"Faust..."
"Let him go—!"
Mephisto roared. The rampaging Herd gradually stopped moving because of his furious shout.
Seeing this, the soldiers of the Order of the Dragon Knights also retreated, assuming defensive stances.
"Oh? What is he to you?"
Ash held Faust captive. This sniper was highly capable, so she could not let him return to his position so easily. His bolts could match, or even exceed, the power of an anti-materiel sniper rifle.
"Mephisto, we... will never be apart."
Faust's narrowed eyes suddenly opened. Hidden weapons scattered throughout the ruins activated, and crossbows emerged one after another from the rubble, taking aim from the upper floors.
At the same time, bolts came screaming in from every direction. Each one carried power comparable to an anti-materiel sniper rifle.
Before Ash could react, Blitz shoved her aside.
Blitz raised his shield and kicked Faust away in the same motion.
As he lifted his shield, the bolts from the sky arrived. Like savage beasts, they slammed violently against Blitz's shield.
Dents appeared across the sturdy shield one after another, much like Montagne's, engraving upon it the glory that belonged to it.
After being kicked away, Faust instantly broke free of his restraints and vanished into thin air.
What followed was an increasingly ferocious barrage of crossbow bolts.
The sniper darted from place to place. Each time he fired a bolt, he vanished into the air. Then, with the next bolt's release, he appeared somewhere else.
The swift long-range strikes gave Mephisto's Herd an even better combat environment. Even without such ranged cover, those fierce, brutal, mindless monsters, driven only by the will to kill, could still charge forward and savagely swing their claws.
"Damn it! Let's fall back and regroup first."
Ash cursed under her breath. The situation was extremely unfavorable for