'That went quite smoothly…' Ace couldn't help but think while he escaped silently after taking away the Crimson Netherflame Revenant's corpse.
After all, Ace had thought he might have to put himself in danger by getting closer to the Corpse Commanders and the Dread Duchess, but he had never expected the Dread Duchess, despite being outnumbered, would still kill the Third Corpse Commander just as she declared, so easily.
Nonetheless, the Dread Duchess had proven to be a good distraction right now as no one noticed him stealing the ancient corpse at all, and without lingering, he retreated without hesitation.
At this moment, outside, Eva quietly waited exactly where she had stopped, and no one was bothering her as everyone else was avoiding the gray mist because of its terrifying effects on the mind and soul.
