Kirito watched the ferocious Dark Goblins charge at them and bravely raised the Dragon Bone Axe, shielding Alice and the others behind him.
Unfortunately, compared to Seiya, whose Divine Duty was "Holy Knight" and who possessed a talent for swordsmanship, Kirito's Divine Duty was "Engraved Hand," and his physical abilities were only slightly better than those of an ordinary child. He was simply no match for the Dark Goblins, even if they looked like nothing more than minor monsters.
The Dragon Bone Axe in Kirito's hand was easily knocked away by a Dark Goblin. Just as the grinning Goblin raised its stone axe, ready to split Kirito's skull open, a longsword suddenly pierced straight through the Dark Goblin from behind.
There was no doubt that the person who had rushed back to help could only have been Seiya.
However, because he had protected Kirito and the others, Seiya left an opening behind him and was sent flying by a blow from the Dark Goblin chieftain.
"Seiya—!"
Seeing Seiya's small body swept away by the Dark Goblin chieftain, Alice immediately cried out.
But just as she was about to rush forward and use Sacred Arts to heal Seiya, Seiya staggered to his feet, blood at the corner of his mouth, and looked at them. "I'll hold these guys back. Take this chance and get out of here..."
"No! I'm not leaving! How can we abandon you and run away by ourselves?!"
Alice tearfully rejected Seiya's proposal. At that moment, she was also overwhelmed with guilt.
If she had not run off on her own and let her kindness get the better of her by trying to save that Dark Knight, how could her brother and companions have ended up in such desperate circumstances?
Eugeo was not someone with much initiative to