If such a trap had been triggered then the witch would surely be aware of it so it was weird that the witch had not shown her face during the entire struggle.
The route of the attacks were predicable and could be understood quickly by anyone with good observation.
Once the timing and position of the attacks were grasped, anyone could avoid them with little effort so the assistant had been able to avoid the first and next blasts of energy that cane towards him before he had disrupted the formation.
Blush watched from far away and showed a slight frown. 'It seems that he is eager to get things moving along now. If we lose anymore people then it would be troublesome for him.'
Although the knight and assistant were organising and participating in the hunt, they rarely took action themselves and were very used to standing at the back while giving out orders.
Everyone else seemed to be like disposable tools to them which could be discarded once they served their use so Blush determined that without her interference, many would have died in the previous battles which would have taken place.
It was very easy for Blush to predict how things would have played out if she did not intervene.
Many would be sacrificed on the whims and orders of those leading them while the knight and his assistant were among the sole or few survivors who would claim the reward for themselves.
It was unknown if some of the witches would survive without her help but there would be some among them that would be able to put up some form of fight to allow them to take many lives with them as they died.
The witch who Blush had killed was one of the more difficult witches to kill because everyone would have been surrounded and killed by wild beasts unless they had a way to deal with her before she summoned many of them.
Judging from the ongoing battle, if there were already many casualties then they would have had an even harder time dealing with the witch unless there was a special method to deal with the witch before she could use her magical tools.
Blush kept looking towards the assistant calmly as she studied him carefully and made her own calculations.
The door was approached by those who could still stand and a hand pushed the door open slowly which revealed nothing inside.
It seemed like the whole house had been emptied and there was little left behind so many gathered at the door looking inside showing their anger and despair.
"This.."
"What have we been dighting for?!"
"I cannot do this anymore."
"I am out."
The assistant showed a look of anger on his face and stood in front of everyone. "Everyone.. I think there is a traitor among us."
Blush rolled her eyes secretly. 'I knew this was coming..'
The assistant looked around and his thoughts were very obvious to Blush as he thought to himself. 'I need to keep everyone together and put the blame on someone here so we can be unified once again. Then.. who will be the one to help our cause?'
He was not entirely sure if there was a traitor among them and exposing one would usually provoke discord but the present situation needed the anger and blame of everyone to be put onto one person.
That built up anger could be vented upon that person and cause the rest of the group to become more united.
There was a strange atmosphere that was created when he had spoken which made Blush knit her brows upon detecting something.
The assistant looked calmly among the group then saw the smaller and thinner figure of Blush who seemed like an easy target to pick on. 'You may have shown some better intelligence than these oafs earlier but.. I choose you.'
He lifted his hand and spoke again with a voice filled with authority and his conviction. "You. You are a witch! There is a witch among us I am sure of it!"
Blush tilted her head and pointed her finger towards herself. "Me? You must be kidding!"
Her eyes calmly analysed what was happening in front of her like she had found something interesting. 'Keep talking.'
The surrounding people were confused at first then towards Blush with their eyes full of betrayal and anger.
"Is it really her?"
"She never really did get along with the rest of the group."
"She has not done much this whole time."
"Maybe she is working with the witches? We would have noticed if she was a witch correct?"
"We cannot be sure.."
There were some which thought more logically and tried to deny it while most seemed to have believed it because of their own reasons.
There were some that did not want to become the target for everyone's anger so they went along with it.
That was until the assistant spoke up again. "Helper or witch, it does not matter which. Many of your comrades have died because of her betrayal. Everyone! Capture her and we will soon find out the truth! Burn the witch!"
The moment that he spoke, everyone started to approach her with similar malicious gazes.
Blush had finished analysing the assistant then showed a smirk beneath her mask. 'I am done playing around."
She snapped her fingers suddenly and something strange happened shortly after which caused mass panic within the group.
"Ah.. wha."
"Witch.. wi."
"I knew it aah."
From underneath the floorboards and travelling through the gaps in them appeared a weird looking smoke and the house started to go up in flames.
Before leaving, she had set a trap in place near the house and had it prepared in case of an emergency to work with her current spells.
A small spark had lit up and ignited the materials underneath the floorboards and caused the smoke to spread out quickly under her control.
The fire followed afterwards as the house was set ablaze but many had already escaped so they were safe.
The problem came from the smoke created which surrounded them, a slight wave of her finger caused the smoke to travel around everyone in the area while avoiding herself.
The assistant and knight both rushed towards Blush and attacked her but their weapons were deflected by her barrier.
Their resistance slowly weakened until they fell into a deep slumber.
Everyone was asleep except Blush and she looked down towards the assistant and knight at her feet while casting her investigation spell on their bodies.
Slowly the bodies of both of them had transformed to reveal their true selves, they had dark red skin and had pointed ears very similar to her own along with other similar features which could only confirm them as members of the demon race.
The sword was unsheathed once again by Blush and she stabbed it into their bodies then some vials floated nearby and the blood was dropped inside after if slid down the blade. "Thank you for giving me these lovely samples and new discoveries. Hmm.. how should I deal with this? Incite everyone against the demons? Disappear? Kill them?"
There was a slightly playful tone in her voice as she spoke. "That inciting or manipulation spell was very interesting so I am glad I got to study it. Is there still any worth in keeping them alive now?"