"Phew..."
After blocking the fox Honkai Beast's energy blast, Kallen let out a deep breath and swung the chain connected to Oath of Judah down with force, smashing it into the ground.
As if a switch had been flipped, Oath of Judah unfolded the instant it landed, black obsidian spears springing out one after another.
"Hey! Xu Yanwu!"
Though Kallen had pulled out one of the spears, she did not attack immediately and instead called out.
"Just like we discussed! Sakura is mine! You handle that fox!"
"Hmm?"
Demon in the Box twitched her fox ears and listened carefully to the sounds around her.
"There's someone else? Did you bring reinforcements from somewhere else, Kallen?"
Demon in the Box mocked Kallen. "I never thought you'd learned to gang up on people too, Miss Knight."
"No, no... if we're being honest, Kallen is the outside help I invited."
"Who?!"
Demon in the Box drew Kite Bird and slashed behind her, but halfway through the swing, her blade was blocked by something.
By the time Demon in the Box saw what had happened, the shock in her heart had already mounted like a mountain.
The blade she had just swung was caught by a young man holding a... Yae Village hoe.
How did he get beside me?! Why didn't I notice anything at all?!
"Using the swordsmanship I taught you against me... what gave you the nerve?"
Demon in the Box pulled back her sword in shock and retreated away from Xu Yanwu.
"Who are you?!"
Xu Yanwu remained where he stood, propping the hoe against the torii gate and digging at his ear with his pinky.
"Phew—" Only after blowing on his pinky did Xu Yanwu speak. "Me? I've been in Yae Village for hundreds of years, and you're asking who