Squelch!
The sound of a dagger plunging into a chest, slicing through skin and flesh, rang out clearly.
"When?"
Head Collector Kaisel looked in disbelief at her bloodied chest. She tried to turn and look behind her, but her entire body seemed to lose its strength. "—Poison!"
"Kaisel!"
Iron Horn Tron, standing nearby, froze visibly upon seeing the blond human. Then he spun around with an angry roar, raised the magic double-bladed axe in his hand, and swung it at the blond woman. "You lowly slave, you dare attack us!"
Boom!
The blade of the magic double-bladed axe tore through the air, becoming a black afterimage. Its power was enough to easily cleave through even orichalcum, and just as it was about to strike the enemy—
The blond woman shrank into herself and vanished as though assimilating into the shadows. Not only did she easily evade the attack, but she appeared on the other side of the deck in the blink of an eye.
The attack missed!
Iron Horn Tron did not immediately give chase. Instead, he quickly rushed to Head Collector Kaisel's side, pulled a healing potion from his pocket, and poured it into her mouth.
"Cough, cough—poison."
Even after being forced to drink a Healing Potion, Head Collector Kaisel remained extremely weak. She only managed to spit out a few feeble words.
Poison?
Iron Horn Tron reacted immediately. He pulled another bottle from the pouch at his waist and poured it into his companion's mouth.
That lowly blond human slave had clearly been an Assassin or Thief, judging from her attack methods and movements.
People with that kind of Class Construction were best at using all sorts of poisons.
Fortunately, he always carried Healing Potions and Antidote Potions to deal with complicated situations.
However!
After a bottle of