Serie's Reproach

The giant's head was easily plucked off by Rivale in a split second without anyone noticing. Just a second ago, he was still wondering if he still had a chance to fight the Demons in front of him to the death.

"What is A-Rank Adventurer? Have humans only created some boring titles in the last few centuries? How utterly pointless..."

Rivale hadn't even noticed who he had just killed; compared to that, the human named Galan seemed far more interesting.

When Serie's clone first appeared, her first question was actually about what she had discovered from that man...

Although I examined it closely at close range, I still couldn't see anything.

"So... you didn't deliberately hide yourself using any means, but were simply in an extremely unstable state from the start?"

Rivale rested his chin on his hand, as if his previous train of thought had reached a dead end.

Why is that?

If that human could pique Serie's interest, then his existence must be an extremely unusual case.

The instability of the existing state...

"Oh, I see... So that's how it is! It seems my prediction was pretty accurate after all..."

That guy's existence is truly illogical... It seems he really does come from another different time and space.

He carefully recalled the scene when he confronted Serie and the others, as well as the situation when he first faced Galan.

The more I thought about it, the more likely my deduction seemed.

"Ha! If Schlacht knew about this, he would definitely be very interested, wouldn't he? If something like that really happened, it would at least be related to the [Goddess], wouldn't it?"

"After all, if it weren't related to something as strange as [time travel], it wouldn't have attracted Serie to personally protect him."

"Well, by the time I get back to Schlacht, he'll probably already know what I want to say to him."

As Rivale pondered this, he walked toward the distant forest.

As his figure became increasingly blurry, he completely disappeared from this area.

"Call-

Call-

We should be almost there by now, right? There wasn't any noise from over there anymore, so it must be over.

Galan, panting heavily, led the two women all the way to the corner of the city.

The two guards at the gate also turned their gazes toward them at that moment, seemingly thinking they were being chased by something, and grabbed their weapons and rushed toward the three of them.

What's going on here?

The leading guard was the first to question them.

He was very tall and looked like he had been through a lot of training.

He was dressed in a suit of fine steel armor and held a greatsword that emanated a faint magical Mana, clearly indicating that it was a high-quality magical greatsword.

Galan carefully examined the medal on the guard's chest. The medal was of a very high rank, and if he wasn't mistaken, this man was likely the captain of the guard at this city gate.

"There were Demons... but everything's alright now... I think..."

He said it somewhat uncertainly.

After all, if it was just a clone of Serie, he wasn't sure if it could handle Rivale, although emotionally he was more inclined to believe that Serie would win.

"Are there Demons?"

The blond guard frowned after hearing this, his expression becoming somewhat unnatural.

He clearly didn't quite believe Galan's words. How could Demons possibly appear near [Äußerst], especially so close to a city?

If they were just chased here by some low-level monsters, that would be understandable.

It's important to understand that the stronger the demon or Demons, the stronger its reaction to the [Anti-Demon Barrier] left by Flamme. Under normal circumstances, Demons would never want to approach this place.

Therefore, it's normal that the guards didn't believe Galan at first.

"It's true! We encountered Demons on our way to complete the Subjugation Request!"

Amber, who was following behind Galan, had also recovered and spoke loudly, seemingly wanting to confirm Galan's words.

Lia nodded repeatedly, agreeing with the two, but because she had run so fast, she was still too breathless to speak.

"Really... there are Demons?"

Seeing the three men unanimously claim that "Demons have appeared," the guard captain was now somewhat skeptical. Even if Demons had indeed appeared, his position prevented him from taking any action...

"Don't worry, Serie has already taken care of it, there shouldn't be any more problems. We just ran back because we were afraid of being caught in the crossfire."

Seeing the hesitation on the guard captain's face, Galan could guess what the other was thinking and quickly dispelled his concerns.

Frankly speaking, if a powerful Demons like Rivale were to appear, it would be very difficult to defeat him no matter how many troops were deployed.

Sending out more soldiers to quell the rebellion would only increase casualties.

The only way to deal with him is for Serie to take action herself.

You run pretty fast, you've arrived here in the blink of an eye.

Suddenly, Serie's voice rang out behind Galan. The guard captain and the other guard were startled upon seeing the newcomer, then quickly knelt on one knee and respectfully greeted, "Lady Serie!"

When Amber, who was standing next to Galan, saw the newcomers, her expression was extremely moved. She and the two guards knelt down as well, but they were too shy to utter a sound.

"Um."

Serie didn't pay much attention to those people, merely glancing at them casually before gesturing for them to stand up.

To be honest, she didn't really care too much about these formalities, but since these people were willing to do it, she let them be.

Her attention remained focused on Galan the entire time.

"Didn't I tell you before I left? With your current strength, you absolutely can't deal with Rivale. Besides, you know he's near [Äußerst] right now, but he's been hovering outside my perception range, which makes it impossible for me to pinpoint his location."

"But you just swaggered out like that?"

Galan chuckled somewhat reluctantly, sensing a hint of resentment in Serie's words regarding her dangerous actions.

It seems that my leaving the city like this has displeased my master.

"Uh, I knew it, but I never expected him to come straight for me..."