Synopsis

The chapter opens with a squad in retreat, successfully evading pursuers by utilizing a hunter's path and their combined efforts in pathfinding and creating diversions. The perspective then shifts to the pursuing commander, who reflects on his soldiers' defeat, emphasizing the enemy's effective use of fire to escape, and declares his intent to overcome this challenge and defeat them in the future. A separate, unidentified individual is shown to have been overwhelmed in combat, and a squad leader is urging retreat.