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Chiara - Nelo Let's not take any risks. Focus on finding a way out.

Considering that the surrounding troops haven't attacked since the initial volley, that can mean two things. They can't differentiate friend or foe from the thick smoke, Or, They're so confident in that woman's ability that they aren't bothering with support. Either scenario is beneficial to me.

Taking the initiative, I lunged towards the woman. Even if my goal is to escape, I can't risk letting her know that my heart's not in the fight. A couple of engagement should be enough, close-in, draw-out, repeat. Nice and easy. The woman replied with an excited smile, happily taking up my challenge. A swift blow from her blade greeted my advance, coming at a faster swing speed than what I've seen before. So, she's been holding back up until now?

Well, that makes quick work of my plan. Let's not make it too hasty. Focus on dodging this strike first. Luckily, however hard and fast you can deliver a blow, you still can't change the default reach of your weapon without magic. I've already acclimated to the default range of her sword, so I can dodge it just as usual. She's fired up, so what I need now is for her to make a large attack.

Dodging the initial blow, I quickly retaliated with a knee strike. I scored a solid hit at her stomach, but the the sensation I felt from the impact tells me her defensive clothing absorbed most of the damage. Another swing from her- a horizontal slash. I can't swerve left or right, so I'll have to back away.

Just as I recovered my footing, the woman rushed forward for another blow. Is she holding a grudge? As she grips of her greatsword, the blade glowed a brilliant blue. Okay, this is the real deal.

Swoosh. With the glowing blade, the weoman executed a powerful swing so hard, that even on a distance, I can feel a powerful shockwave emanating forth. At this distance, at this speed, I won't be able to dodge it cleanly. Raising my right arm in a defensive stance and jumping backwards, the impact of the blow threw me back much further than my starting position. Calculated.

The slash blew apart the right side of my clothing's defensive layer. Drawing a large gash of messy mana schematics. Considering the damage, it would take about 2 minutes to fully mend itself. No...considering the smoke, it would take much longer. Luckily, the shockwave wasn't able to completely blow away the smoke surrounding her; she's currently in a thinner smoke position while I'm shrouded in the deep smoke area.

Assessing my situation....using magic here will make my escape route harder....there's no saying when the troops will fire.... Damn, my options are limited. Wait-! Yotta's vial! ....Wait. Do I really want to owe him another one. Well, since the woman has locked my default position from the fight just now, it's likely she already have the troops surrounded us. So all I need to do is to sneak out to the exit-

"To all units, break position and secure the exit." Nevermind. If I remember, Yotta activates them on contact with air. Don't need to make uneccessary noises by breaking the vial. Taking out the vial, I poured out the black liquid to the floor.
 * sigh*

As the liquid came into contact with the air, it quickly expands in mass and size, and in a flash, it has become a blob towering me. Under the cover of darkness and smoke, Umbra blended incredibly well with the surroundings- from a distance, its near invisible.

Umbra seems to have a will on its own, shortly after its form completes, it extended a tentacle wrapping my right wrist. Then, the main body began to move- it's guiding me further and further away. As the smoke surrounds us, Umbra made minimal noises as it moves- eventually leading me to a wall. Releasing its hold on me, Umbra suddenly bloated up, then in a single thrust, shot out a large thorn from its main body, blowing open a hole on the wall.

The sound quickly alerted the guards, all rushing to close in our position. Luckily Arato have this place built without pretension -under any circumstances, the wall would've take multiple blows to open. With Umbra's single strike, I have more than enough ample time to leave this perimeter.

As I stepped out beyond the wall, Umbra's shot out its tentacle wrapping my wrist again, pulling me to its targeted location. Under the night sky, we hid and turn from the searchlights, where orders such as "shoot on sight" were heard.

Eventually, under Umbra's guide, I made it back to where I first started- Chiara's south avenue.

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