When darkness fully descended, searchlights lit up inside Saint Limen Fortress, sweeping across the Geya Alliance positions.
Although the searchlight bulbs were frequently shot out, the Sun Kingdom's forces would immediately replace them with new, high-powered bulbs, lest the enemy sneak into the fortress under cover of night.
"Sir, are you sure this is okay? I keep feeling a chill down my back."
A woman's voice came from a dirt pit 300 meters below the fortress.
"Shut up."
The dirt pit fell silent.
"Don't paint here too. It's so embarrassing..."
"..."
"Sir, you're using the mission as an excuse to harass a female subordinate. You'll be court-martialed for this. Wah~ I was wrong."
In the pitch-black dirt pit, Little Assistant poked her head out. Her entire body was covered in mud, and her eyes were unusually bright as she scanned the surroundings.
"No enemies spotted, sir. Sir?"
Little Assistant turned her head, only to find that Su Xiao had vanished.
In a shell crater more than ten meters away from Little Assistant, Su Xiao had an enemy by the neck, covering his mouth and nose with one hand. Between Su Xiao's legs lay another enemy whose neck had already been strangled and broken.
"Mm~"
Crack!
After a crisp snap, the enemy in Su Xiao's grasp stopped struggling.
A black shadow pounced over. It held a dagger and stabbed wildly at the enemy between Su Xiao's legs, with several strikes nearly piercing Su Xiao's legs.
Su Xiao kicked Little Assistant in the side of the waist. She let out a choked sound, remarkably similar to the noise Su Xiao made whenever he kicked Bubutney.
Little Assistant looked at Su Xiao with a bitter expression.
"He's already dead."
"Uh~ Is that so?"
Little Assistant grabbed the corpse by the collar and shook