It was the best place to look, they had to be there. If they weren't then Elim would search somewhere else. She wasn't going to give up until she found those people that killed her family, that had taken her life from her. While she liked the years she spent with her teacher she wanted to be with her family. She missed them every day and knew that the only way for them to be at peace was for her to kill the people that killed them so that they could never kill anyone ever again. So that they could never destroy families or livelihoods ever again as she was going to make them pay for their crimes, make them pay the ground with their blood. 

Before she could get too far away from the couple, as that was what Elim assumed they were anyway from how closely they stuck to one another, she heard something. Something strange. Quickly unsheathing his blade, the young 'boy' noticed strange creatures seeming to pull themselves out from the very shadows themselves. Strange creatures with bright yellow eyes and even a couple that had bits and pieces of armor on their bodies that actually waked like humans. "What are these monstrosities?" Elim had never heard of, or seen, any Heartless before. Sure she had seen lots of other monsters like minotaurs, chimeras, slimes, and other such creatures (well maybe not seen, but read about anyway), but never had she heard of creatures like these before. Monsters native to this world?

Regardless of what they were they were in her way. Perhaps they were summoned by the Crimson Skull Bandits to stop her, as maybe they knew she was here, or maybe they were summoned by them to plague people. That thought caused her grip on her blade to tighten. "All the more reason to slaughter them and move on". He muttered this angrily before charging at one of the Shadows, slashing at the beast with her blade before thrusting her palm at it and letting loose a small burst of flame at the beast, hoping that this would take care of it. 

Somehow it did though, meaning that these creatures weren't invincible. That was good, as a smirk appeared on her face as she carged towards another one, prepared to take out as many of these monsters as she could if it meant getting to her targets more quickly.