Bab 178: Chapter 177 - Kuro vs Lazarus(Part 1)

"From this point on, I'll be going in alone. And I should hurry, chances are that The Empire group have already been defeated. You guys all pair up and circle the castle, take out any Vampires you run into, except you, Ekai, find a safe place to rest," I instructed the others. 

We had all regrouped, in the spot ahead of the hall we'd fought those Vampires in, where Az had frozen Five and kept him restrained. I had used Store on Demelza Cynfael and Five already, in the case of the latter, I was able to tell which of the five copies had the core when I noticed that only one of them was triggering my craving.