“Unexpectedly, just going out for a stroll, and I get to watch such a show~”
Just as the commotion below was in full swing, on the rooftop of a side building…
The white-haired, red-eyed young lady’s lips curled slightly, her little feet in their little leather boots swinging back and forth.
Beside her stood two maids.
They were Amisa, with an indifferent expression, and Holly, whose face carried a hint of worry.
Of course, such coincidences didn’t happen in the world. Ileya hadn’t been joking when she said she’d have someone watch Franlot.
She had indeed received news and come out, but for Holly, who had followed her out, running into this guy… was completely by chance.
Although Holly felt a bit sorry for the girl in the center being pelted with things and cursed, she didn’t understand the situation at the moment, and the young lady hadn’t expressed anything.
So she could only stand by and watch with her master.
Just as Holly was thinking about how to persuade the young lady to save the catgirl… her peripheral vision noticed that her master’s gaze had suddenly turned toward her direction.
Whoosh! Before she could understand what was happening, a hand had already appeared on the side eaves.
Then, a man dressed in khaki clothes frowned as he stood to the side of the three women.
“Who are you? The Gravel Gang is conducting business. Step aside if you know what’s good for you…”
“How noisy…” Ileya frowned slightly, her red eyes sweeping to the side.
Crack!!
The man suddenly felt as if something inside him had shattered in an instant, then his eyes rolled back and his body went limp, falling off the rooftop.
Thud!
“It seems… this show isn’t as simple as it appears~” Amisa was not surprised by her young lady’s means; she just stroked her chin and murmured softly.
“The Gravel Gang…” Holly also caught the key point of that guy’s words.
Obviously, these matters… were definitely inseparable from the Gravel Gang, who had come to clear the scene.
“Heh, they’re here…” With the young lady’s light laugh, the two also looked down.
Around them, a dozen or so dark figures mixed into the noisy crowd.
Among these guys, there were naturally no Transcendents; most were ordinary thugs, along with a few Bronze Level… Hm? There was even a Sub-Bronze Rank…
The gang in this border city… has quite a solid foundation…
Meanwhile, below.
Ding! [Quest Refreshed: Take Mierpasi away from this street.]
‘Here we go!’ Watching the neighbors around him who were either cursing or pleading, Franlot’s lips curled up slightly.
‘That’s more like it. A bit late, but not bad…’
‘Only when a quest is issued do I get the motivation to move forward~’
Thinking this, he immediately grabbed Mierpasi’s hand.
“Let’s leave first…” With that, without waiting for the catgirl to agree, Franlot half-forcefully pulled her to her feet.
“But… the house… fire…”
Swoosh——!
Before Mierpasi could finish that sentence, under the “cover” of the trash thrown by the malicious neighbors, a sharp whistling sound reached her cat ears!
“Mmph!” At this moment, although the catgirl was still in extreme grief, compared to just now… she had recovered a bit.
Her ears twitched slightly, and in an instant she recognized that the sound of something cutting through the air was likely a sharp weapon!
“Watch out!” The girl’s muscles instantly tensed; she could have pulled Franlot to dodge the attack.
But… she had a wound on the back of her head, and just now when Franlot suddenly pulled her up from the ground, her head fell into a fit of dizziness.
With no other choice, she could only push away the boy who hadn’t yet reacted, and take the hit herself!
Stab!
The sharp blade stabbed into the catgirl’s shoulder, causing her to stagger!
The intense pain, combined with the old wound on the back of her head, finally overwhelmed the girl… She took two steps back and collapsed straight down.
“You…” At this moment, Franlot, who had been pushed away, also had his pupils sharply contract.
It wasn’t because he felt sorry that the catgirl was hurt saving him…
But… in this moment, all around!
At this moment… behind that group of malicious neighbors, many dark figures appeared.
And from his angle, he could almost immediately see the figure with bandages around his chest, grinning viciously as he ran toward them!
Wasn’t that the guy from the Gravel Gang who attacked them last night?!
Hadn’t he been arrested by the City Guard… and he was released in less than a day?!
This is too corrupt, isn’t it?! The crime he committed before was equivalent to assaulting the police!!
“Yo! Didn’t expect we’d meet again so soon?!” The other party obviously noticed Franlot’s gaze, instantly grinning and speaking viciously.
Hiss… Looking at the gleaming axe in the other’s hand… Franlot felt his scalp go numb.
In this situation… almost all directions were surrounded by these guys.
Breaking out… wouldn’t be easy.
Thinking this, Franlot glanced again at Mierpasi, who was lying on the ground, unable to get up due to the wounds on her head and shoulder.
She was the key person for his quest; he didn’t want to lose her.
But in this situation…
Franlot gritted his teeth, hesitating for a few seconds.
“You pair of dogs… I said I’d kill you, and you can’t run away!!”
From behind, the man’s ferocious roar came again.
“Right! San Ye! It’s that kid! He can emit that strange white Qi Force!”
The fallen and injured catgirl naturally wouldn’t attract these guys’ attention…
So… with the roar, in an instant… all eyes gathered on Franlot!
And he could feel that some of the auras were just ordinary killing intent, but some… made him feel extremely dangerous!
There was even one aura that exerted overwhelming pressure, causing his heart to skip a beat for a moment!
That was… a master…
Although he hadn’t confirmed through the System Panel, Franlot could clearly feel that he wouldn’t be able to withstand a single exchange in a direct confrontation.
Is the quest more important, or his life?
That was easy to judge.
So… almost without any further hesitation, Franlot raised his hand and released a Sword Aura toward the direction of the strongest aura.
Without even checking the effect, he turned around and crazily fled out of the block!
“Huh?!” The Sub-Bronze Rank expert who was aimed at by the Sword Aura frowned slightly.
Seeing the blazing white Sword Aura arriving in an instant, he instinctively raised the long blade in his hand to block!
Clang!!
In an instant, this Sub-Bronze Rank expert, known in the underworld as “San Ye,” felt his hand go numb!
The long blade in his hand let out a buzzing whine! And the next second… with a crack, it broke on the spot!
Hiss… He looked at the blade in his hand in bewilderment… Although the material wasn’t particularly good, it was still a steel-forged battle blade… and it had just broken like that?
Thinking this, he frowned and looked at the figure ahead that had quickly fled after unleashing that attack.
To be able to unleash an attack of this power… why did he still run away?
Could it be that this attack had consumed most of his strength?
San Ye frowned…
Yeah, very likely…
“Those with Bronze Level or above pursue! No need for the others to seek death!” Having figured that out, he shouted ahead.
Since San Ye had spoken, several gang members… including “Shashu” with bandages on his chest, also stopped pursuing Franlot.
“Tch! Heh, I thought he was a man of deep feelings and loyalty… Who would have thought he’d run faster than anyone else when trouble came.”
Saying so, he leisurely, as if strolling in his own courtyard, walked over to the catgirl and reached out to grab her hair, yanking her up by force.
“Mmph!!” Mierpasi let out a muffled groan of pain, her eyes filled with grief and anger as she looked at Shashu before her.
“Look~ The little beggar you helped before betrayed you, the neighbors you helped betrayed you, and now that little boyfriend you saved has abandoned you and run away…”
Shashu grinned as if telling a particularly amusing joke.
“Well, I’m the one who keeps his word. I said I’d make sure you can’t stay here, and you can’t stay here… Don’t you want to thank me?”