"Any sign of Ana anywhere?"
"Nope."
I shook my head bitterly at Redfield's question. I had sent my flock of Corvus out to scout ahead, but I had yet to find anything amiss. There was no sign of poison or withered plants – traces left by a poison mage passing by. I would think that I would at least find a few dessicated trees or a corpse of a monster that succumbed to venom, but…nothing.
It was entirely possible that Anastasia hadn't passed through this forest at all. Hell, it was very likely that Ana didn't come to the forest in the first place. In which case, where could she have gone? I knew for sure that she wouldn't stay in the city, but where else could she have gone?
"Viper reporting in. We found traces of poison in our sector. It's clear that the target has passed through here at least."
