The Author's POV

Chapter 703

"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!"

Pink hair fluttering behind her, she glared

actually tried to ambush me?! Are

"My, my."

two demons following him in silence were like shadows, quietly following along without

cast a circumspect look at the

can't kill you. What's the point

"Bullshit!"

"How crude."

demon's face was contemptuous. His gaze swept over the remaining individuals in

myself and the

He then continued.

mingling and

"..."

he just remind you of the old

casting a distant glance at Jin. When I looked at her, I opened my mouth but was unable to

Jin is a

speak. You didn't have him pester you every day in

"Uh... Right."

did have worse. After all,

it. Just what

myself the

me stunned for

did she actually

"Are you sick?"

demonic energy

seemed to be the

"I'm just self-aware."

and her gaze

spend almost all of my time in the lab. Why would you think I wouldn't be aware of the

you think

like she believes that her busy schedule, as opposed to her personality, is the

clarified a lot

'Basically, she's delusional.'

some reason, I have the sudden urge to

I stepped sideways. Turning my attention away, I shifted my gaze toward the situation, which

she was lying about not being an

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

at the pinnacle of this planet. For him to look at it with

as I just sat back and enjoyed the show from where

ambush me, and

was emitting had taken on an almost corporeal form―slowly extending toward the vast area surrounding

"Hostile much?"

so much as flinch.

I felt Melissa's gaze.

she isn't actually really doing

"Well, yeah."

two demons standing behind Ukhan and then looked

are not to be trifled with. She probably knows that, hence why she's only

"I figured that much."

did

Melissa shrugged.

from the looks of

'She has a point.'

made its appearance, none of the demons present uttered a single word, while all Priscilla could do was utter

now, Priscilla. I'm not here to make enemies. Rather, I'm

"Help me?"

did not believe in whatever he was

"What nonse―"

Spurt―!

all happened within the span of a couple of seconds. With a single swipe of his hand, blood spurted all over the cave, and the mammoth's head sagged toward the

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