"What happened?"
Perro stood up, his brow furrowed. Of course he had heard the crash from below, but he still wasn't sure what had happened. Then he heard hurried footsteps, and the door opened as a bandit rushed in, panting.
"Sir! We're under attack!"
"Under attack?"
Perro frowned at the report.
"Yes, the intruders barged straight in. We can't hold..."
"Barged straight in?"
Perro's eyes widened.
"What were our sentries doing? Didn't anyone raise the alarm when they charged in? Or did you fail to seal the gates as I ordered?" "I-I don't know what happened either, sir..."
The bandit looked miserable.
"By the time the boys got there, those adventurers were already inside, and they were beating us into the ground. Especially that little girl. She hits hard. We're no match for her!"
"A little girl?"
Perro grew even more puzzled at the report.
"Could she be a Holy Knight?"
In this world, women weren't weak, but direct combat wasn't their strong suit. Many powerful mages, rangers, rogues, and priests were women.
But among warriors-a profession devoted purely to fighting on the front lines-powerful women were almost unheard of.
The only ones who qualified were Holy Knights blessed with divine grace.
"I don't know, but she didn't look like one. That little girl wasn't even wearing a Holy Knight's armor. She didn't have a weapon either, just her fists... Gods, sir, I saw her punch Giant Tooth ten meters away and flatten him against a wall!"
Perro's eye twitched at his subordinate's exaggerated report. Giant Tooth was an outstanding Barbarian warrior, a full level eight, and the strongest warrior under his command.
*How could a little girl punch him into a wall? Is this some kind of joke? Even a mage's Might Spell couldn't make that possible. These useless