One should know, among Abyssal Hunters, to hone their martial arts, they had fought each other quite a bit; this was a small entertainment outside of dances.
However, afterwards, Skadi looked back at Shining and Nightingale, feeling it might be a bit bad not to mention them. Skadi, who had now learned to care for others, somewhat understood this feeling.
"Of, of course, Nightingale and Shining are also very important—we are friends now. Of course, Goki and I are the best friends!"
Saying that, Skadi even squeezed directly between Shining and Goki—maintaining distance was very important.
"Hah, most of those are word-of-mouth, mythologized results, not all true... And I think these people are not Knights."
Goki tapped his Hunter's Staff on the ground, raised his head, and gave a proper smile to the cloaked leader.
He was sure that, at least among this group, there were no acquaintances of his.
But, this should be a very familiar organization.
"Let me guess, you must be from—Armorless Union?"
As soon as Goki's words were uttered, the surroundings suddenly fell into a deathly silence.
"Target changed—subdue all four of them, do not harm the target, capture them alive!"
In an instant, the trackers, who had been exceptionally calm just a moment ago, suddenly became somewhat agitated.
The sound of rushing air came from all directions—those were black crossbow bolts, arrows completely different from the weapons used by mercenaries, stronger, more professional, more lethal.
Ding—ding ding
The next second, the greatsword drew a beautiful curve in mid-air, and Skadi easily blocked these black arrows. Any strays were blocked by the riot shield that appeared in Goki's hand.
And at the same time, a white transparent force field also formed around Goki, colliding with the arrows, making a pleasant impact sound—Shining had finally made her move.
Since the other side had started, Goki would no longer be polite.
"Skadi, let's fight. Since they only intend to subdue us, then we'll pay them back—maybe we can get some information."
"Okay—Goki, I'll send you up first."
However, just as Goki and Skadi were about to fight fiercely, suddenly, from the depths of the alley, a loud shout came.
"You—what are you doing! Stop!"
The voice was so full of vigor, echoing like thunder in the alley, and its familiar tone made Goki instinctively glance in that direction.
Immediately after, Goki saw... a light, a golden light.
The last ray of the setting sun's afterglow coincidentally shot in from the alley entrance, illuminating the beautiful and heroic face of the Knight charging in at high speed.
Her golden hair, tied in a single ponytail, flew in the air, reflecting dazzling light under the setting sun, even more brilliant than the heavy full armor on her body.
However, compared to the setting sun, the light emanating from the Kuranta female Knight, who was charging at a speed that almost caused a sonic boom, seemed even more dazzling.
Raising the shield in her hand, which glowed with golden light, this resolute and young Nona rushed in front of Goki, throwing four golden flashes onto Goki and his companions, blocking the volley of arrows.
Margaret raised the longsword in her hand, blocking the group of "passersby" who were being attacked, and issued her warning to the group of assassins who looked extremely threatening:
"Stand down! I swear by a Knight's honor, you cannot harm those I protect!"
Fear not the darkness; this was the Nearl Family motto. Drawing a sword to help; this was Margaret's way—it was clear that these innocent passersby and Knights below were being besieged by enemies several times their number.
And Goki, looking at the familiar face and the longsword in the Kuranta female Knight's hand, which glowed with a faint golden light and was engraved with many runes, fell into a momentary daze.
This mission target—really just delivered herself to him?
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