The female Player smiled. "Isn't it obvious? He can't fight us."
"Could you stop beating around the bush and just say it?" someone from Moshi Water Shop said impatiently.
"As far as I know, mental interference takes a tremendous toll on Players. And he's targeting so many of us at once. Overexertion could leave him weakened or even unconscious, so taking this risk must be dangerous for him. But he's doing it anyway, which means he can't afford to fight us directly. Since he refused to leave after arriving, I suspect he was injured and had no choice but to stay."
"Going all out tonight was probably meant to scare us off so we wouldn't come looking for trouble again."
That sounded plausible enough, but someone from Moshi Water Shop asked, "How can you be sure he's injured?"
"Easy. We'll find out by testing him," the female Player said. "I brought a few little things along in advance."
As she spoke, she took out a Glass Bottle and tipped it onto the ground. Several young children tumbled out. She grabbed one, pressed her blade against the child's throat, and called toward the inn, "We've brought so many people, and you won't even show your face? That's a little hard to justify. You seem to like children. Whether this one lives or dies—"
She hadn't even finished speaking when the sound of heavy objects hitting the ground rang out behind her. The female Player spun around in shock, only to see that everyone she had brought was now a headless corpse. Two thin streaks of blood seemed to flash through the air!
"Fall back!" The Players from Moshi Water Shop immediately retreated. Jinyu did the same. Once they had put some distance between themselves and the female Player and the last