"However, next time, it won't be my familiars entertaining you all. I'll be hosting you personally. Well then, goodbye."
"Mm, see you then." Taigong Wang narrowed his eyes and looked at Koyanskaya with a smile.
"Say, has anyone ever told you that you're a strange person?" Koyanskaya, who had been about to leave, suddenly stopped.
"Hey, Beast, that's quite rude. Though people do say that about me often enough." This time, Koyanskaya did not reply. She merely gave Taigong Wang a deep look before vanishing outright. At the same time, the numerous Lostbelt Familiars she had summoned turned to ash and disappeared.
"Ah." After Koyanskaya vanished, Taigong Wang could not help letting out a soft sigh.
"I truly have nowhere to hide my shame. I boasted that I would handle her myself, yet my Anti-Beast Noble Phantasm failed. I'm deeply sorry for betraying everyone's trust." Taigong Wang, having returned to the Shadow Border using an earth escape technique, immediately apologized to everyone.
"Mr. Taigong Wang, it's not as if we only escaped disaster thanks to you. This was probably just an accident." Ritsuka immediately spoke up.
"There's no need to take it so seriously. The opponent this time was no pushover, after all. More importantly, none of us were injured, and the Shadow Border was not damaged in the slightest. We can still hold a strategy meeting as usual," Director Fatty said.
"That's wonderful, Taigong Wang. You made such a grand boast, only to embarrass yourself like this. Ahahaha! If you were one of the warriors from my homeland, you'd probably be so enraged at having failed the Sun that you'd die of shame. How wonderful that you aren't a warrior." Nikitich suddenly burst into laughter.
"That really doesn't sound like comfort, no matter how you put it. Even though