Raizel was still staring down at Charak with his blood red eyes, though his air of superiority was broken slightly by having a bat sitting atop his head. And then suddenly the bat fell through his head, as Raizel's body dissolved into billowing black smoke for just long enough to dislodge the shapeshifted girl from his hair. The vampyre's body was still in the process of turning back to solid as he turned and stepped away from Esdeath and her acquaintance.

"I will make for the Island of Departure, where the two forces will do battle."

Raizel stared off into the distance. He'd spoken without allowing himself to finish thinking through what it was he was saying, a rare mistake on his part. Would it be best to head into what would be a battlefield? He would move slowly during the day. Would it be better to wait until the sun set to travel? No, he didn't know where the two groups were. Everything could be over by the time it was dark.

Still thinking through his own plans, Raizel walked slowly but surely away from the two others. He was lost in thought as his silhouette disappeared into the darkness of the shadowed forest's depths. No sooner was he out of sight than did he reappear, bright red eyes staring intently at the pair he had left behind. 

"Excuse me, but if I may, which way must I go to reach the Island of Departure from here?"