"Quick, they're leaving! Let's follow them!!"
Watching Fang Zheng's group continue deeper into the labyrinth, the girl hurried out from the corner and raced after them with the greataxe warrior.
But when they turned the corner, they were stunned to find that there was no one in sight.
"Huh? Where did they go?"
The girl froze as she stared at the empty passageway. Before she could say anything else, a dagger suddenly pressed against her throat.
"Don't move!"
"Watch out!"
The greataxe warrior seemed to sense the danger as well. He hurriedly reached for the battleaxe on his back, but two sharp longswords promptly crossed against his throat from either side, preventing him from moving any further.
"Ah... so someone really was following us. I thought he'd just said it casually before..."
Along with that listless voice, a petite girl with messy blonde hair soon emerged from the shadows, casually swinging a One-handed Hammer in her hand.
"I'm asking whether you're any good at this. Someone was tailing us, and you didn't even notice."
"What was I supposed to do?! Just scouting the way ahead was already exhausting enough. How was I supposed to worry about what was happening behind us?!"
Hearing Gabriel's accusation, Eriri, who was holding the dagger to the girl's neck from behind, immediately shouted back.
"Mr. Fang Zheng, it looks like there are only these two behind us. No one else."
Asuna and Yuki came walking over from the passage the two had just emerged from. Soon afterward, everyone else hidden nearby appeared as well, surrounding the pair.
"Who are they?"
"Could they be trying to take advantage of the situation and rob us?"
"Just the two of them think they can steal the boss?"
"Maybe they're the vanguard?"
"W-We're not here to oppose you!!"
Hearing