ais had seen them both unleash they're berserk states unconsciously and thought it was best to leave them alone.
"If we can't get one little kid to take off a mask we ain't adventurers" Bete who's pride was hurt the most during this was about to rush out into the dungeon.
"Alright lets see what we did wrong and see if we can fix it" Riveria declared. Each of them thought out what went wrong during the plan.
1 day ago
Ais and Riveria were walking down the street following Rimuru on her 'off' day. She (Rimuru) had for some reason roamed the city instead of exploring the dungeon once a week on a Saturday.
They would not have noticed this if Rimuru wasn't spotted by them every Saturday in some random portion of the city.
Riveria was here to cast tracing magic and observation magic (a synthesis of scrying and detection magic) on Rimuru to track her.
However the spell took awhile to cast. That was where Ais came in. Ais would distract Rimuru just long enough to cast observation magic.
Unlike scrying magic where you search and observe a large area for a magic signature and detection magic to find a magic reaction, observation magic finds the magic signature and uses the magic reaction to recreate an image of the person in real time.
If this worked they would just have to sit and wait for her(Rimuru) to take off the mask.
The plan was a go.