Raelis dashed through the fallen candidates and arrived at the front lines of the defense.
His team was still behind him, with the exception of Mathieu.
He seemed to be frozen in fear, standing near the edge of the hill.
All of a sudden, Mathieu took a step back and tumbled downward, causing Raelis's eyes to widen.
"Alice... go rescue him, now," Raelis commanded, catching her off guard.
"W-What? But what about cover?" Alice asked.
"Just do it," Raelis shot back, slashing forward, cleaving a mana beast's body in half.
Alice lingered for a moment longer, then dashed back toward Mathieu.
She dove after the idiot without a second thought.
As for Raelis, he fought his way through the hordes of mana beasts.
Unsurprisingly, the mana beasts had made their way through the candidates' defensive barrier and were now massacring them.
