Trouble Arrives

Although Gazi was pretty reckless, he wasn't stupid. The moment he saw that enormous army of torch-bearing centaurs, he took the Dwarf Miner and ran.

There was no helping it. After seeing how fast that guy could run earlier, Gazi had been getting more than a little anxious.

Although Gazi looked like a cold, tough brute who forbade anyone from approaching the queen—no, wait, who was aloof and forbade anyone from approaching him—he was actually cold on the outside but warm-hearted underneath.

Mm, as for that particular little spirit, it was still trying to "chew" through Gazi's armor... Keep at it. You can do it.

Anyway, that was that. Gazi immediately made a run for it.

Meanwhile, Tachi Bro was hurrying back, with the archbishop—whom he had barely managed to save, but who was still on the verge of bleeding out—wandering in and out of consciousness.

But with Tachi Bro along, the archbishop was no mule, so their speed was naturally affected.

And there was no doubt that those half-horse, half-horned-beast centaurs could run faster than the archbishop, so... Lin Yun would have to stay behind and buy them a little time.

Lin Yun could escape with Dimension Door anyway, so there was no problem.

In fact, before those guys got here, Lin Yun still had a little time to get a perm, take a bath, and iron his suit... Ahem, all right, just kidding.

Lin Yun first "meditated" to recover some of his martial techniques, then refreshed his Greater Heroism, which had barely any duration left, and shifted his stance to Giant's Stance.

Giant's Stance had the effect of making him impossible to knock over. Even if someone managed to charge into him, he would only be pushed back about two meters before he could forcibly stop himself. It