"Back already? Was the trip smooth?" Najenda asked, then looked at Jiu Ming and Haruhi. "They are?"
"The ones BSS has always wanted to meet."
"Oh? So you're from the SS Brigade. I've been wanting to meet you." Najenda looked quite delighted, not disappointed in the slightest because the people she met seemed rather "ordinary." Ordinary... aside from Jiu Ming, who wore a faint smile the whole time, Haruhi's darting, curious gaze also gave her a strange feeling.
"Us? Hoho, so the SS Brigade is already this famous?" Haruhi's brows danced with delight, her expression utterly pleased. After all, she had immediately brought up the SS Brigade. Back then, she had only said it casually.
"Let's go inside and talk first. Oh? Looks like Bulat and the others are back too." Just as Najenda was about to invite Haruhi and the others inside, she heard footsteps and turned to look. The smile on her face vanished. "What happened? You're injured?"
Leone in particular was in an especially strange state. Not only were there chilling wounds on her body, but her beastified form was also abnormal. Some parts had not beastified at all, while others remained beastified.
"Mm... We ran into a monster we'd never seen before. We almost didn't make it back," Bulat said gravely. "Whew. This time, not only is something wrong with Leone, even my Demon Armor couldn't be used for a while." "Mine and the others aren't back yet?"
"They're already back. Don't tell me you were the ones who dealt with Zank the Beheader? Two against one, and you still ended up in such a miserable state?" Mine emerged from the woods and stared in astonishment at Leone and Bulat's condition. "Was he that strong?"
"Cough, cough. Though it was two against one, Zank the Beheader