"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!"
hair fluttering behind her, she glared
actually tried to ambush me?! Are you
"My, my."
change in the man's facial expression as he calmly advanced. The two demons following him in silence were like shadows,
as he cast a circumspect look at
damn well that I can't kill you. What's the point of getting so worked
"Bullshit!"
"How crude."
contemptuous. His gaze swept over the remaining individuals in the
and
He then continued.
words. Someone of your stature shouldn't be mingling and playing
"..."
remind you of the
at Jin. When I looked at her, I opened my mouth but was unable to speak. It hurt, but I found myself agreeing
is a
You didn't have him pester you
"Uh... Right."
me, she truly did have worse. After all, Jin did
about it. Just what did he see
ask myself
reply left me
I hear correctly, or did
"Are you sick?"
the demonic energy completely fry
to be the
"I'm just self-aware."
twitched, and her gaze shifted toward
lab. Why would you think I wouldn't
that's where you
'It seems like she believes that her busy schedule, as opposed to her personality,
a lot
'Basically, she's delusional.'
I have the sudden urge to punch
cracked her fists, and I stepped sideways. Turning my attention away, I
she was lying about not being an
with his hands behind his back, Ukhan's lips curled into a cruel smile as he turned to face
all of this for this little
It should be noted that this beast was at the pinnacle
me, as I just sat
me, and
that Priscilla was emitting had taken on an almost
"Hostile much?"
killing intent, Ukhan didn't so much as flinch. Rather, his smile only grew bigger, and his gaze
I felt Melissa's gaze.
looking so tough, she isn't
"Well, yeah."
standing behind Ukhan and then looked back at
him are not to be trifled with. She
"I figured that much."
why did
Melissa shrugged.
her status was high. But from the looks of things, she's
'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 that whoever the demon was, he wasn't someone to
Priscilla. I'm not here to make
"Help me?"
not believe in whatever
"What nonse―"
Spurt―!
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 ground. Priscilla's face
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