"They may have retreated for now, but they'll come back eventually." Gareth watched the fairies gradually withdraw under her and Pindo's slaughter, let out a heavy sigh, sat down on the ground, removed her vambraces, and rubbed her head.
"You're not hurt, are you?" Pindo finally relaxed.
"No, I'm just a little tired. A short rest will be enough." Gareth shook her head and sprawled carelessly across the ground, recovering her strength.
Pindo nodded and moved a little farther away, giving Gareth room to rest.
He went to one side, crouched down, and examined the shattered corpse of a goblin, his brow tightly furrowed.
"...Why are there so many fairies here?" He turned back and asked Gareth.
"I don't know. I ran into these things as soon as I was summoned to this Singularity. I've been fighting for more than a day and night already." Gareth sat up and looked at Pindo. "When were you summoned here, Sir Pindo?"
"I was only summoned here a short while ago." Pindo shook his head, a hint of confusion on his face. "It's just... for some reason, I know that I'm the ninth knight to be summoned here."
"I was the fifth." Gareth blinked. "So Sir Pindo was told that too."
"Mm." Pindo nodded. "You arrived before me. Can you tell me in detail what exactly happened here?"
"Hmm, let me think." Gareth scratched her head. "These fairies undoubtedly came from the Fairy Realm. Do you see that lake over there?"
Gareth pointed north of the hill, where something resembling a lake lay in that direction.
"This is..." Pindo knew Gareth could not simply be asking him to admire the scenery. He calmed himself and carefully sensed the aura within the lake water.
"...This is water from the Fairy Realm?" Feeling the dense