"Hahaha! Since we've been discovered, there's no need to wait any longer!"
Roger rose to his feet and said to Kirito, "Yezora, I'll leave this guy to you."
"Setsuna Take, Shanks, Black Pupil, let's go. We're raiding the convoy now."
"Alright."
"No problem."
Black Pupil drew the Zanpakuto at her waist and released its ability.
In an instant, the ground beneath Black Pupil's feet bulged upward. An Adjuchas-class Grand Hollow over ten meters tall burrowed out of the earth, with Black Pupil standing atop it.
"An Adjuchas-class Grand Hollow?"
Sensing the spiritual pressure of the Grand Hollow beneath Black Pupil's feet, Kensei Muguruma's heart skipped a beat.
As a captain of the Gotei 13, he knew that above Gillians, there were two further classifications of Grand Hollows.
An Adjuchas-class Grand Hollow was powerful enough to rival a captain.
A Vastolorde-class Grand Hollow was an existence that surpassed even Captain-level fighters.
This was Kensei Muguruma's first time encountering an Adjuchas-class Grand Hollow.
"Setsuna Take, get up here."
Hearing Black Pupil's words, General-like Setsuna Take immediately leaped onto the Adjuchas Grand Hollow.
Then, Black Pupil controlled the Grand Hollow beneath her feet and followed behind Roger and Shanks toward the convoy escorting the King's Seal.
"Don't think you can run!"
Seeing the four of them speeding away behind him, how could Kensei Muguruma not realize that these unknown enemies were after the King's Seal?
He immediately drew the Zanpakuto at his waist, preparing to intercept them.
But in the next moment, a black-clad teenage boy blocked his path.
"Sorry, Captain, but I'm your opponent."
"Kid, move aside while you still can. Otherwise, I won't hold back."
Though Kensei Muguruma said that, his guard was already raised to the utmost.
"Scatter to the ashes, Danjikaze!"
Dense spiritual pressure erupted from Kensei Muguruma's body,