The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 208

Boom—

“Hmm?”

Tara, who was standing in the hallway with the other maids, her head lowered, quickly walked into the back garden.

“You cannot go without Her Highness the Princess’s permission…”

The maid behind her still wanted to follow, but couldn’t keep up with Tara’s speed. Soon, Tara saw the two figures rushing out of the glass room.

Lord Mother Goddess?

Looking at the broken glass and the two corpses on the bed, Tara didn’t know what had happened, but she knew very well that Lord Mother Goddess seemed to be in trouble.

A white shadow escaped from the ground, scaled the fence, and in the next second, the white shadow solidified. Tara’s figure had appeared outside the fence.

She quickly looked in the direction Ciel had left, but she could no longer see Ciel’s figure. She could only see the headless monster that was chasing.

Tara quickly raised her hand. White shadows surged from her shadow again and rushed towards the headless monstrous shadow. But the moment the white shadows moved, Tara understood that she couldn’t keep up with their speed.

This sudden turn of events caught Tara off guard. She wasn’t sure what Ciel was doing, but she knew that Ciel was definitely doing something very important…

How could she help Lord Mother Goddess?

Tara’s mind raced. Her first thought was of the Divine Advent Church members in Ansu City—but she hadn’t recruited her students to Ansu City. The Divine Advent Church members in Ansu City at this moment were at best some low-ranking liaisons.

Should she find those people from the Society of Merriment?

No, Mother Goddess told her not to communicate with them anymore. Acting rashly might affect Mother Goddess’s plan.

She could only do what she could…

Such a large commotion would definitely implicate Lord Mother Goddess’s network of contacts in the human world, which is to say, her friends.

Tara decided to go find them directly and hide them first. Even if nothing happened in the end, it was better than doing nothing.

Just as Tara made up her mind to act, two other sets of iron hooves caught her attention.

That was…

That was a black iron-clad war chariot. Four warhorses completely covered in black armor galloped in front, dragging the two people on the chariot behind them.

One was wearing the robes of the Church of the God of Order, and the other, Tara was very familiar with.

It was Forte from the Royal Orchestra.

Their direction is… to chase Mother Goddess?

No, their speed is too fast…

Tara didn’t hesitate at all. Four white shadows surged out from her shadow without any reservation, rushing towards the center of the road along the stone-paved path, directly blocking the center.

“Hmm?”

The person from the Church of the God of Order driving the warhorse let out a confused sound. He pulled tightly on the reins, slowing down the warhorse’s speed.

His keen eyes saw a shining emblem that the green-haired girl took out from her pocket.

“Your Excellency Forte, the one blocking the way is from the Judicator’s Court.”

“Ignore her.”

“Yes.”

Crack—

The Cardinal suddenly whipped the reins, making a cracking sound. The warhorse’s galloping speed increased again.

Anyone who dared to stand in their way would be crushed by the iron warhorse.

Useless…

Looking at the carriage that was about to pass by her, Tara took a deep breath. She dropped the badge in her hand and slowly took out another one.

Ding—

A crisp sound echoed. The spiritual restriction on the badge was erased. At the same time, Tara’s figure distorted into a white shadow and disappeared. She ran in the opposite direction.

Sensing this aura, the Cardinal violently pulled the reins and turned to look in Forte’s direction.

Divine Advent Church…

One person, simultaneously possessing the emblems of the Divine Advent Church and the Church of the Savior Goddess…

Church reunification…

Even knowing it was a trap, they had to take the bait.

Forte stomped with one foot, directly mounted one of the iron warhorses, and turned back to say, “You go after her.”

“Yes.”

The reins of the warhorse Forte was riding were instantly severed. The two split up and began their pursuit, but their speed was much slower.

…

Ciel at this moment was running towards the East District, where the buildings were more chaotic.

Level 3 Dexterity allowed her not to be caught up and even constantly increase the distance from Lafayette behind her.

If she kept running like this, Lafayette would never catch up to her in this lifetime.

But the problem was, Ciel’s stamina couldn’t sustain her full-speed run for twenty minutes.

However, she wasn’t planning to truly escape. All she needed was to stall for time.

With the frontal lobe in her pocket, if the other party wanted to protect the frontal lobe, they couldn’t attack her.

Moreover, just now, she felt a terrifying heavy note sweeping from the direction Forte’s carriage had left—Forte had probably also discovered the commotion here and was heading this way.

【Headhunter】 and 【Deadly Blood Roland】 had both been disabled by the “Overlimit Gear,” directly eliminating two of Ciel’s combat methods.

“Heh… heh…”

After running at top speed for about 5 minutes, Ciel felt her lungs were about to burst. Her speed also slowed down, but the pursuer behind her was getting closer and closer…

And, faintly, she could already hear the heavy sound of iron hooves from behind.

No… Forte might have caught up… She couldn’t let Forte see her.

Another buzz came from behind her. That was Forte’s heavy note. Through the echo, her location was once again exposed in Forte’s mind—now it was certain, the second pursuer was Forte himself!

6 minutes… This is Forte’s echo scanning interval…

Ciel didn’t know if this was Forte’s limit, but she had to take this gamble.

Ciel intentionally slowed down a bit to allow Lafayette to follow more closely.

At a corner, Ciel directly darted into an alley where horses couldn’t go. Having scouted the area last night, she was not completely unfamiliar with the roads in the East District at this moment.

Following the route in her memory, she rushed towards the Holy Church District.

1 minute… 3 minutes… 5 minutes…

Ciel could almost no longer feel her legs. Behind her, Lafayette’s angry roar also came.

“(Pharos language) You dare to trick me! Little brat!”

Soon… she would arrive…

Ciel directly turned back onto the main road. She reached into her pocket again and activated the 【Overlimit Gear】.

Overlimit—【Dexterity】

Tiny silver cracks appeared in Ciel’s blood vessels and muscles almost instantly. These cracks, as if injecting her with endless power, made her temporarily forget the pain and fatigue of her muscles.

But the side effect was that in 1 minute, 【Dexterity】 would be disabled.

And Ciel’s physical quality would completely degenerate to a level even lower than that of an ordinary girl—her muscles had already begun to dissolve.

As soon as her Overlimit ended, it was almost certain that the muscles in her thighs would directly dissolve, leaving her with no strength to move a single step—if her lungs could still hold up.

“What’s going on?” Lafayette was startled by Ciel’s sudden acceleration.

A “Detective” being able to run for so long was already beyond her expectation, but she hadn’t expected that the other party could still accelerate… What kind of potion is this? Or is it a sealed artifact?

As she turned into the next alley, Lafayette stopped at the alley entrance. She saw that Ciel had finally stopped. She was standing there, heavily gasping for breath.

“Just like a little deer…”

Lafayette slowly walked towards Ciel, saying, “It’s a pity. You are at a dead end.”

“30 seconds…”

Ciel heavily gasped for breath, constantly keeping track of the time she had left.

If Forte’s echo scan was really every 6 minutes, then he would scan again when her Overlimit Dexterity had about 5 seconds left.

Overlimit 【Dexterity】 has 25 seconds left. Forte’s scan has 20 seconds left…