"Hey, Master, did that garden just shake?"
"...That was more than just a shake, Rider."
In midair, Astolfo and Sieg rode the Griffin together, looking down at the garden below as they spoke with expressions caught somewhere between surprise and confusion.
Behind them, the ruins of one building after another lay scattered about, leaving behind vast amounts of broken stone and rubble.
In order to fulfill the guerrilla mission, Astolfo had gone all out.
After all, a large number of dark shadows were closing in around the Griffin.
They were Dragon Fang Soldiers.
However, those Dragon Fang Soldiers seemed to have fused with the corpses of winged people, becoming monsters that were half skeleton and half flesh.
"Go, Griffin!"
At Astolfo's command, the Griffin charged back and forth like a bolt of lightning.
"Bang bang bang bang bang—!"
One Dragon Fang Soldier after another, struck head-on by that terrifying momentum, exploded in succession, leaving only mangled remains to rain down upon the ground.
Astolfo guided the Griffin like this, destroying the approaching Dragon Fang Soldiers while smashing one building after another within the Floating Garden.
Hopefully, this destruction will hinder the Floating Garden's functions somehow...
With that thought in mind, Sieg had Astolfo carry out the assault.
Otherwise, without anyone directing her, Astolfo—whose reason had already evaporated—would surely have no idea what she might do to fulfill the guerrilla mission.
Thus, compared to the thick-skinned Astolfo, Sieg was more concerned about the disturbance just now.
"Could that person have encountered the enemy commander?"
Fang Li's figure rose in Sieg's mind.
Sieg had not had much contact with Fang Li. They had not even exchanged a single word.
Yet deep down, Sieg was grateful to Fang Li.
Because at the very beginning, among the entire Black Faction, aside from the out-of-control