"Let me count. A Sequence 6 Demoness of Pleasure, an Assassin of the same Sequence as you, then a Sequence 7 Magician from the Secret Order, and you drove back an Aurora Order Rose Bishop at Enmat Harbor..."
"Less than two months, and you've already earned such impressive battle merits."
Soest spoke with a smile, causing the hair at his temples to stick up slightly and making his features appear rounder and gentler.
The other two Red Gloves, who had remained silent since arriving, also turned surprised gazes toward Angel. They had seemingly not expected such a delicate-looking woman to already have several Beyonders' lives on her hands.
"It was all accomplished with my teammates' help."
Though Angel would have been lying if she said she felt no pride at being praised so highly by the Red Gloves who had come from afar, she was not arrogant enough to claim all the credit for herself.
After all, the only enemy she had killed alone was the Assassin on the rooftop of the Docklands warehouse, who had also merely been Sequence 9.
"No, no, no." Soest shook his head, somewhat dissatisfied with Angel's humility. "Daly mentioned it, and I can see it from the battle records of Tingen City and Enmat Harbor. Your contribution in battle was immense. Even if a Sequence 7 had been put in your place, they couldn't have done any better."
"I'm not bringing this up to praise you. I simply think that perhaps we may have a chance to fight together in the future... Let me put it this way: how much do you know about the Red Gloves?"
"The elite force of the Nighthawks. Every member is a Beyonder above Sequence 7," Angel listed all the key points she knew about the Red Gloves. "They