The sight of the hamster suddenly taking flight, with a hamster knight riding on its back, startled everyone on both sides.
"That's the pet of the 'Black' Squad. They actually captured it? Hmph!"
Standing atop a boulder, James looked at Kusuke rising into the air, and a wary expression appeared in his eyes.
Unlike the others, one major reason for this operation was that he knew the outcome of the battle in the royal capital that was certain to end in death!
Momo of the 'Black' Squad was far stronger than the other Fine Steel Squads, and together with Crimson Rose, he had driven back that demon whose true strength was impossible to gauge.
So the 'Black' Squad's original mount might have been stronger than originally estimated.
He had not paid attention to it before. He had not expected them to have such a trump card.
Meanwhile, the Lord of Bones in the sky stared at Kusuke as it rose into the air, the Soul Fire in his eyes flickering violently.
"Is this the trump card you think can stand against me?"
The Lord of Bones wore an utterly indifferent expression, his aloof bearing impossible to miss.
"Perhaps you misunderstand my strength and think I defeated Long Zhen earlier through a sneak attack."
"But even if he had been fully prepared, he still could not have escaped if I wanted to keep him!"
"When I was chatting and laughing with Overlord Divanok, you lot were still grinding those leftover missions in Yharnam. We were never on the same level to begin with!"
With his somewhat crazed roar, bone spikes appeared one after another in the sky before shooting toward the hamster knight like missiles.
In response, intangible longswords began to solidify behind Kusuke in the air. They then flew out