"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!"
could hear Priscilla's voice. Pink hair fluttering behind her, she
tried to ambush me?! Are
"My, my."
advanced. The two demons following him in silence were like shadows, quietly following along without making a
curled as he cast
know damn well that I can't kill you. What's the point of getting
"Bullshit!"
"How crude."
face was contemptuous. His gaze swept
and
He then continued.
shouldn't be mingling and playing around with these rats. You're far better
"..."
he just remind you
distant glance at Jin. When I looked at her, I opened my mouth but was unable to
think Jin is a little less
speak. You didn't have him
"Uh... Right."
me, she truly did have worse. After all, Jin did have a thing
of get shivers thinking about it. Just what did he
myself the
reply left me stunned for a
correctly, or did she actually
"Are you sick?"
demonic energy completely fry
seemed to be
"I'm just self-aware."
shoulders twitched, and her gaze shifted
of my time in the lab. Why would you think I wouldn't be aware of the
that's where you
self-aware, my ass.' I felt my face loosen up. 'It seems like she believes that her busy schedule, as opposed to
a lot of
'Basically, she's delusional.'
I have the sudden urge to
sideways. Turning my attention away, I shifted my gaze toward the situation, which had since
lying about not
was losing blood, with his hands behind his back, Ukhan's lips curled into a
of this
mammoth was akin to someone looking at a bug. It should be noted that this beast was at the pinnacle of this planet. For him to look at it with such disdain... It was clear
I just sat back and enjoyed the show
tried to ambush me, and now
that Priscilla was emitting had taken on an almost corporeal form―slowly extending toward
"Hostile much?"
much as flinch. Rather, his smile only grew bigger, and his gaze returned to the
I felt Melissa's gaze.
she isn't actually
"Well, yeah."
demons standing behind
are not to be trifled with. She probably knows that, hence
"I figured that much."
why did
Melissa shrugged.
the looks of things, she's getting utterly suppressed by whoever just
'She has a point.'
its appearance, none of the demons present uttered a single word, while all Priscilla could do was utter empty threats. It was clear
I'm not here to make enemies. Rather, I'm here to
"Help me?"
face distorted. Clearly, she did not believe in whatever he was
"What nonse―"
Spurt―!
seconds. With a single swipe of his hand, blood spurted all over the cave, and the mammoth's head sagged toward the ground. Priscilla's face froze, and the entire
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