Before Marc could respond, Larissa interjected, "You go on ahead. Lucy will stay with us. She'll be safe.”

Howard smirked coldly. "In that case, we'll leave first," he declared.

With the landing point on the Central Island of Obscura City less than five hundred kilometers away, boarding the small boats meant they could reach it within a day. This was undoubtedly the prime opportunity to escape. Since Lucy didn't value this chance, it was her loss.

Howard led the first group of nobles toward t