"Sir, who sent you?"
She had just gotten the character card, so of course she had to make good use of it. In the blink of an eye, the boss died, and Goushinnso Memento transformed into Argent Knight: Artemis.
Rita opened her eyes and gave a light wave of her hand. The smoke and moisture in the air condensed into dark gray ice pellets, which rustled down and pocked the ground with dense little holes like bullet marks.
In that instant, the air became incomparably clear, and a biting wind blew straight at them.
Adam had just gotten to his feet when he saw the woman walking gracefully toward him. He dropped back onto the ground, his glutes tensing as he instinctively shuffled backward.
"Y-you, you..."
"That is hardly the attitude for negotiations. You cannot even speak properly."
Rita tilted her head and ran a hand over the polished surface of her scythe. Naturally, she could not possess the scythe called Skadi of Eternal Frost, so she could only make do with Seele's Gate of the Other Shore.
Fortunately, the fourth-generation Valkyrie godslayer armor possessed power worthy of its cost.
Adam stopped moving. His face was ashen, but he seemed to have calmed down somewhat as he asked, "You... knew I came to negotiate?"
"I know everything."
There was an indescribable playfulness in Rita's voice.
If they had been equals, that playfulness might have eased the tension. But her presence was far too terrifying, and the sudden playfulness only filled him with boundless fear.
"Cronin, the mayor's assistant, right?"
Rita shook her head. "Run while you still can. I have something to do."
"You are looking for Mr. Cronin?"
Adam had not wanted to call him "Mr." anymore, but that name and title seemed glued together in his mind, and