Painting of Hell 2 (before battle)
Whew... Battling in a narrow hallway really takes a lot out of you.
It can't be helped~ Fighting in narrow hallways like these is pretty exhausting for people who use long weapons like we do.
These enemies weren't much harder than the ones we'd fought earlier, but it was inevitable that their sheer number would eventually wear the Sinners down.
Who... what... are these things, Faust...?
…….
Yeah, I've been wondering that too! Why are ya so tight-lipped all of a sudden?
Those entities are...
Those entities are...?
... What do you think those entities are?
Huh?
D-didn't I just ask you the same question?
Oh no... Are you...
... giving us a chance to come up with our own answers first?!
Of course, Faust did not confirm nor deny his question, but Sinclair was perfectly capable of making up his own interpretation of her silence.
Mm... There were some things I learned after fighting them. I think.
These monsters aren't... mad at us, nor do they want to attack us because we're an obstacle. That's not why they're attacking us.
Quite, quite! 'Tis apparent that they hunger for aught, charging at anyone and anything in a desperate quest of it!
Right... That's strange, though. I thought hunger or thirst wasn't a thing aboard these trains.
It could be determined from the entities' behavior that their attack patterns have no basis in rational thought. The source of this behavior can only be traced back to primal aggressiveness.
Hm...
Yes, and? Was there anything else?
Anything else...? Uhm... Uh... Oh yeah, I think they all had red eyes...
Their bodies wreathed in blankets of red.
I smelled blood, so that's likely what they're made of.
Then it must be that the "red" was congealed... nay, crystallized blood.
Thank you, all. Your insights has all been very helpful.
It was my turn to start whispering.
<Wh... what did you learn from that?>
We are in luck, Dante.
I have read upon this subject as a tangent while perusing information regarding our next destination, moments before we boarded the train. And while that will be a useful element in resolving this situation...
... the Sinners have also been a very good source of intelligence when it came to categorizing and identifying important evidence from the available sea of information. Your advice was correct, Dante.
<You mean... you know what to do to blow this case wide open?!>
Nothing can be said with absolute certainty at the moment. However, this will be a good place for us to start.
With that, Faust turned around and faced the rest of the Sinners.
... I will now present before you a solution to this predicament.
Huh? Is there something else we gotta do other than beating the crap outta whatever's in our way?
That will not change, no. However, what I am about to share will give you a better understanding of the purpose behind W Corp.'s contract, and provide us with the possible means of finding the method by which we may complete it.
It is very likely that the entity behind the incidents on this train, and by extension, every incident of the same nature that has occurred in previous WARP train trips...
... is a Bloodfiend.