"Split up?"
"Not too far. We can tag team."
"Nice!"
That was all it took for them to understand each other's motives. They'd fought enough times to work well together in combat, after all. If anyone had a good understanding of Gio's [Virtual
Manifestation] by this point, it was Shiro.
He had fought Gio more times than even Neriah, who had a habit of challenging him whenever she got the chance.
If he could work well with Neriah…
It was as if all ten of the monsters around them came to an agreement that the newcomers had to be destroyed before they started infighting. When Gio and Shiro started properly moving again, they were instantly met with combat.
'There's still a long way to go before we reach the peak.'
They were at most halfway up the slope they had to climb. There was time, but only relatively.
If the monsters at the front of the pack were allowed to continue uninhibited, they'd reach it in ten minutes.
'So we have to get to those five as soon as possible.'
