Watching the flagship rapidly take on water and sink, Retner felt like he was about to go mad!
'Why did it turn out like this? The first time I fell in love at first sight with a beautiful woman, an opportunity to get rich overnight appeared—two delightful things overlapping should have brought even more delight. So how did it end up like this?'
Retner felt that his pure warrior's heart had been cruelly deceived!
He would personally wash away this humiliation!
Staring at the Iron Golem that had pulled him out of the hole, Retner casually tossed aside the remaining hilt, then slowly drew the two-handed greatsword from his back—a weapon he had not used for over ten years since becoming a Rogue Swordsman. With its tip hanging to the deck, he slowly raised his head and said in a low voice:
"Beautiful miss, you should not have been so mischievous.
"Once you step onto the battlefield, there are rules of the battlefield.
"The strong will not go easy on you just because you are beautiful.
"Accept the belated fury of a warrior!!"
The deck beneath Retner's feet exploded on the spot. Borrowing that savage recoil, his entire body shot toward the Iron Golem Aili was riding like a ballista bolt.
Seeing the enemy charge at her, Aili, who had yet to fully adapt to the golem's perspective and magical controls, wasted no words and swung the 'Sharp Broken Dagger' in her hand down at him.
Yet Retner, rushing forward, seemed to have foreseen that lethal chop long ago. With a sidestep, he caused the incomparably sharp greatsword, broad as a door panel, to slash through empty air.
[Instinctive Evasion]!
After missing with one strike, Aili immediately raised a foot and stomped on the tiny figure, only to miss again.