"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!"
Priscilla's voice. Pink hair fluttering behind her, she glared at the demons while standing with her rapier
tried to ambush me?! Are you out of
"My, my."
he calmly advanced. The two demons following him in silence were like shadows, quietly following along
cast a circumspect look
damn well that I can't kill you. What's the point of getting so worked
"Bullshit!"
"How crude."
His gaze swept over the remaining individuals in the
and the
He then continued.
your words. Someone of your stature shouldn't be mingling and playing around with these
"..."
remind you of the
at Jin. When I looked at her, I opened my mouth but was
is
didn't have him pester you every day in the
"Uh... Right."
did have worse. After all, Jin
get shivers thinking about it. Just
myself the same
reply left me stunned for
I hear correctly, or did she
"Are you sick?"
the demonic energy completely fry
to be
"I'm just self-aware."
her gaze
the lab. Why would you think I wouldn't be aware of the fact that I'm not exactly the
that's where you think the problem
believes that
a
'Basically, she's delusional.'
some reason, I have the sudden
Turning my attention away,
lying about not being
mammoth, which was losing blood, with his hands behind his back,
of this for this little
It should be noted that this beast was at the pinnacle of this planet. For him to
mattered to me, as I just sat back and enjoyed
me, and now you're trying
on an almost corporeal form―slowly extending toward the vast area surrounding
"Hostile much?"
such killing intent, Ukhan didn't so much as flinch. Rather, his smile only grew bigger, and his gaze returned
I felt Melissa's gaze.
looking so tough, she isn't actually really
"Well, yeah."
note of the two demons standing behind Ukhan and then looked back
demons behind him are not to be trifled with. She probably knows that,
"I figured that much."
did you
Melissa shrugged.
from the looks of things, she's getting utterly suppressed by whoever just
'She has a point.'
the demons present uttered a single word, while all Priscilla could do was utter empty threats. It was clear that whoever the demon was,
Priscilla. I'm not here to make enemies. Rather, I'm here
"Help me?"
face distorted. Clearly, she did not believe in whatever he was
"What nonse―"
Spurt―!
of seconds. With a single swipe of his hand, blood spurted all over the cave, and the mammoth's head sagged toward
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