"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!"
behind her, she
tried to ambush me?!
"My, my."
in the man's facial expression as he calmly advanced. The two demons following him in silence were like
as he cast a
can't kill you. What's
"Bullshit!"
"How crude."
demon's face was contemptuous. His gaze swept over the remaining individuals in
and
He then continued.
Someone of your stature shouldn't be mingling and playing
"..."
just remind you of
looked at her, I opened my mouth but was unable
is a
one to speak. You didn't have him pester you every day in the
"Uh... Right."
worse. After all, Jin did have
shivers thinking about it. Just what did he
myself the same
reply left me stunned
hear correctly, or did she
"Are you sick?"
the demonic energy completely fry
seemed to be
"I'm just self-aware."
her
time in the lab. Why would you think I wouldn't be aware of the fact that I'm not
that's where you think the
'It seems like she believes that her busy schedule, as opposed
a lot
'Basically, she's delusional.'
I have the sudden urge to
stepped sideways. Turning my attention away, I
about not being
his back,
all of this for
at the pinnacle of this planet. For him to look at it with such disdain... It was clear that he
mattered to me, as I just sat
ambush me, and now you're
an almost corporeal form―slowly extending toward the vast area surrounding
"Hostile much?"
as flinch. Rather, his smile only grew bigger, and his gaze returned to the
I felt Melissa's gaze.
tough, she
"Well, yeah."
the two demons standing behind
trifled with. She probably knows
"I figured that much."
did you
Melissa shrugged.
status was high. But from the looks of things, she's
'She has a point.'
demons present uttered a single word, while all Priscilla could do was utter empty threats. It was clear that whoever the
I'm not here to make enemies. Rather, I'm here
"Help me?"
she did not believe in whatever
"What nonse―"
Spurt―!
couple of 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
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