"An accomplice?!"
Kyros watched the young man with Hawk Eyes enter the tavern, radiating an icy aura. He muttered under his breath, stepped in front of Bellemere and Issho, and gripped his longsword.
Although Kyros knew Issho was stronger than him and had no need for his protection, for some reason, whenever danger arose, Kyros still chose to act before Issho did.
Perhaps, deep down, Kyros had always regarded Issho as part of a "vulnerable group."
"Hummm!!!!"
Seeing a Marine gripping his sword with both hands and pointing its tip at him, the young man with Hawk Eyes took it as a challenge. Without another word, he swung his long blade fiercely at Kyros. A terrifying hum suddenly exploded through the air.
A blue blade of light shot from the young man's weapon and raced toward Kyros.
"!!!" Kyros's pupils contracted sharply at the sudden slash. He instinctively raised his sword sideways to block it.
At that moment, he had already prepared himself for death.
He knew full well that he could not withstand a Flying Slash of that caliber yet!
The young man with Hawk Eyes who had suddenly appeared in the tavern was a swordsman!
As the slash closed in, Kyros was just about to block it with all his strength when he felt an enormous force seize him by the waist and yank him backward.
Kyros lost his footing, staggered two steps, and fell onto the floor. When he looked up, Issho had already passed by him and stood before him.
Issho drew a section of blade from his blind man's cane and met the young man with Hawk Eyes's slash head-on.
"Boom!!!!"
After a dull explosion, a terrifying gale suddenly rose inside the tavern and swept outward in all directions. The tables and chairs in the