Time rewound slightly...
"Open... The battle... has begun!"
Rick gripped his staff tightly with both hands, and even his breathing became hurried.
The surrounding roars surged into his ears with the howling wind, while the cloying scent seemed ready to drown him!
Battle!
Rick stared wide-eyed at Molly's back as she faced the enemy alone.
What should I do? What should I do, what should I do, what should I do...
What can I do?
Hide, retreat...
Fight?
Right, chant a divine spell! I need to support her...
Rick thought this as he opened his mouth, only to feel his throat tighten as though a stone had been lodged inside it.
He couldn't make a sound!
Even the prayers he had memorized by heart seemed to have been wiped completely from his mind, leaving it utterly blank!
At that moment, Rick's expression became confused and helpless...
"Why?"
He muttered inwardly, his gaze involuntarily drawn to that battling figure.
The strength that sent a heavy monster flying with one kick, and the superb martial skill that allowed her to charge into the enemy ranks and effortlessly dismantle countless attackers.
Molly von Nilia!
Why... can she fight so effortlessly?
Rick asked himself dazedly as he watched...
Molly casually caught an incoming spear, then sent it into the attacker's body in the blink of an eye.
He watched as she snatched two battered short swords from a monster's hands, then swung them wildly, slaughtering her way through the attacks of the surrounding enemies.
In a brief instant, she cut down more than a dozen goblins.
That relaxed, effortless fighting stance!
She clearly looks like a child. She should have only just come of age, right?
And yet she possesses such overwhelming strength!
*Whether it is her martial skill in battle, or that miracle-like