"Good job, Jin."
"No problem."
The black spike in the distance slowly retreated into the ground.
I sighed in relief when I saw the Duchess avoid the ambush. I had noticed that something was happening around me during the time that she was dealing with the mammoth. It was for this reason that I didn't participate in the event.
When I realized what was happening, I had Jin and the others stop and had them shift their attention toward the Duchess. If there was anyone who would be the target of an ambush here, it'd be her.
The decision proved to be the correct one, as Jin was able to save her in the nick of time.
Staring at the situation, my mind began to race, and I looked at Jin. I then placed my hand over his shoulder and looked at him seriously.
"Jin."
"What?"
He turned to look at me. His eyes filled with vigilance.
'Am I that untrustworthy?'
I was a bit hurt by his gaze, but I shook it off and looked toward the distance.
"If something does happen in a bit, don't do anything."
"What do you mean?"
"Just don't struggle."
"What?"
"You'll know what I mean soon..."
Without waiting for him to understand my words, I moved further away from him and moved toward where Melissa and Amanda were.
He'll understand soon enough.
"...That was a close one."
Melissa commented, adjusting her glasses beneath the hood.
"If Jin was a little bit slower in his actions she probably would've died... Not gonna lie, that would've been pretty funny."
"No, not really."
I shook my head.
Even though she might have been hurt badly, it was very unlikely that she would have died. Also, did she say it would've been funny?
Demonified Melissa was really twisted...
"I'm sure she had some contingency plans in place for situations like this. Someone of her rank wouldn't die so easily."
"...I guess."
Melissa quickly lost interest and shifted her attention toward the direction from which the ambush came from. An undulation of demonic energy was quickly felt not long after, and a step echoed in the cave.
"Not bad, not bad."
Long black hair with a silky texture, red eyes, tanned skin, and a muscular physique. A figure wearing dragon-patterned robes materialized from the shadows. As soon as his presence became known, the cave's atmosphere became extremely gloomy.
It wasn't long before two more figures appeared behind him. Both wore heavy armor and carried an extremely overbearing aura.
"So it was you! Ukhan!"
cavern could hear Priscilla's voice. Pink hair fluttering behind her,
me?! Are
"My, my."
expression as he calmly advanced. The two demons following him in silence were
curled as he cast a circumspect
well that I can't kill you. What's the point of
"Bullshit!"
"How crude."
face was contemptuous. His gaze swept over the remaining individuals
and the
He then continued.
words. Someone of your stature shouldn't be mingling and playing around with
"..."
just remind you
at her, I opened my mouth but was unable to speak. It hurt, but I found myself
is a little
You didn't have him pester you every day in the
"Uh... Right."
she truly did have worse. After all, Jin did have a
it. Just
ask myself the
reply left me stunned
I hear correctly, or did she actually
"Are you sick?"
energy completely fry her
seemed to be the
"I'm just self-aware."
her
Why would you think I wouldn't be aware of the fact that I'm not
that's where you think
self-aware, my ass.' I felt my face loosen up. 'It seems like she believes that her busy
a lot of
'Basically, she's delusional.'
reason, I have the sudden urge to
stepped sideways. Turning my attention away, I shifted my gaze toward the situation,
she was lying about not
over the mammoth, which was losing blood, with his hands behind his back, Ukhan's lips curled into a cruel smile as he turned
this for this little
be noted that this beast was at the pinnacle of this planet. For him to look
really mattered to me, as I just sat back
ambush me, and now you're
killing intent that Priscilla was emitting had taken on an almost corporeal form―slowly
"Hostile much?"
such killing intent, Ukhan didn't so much as flinch. Rather,
I felt Melissa's gaze.
she isn't actually
"Well, yeah."
took note of the two demons standing behind Ukhan and then looked back
trifled with. She probably
"I figured that much."
why did
Melissa shrugged.
the looks of
'She has a point.'
the demons present uttered a single word, while all Priscilla could do was
Priscilla. I'm not here to make enemies. Rather,
"Help me?"
face distorted. Clearly, she did not believe in whatever
"What nonse―"
Spurt―!
span of a couple of seconds. With a single swipe of his hand, blood spurted all over the cave,
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