Oh my god, Someone was here to wreck the place!
That was the first thought that sprang into Rasekton's dog-like head.
Then, he suddenly realized, Wasn't the name that blonde woman had shouted the very target of this mission—the Palu catgirl he was supposed to take from the dungeon and escort to Shi Bashi?
This was bad!
They were coming for him!
With that thought, Rasekton immediately scanned his surroundings, raising his guard to the utmost.
Then, as if possessed, he glanced beneath him.
It would have been better if he hadn't looked.
The moment he did, his heart nearly stopped.
Under the light of the three deep-red stars, the shadows beneath him and the surrounding guards—already shortened to the point of almost vanishing—seemed to twist all at once.
Rasekton saw it clearly.
That was definitely not the normal movement of shadows caused by bodily motion!
Besides, Even if his eyes had deceived him and it really had been caused by movement, it shouldn't have been so perfectly synchronized!
The sailship in the sky was only bait meant to draw attention.
The real threat was coming from beneath their feet!
In an instant, this Oglin kobold made the fastest reaction of his life.
"On guard! Watch the shadows!!"
The guards froze for a moment, their expressions rapidly turning to horror in the next second.
An astonishing number of black Spikes suddenly shot out from the shadows, racing to stab Rasekton.
However, because the kobold had spotted them early and was prepared, the Spike attack did not deal him any fatal injuries.
He activated a shield item and blocked repeatedly, gradually turning the tide from defense to offense as he began a frantic counterattack.
Before long, the assassin hidden in the shadows revealed herself before everyone's eyes.
She was a scarlet-eyed