Chapter 118: "What a Disgrace."
Whoosh!
Inside the tent, Shien suddenly sprang to his feet, startling Lumya and Merika beside him.
"M-Mr. Shien?"
"W-What's wrong?"
Lumya and Merika both grew uneasy, seemingly sensing that something about Shien's atmosphere had changed.
Shien closed his eyes and fully opened his Enemy Perception and Mana Perception skills.
In that state, Shien not only sensed waves of intense hostility closing in, but also several considerable sources of mana rapidly approaching, their reactions extremely active.
Those were definitely not the reactions of monsters.
A monster's hostility and mana would not be so concealed yet lively.
Thus, Shien could be certain that those coming were not monsters, but more dangerous, more terrifying, and more evil beings—and there were quite a few of them.
Among them, there was even one whose mana was far stronger than Kilian's.
"So they've finally come?"
Shien opened his eyes and looked at Lumya and Merika.
"Stay close to me. Don't get separated no matter what."
Leaving those words behind, Shien rushed out of the tent.
Lumya and Merika were too startled to react at first. Only after a moment did they exchange glances, as if realizing something was wrong, before following after Shien and rushing out of the tent.
The instant they emerged, both Lumya and Merika trembled.
"T-There's a smell of blood!"
Lumya wrinkled her cute little nose, panic appearing on her face.
"Look over there!"
Merika spotted the disturbance in the camp first and pointed in that direction, calling out loudly.
Several tents in the direction Merika indicated had been set ablaze, burning fiercely as thick black smoke rose into the sky.
Meanwhile, explosions continued to erupt all around the camp.
By now, how could Lumya and Merika not understand what was happening?
"An enemy attack!?"
"How could this