Meanwhile, at the Treehouse…
Emilia quickly descended from the tall Treehouse lookout and rushed at full speed in the direction she had just pinpointed.
In just a few minutes on foot, Emilia arrived at the open clearing where the wolf howls had come from.
“Ah… th-this…”
As soon as she stepped into the battlefield area, the scene before her came into clear view. In the center of the clearing, the ground was covered in dense cracks, and the surrounding low weeds had all been snapped in half by a fierce shockwave.
Hmm, it was a complete one-sided massacre.
A blonde girl in a red hooded cloak stood quietly, her whole body radiating a fierce, chilling killing intent. And at her feet—
“U-um, can we talk this out?”
The orange-haired girl who had been wielding a giant heavy hammer had completely lost her fearless arrogance from earlier.
That terrifyingly destructive giant hammer lay heavily on the ground, deeply embedded in the dirt. The orange-haired girl sat slumped on the ground, trembling as she looked at Leinata, whose eyes were glowing red.
In fact, the moment her hammer had been effortlessly caught by Leinata with one hand, her mental state had completely collapsed. From the start of the fight to total defeat, the whole process took less than three minutes. There was no chance to fight back at all; it was a pure power crushing.
Her opponent did not answer her request for a truce. Leinata looked down coldly at the orange-haired girl who had completely lost the ability to resist, her fingertips lightly gripping the handle of the short blade at her waist.
She had no extra words, nor any intention to toy with her opponent. Her eyes were indifferent and icy, and she raised her hand to bring the blade down directly, eliminating this Falcon Guild player on the spot and ending the battle cleanly.
For Leinata, everyone except Nuo Ai’er was an unimportant passerby enemy. It was better to get rid of anyone who delayed her search for Nuo Ai’er.
But just as the short blade was about to fall—
“Wait, Leinata, don’t kill her!”
Emilia spoke.
The moment she heard the voice, Leinata, whose aura was bone-chillingly cold, underwent an instantaneous, almost reflexive change. Her eyes, which had been filled with crimson killing intent, quickly receded at a visible rate, returning to a clear emerald green.
“Emilia?”
Leinata slowly turned around and saw Emilia walking quickly toward her.
“I’m a bit upset. Emm… shouldn’t you call me Guild Master?”
Emilia asked the most important question seriously.
“Is Nuo Ai’er with you?”
Leinata’s first question was to ask about Nuo Ai’er’s whereabouts.
“No… who exactly is the Guild Master here?”
At this moment, the orange-haired girl nearby widened her eyes.
Emilia looked at Leinata and shook her head helplessly. Then, Emilia began to explain the situation:
“Actually, I’m also looking for Nuo Ai’er and Hui Mei, but right now I’ve only found you. No help for it—everyone was randomly scattered at the start, and I’ve been alone the whole time.”
“…Oh.”
After that single word, upon learning there was no news of Nuo Ai’er, the cold killing intent that had just receded in Leinata’s eyes surged back up in an instant.
Her emerald eyes were dyed red again, and she raised the short blade once more, aiming it at the orange-haired girl who was quietly trying to crawl away.
Orange-haired girl: “Ahh…”
‘Not good… How did these two finish their conversation so quickly!’
“Trying to escape?”
Leinata didn’t plan to give this girl a chance. Clearing out all annoying enemies didn’t conflict with finding Nuo Ai’er. But Emilia stopped her again.
“I said, don’t kill her yet.”
Emilia quickly stepped forward, gently pressing down on Leinata’s wrist that held the blade, once again firmly stopping her movement.
Having her hunt interrupted twice in a row, Leinata’s eyes flashed with obvious impatience. She didn’t want to waste a single second now; every second wasted meant more danger for Nuo Ai’er.
“Why keep her? It’s a pure waste of time.”
Emilia patiently began:
“Leinata, calm down. Our biggest problem right now isn’t killing enemies, it’s finding people. Right now everyone is scattered, the four of us are alone, our positions are all unknown, and we have no idea about the enemy’s intel or our teammates’ whereabouts.”
“Keeping this one is useful. We can pry information out of her, find out the Falcon Guild members’ abilities, and have her lead us to find her teammates. That’s much more worthwhile than just killing her.”
Leinata fell silent. Emilia indeed had a better grasp of the overall benefits than she did. However…
“I don’t think this girl can provide us that much intel. She’s probably still plotting something. Better to kill her to avoid future troubles.”
“Alright, alright… your concerns are valid too. But at least for Nuo Ai’er’s sake, please consider it?”
Upon hearing that name, Leinata became serious.
“…What do you mean?”
“Under the situation of everyone being scattered, Nuo Ai’er is the only one in our guild with no combat ability. What if she runs into their people…”
“I haven’t heard the sound of Nuo Ai’er being eliminated.”
Leinata said. She had been listening carefully for that.
“Not being eliminated is indeed good, but what if the enemy captures and interrogates her?!”
Leinata’s pupils contracted slightly as she pondered silently. Although she wasn’t very familiar with team battles, big-picture thinking, or intelligence benefits, she understood one thing—Nuo Ai’er was a weak little girl.
That little one was alone in a dungeon full of enemies; the probability of her being captured was ridiculously high.
The thought of Nuo Ai’er trembling and being at the mercy of enemies made Leinata’s impatience almost uncontrollable.
After a few seconds of silence, Leinata slowly sheathed her short blade, her killing intent completely fading, tacitly accepting Emilia’s arrangement.
It seemed… it was indeed acceptable. To find Nuo Ai’er as quickly as possible, she would temporarily keep this troublesome enemy alive.
Seeing her finally calm down, Emilia breathed a sigh of relief.
“That’s more like it. Don’t be so impatient.”
Leinata: “I’m not impatient”
Emilia: “Did I say something wrong? Every time Nuo Ai’er is mentioned, you stop thinking… I don’t know what exactly you two have been through, but I suggest you consider the bigger picture more.”
Leinata: “Hmph, I have my own judgment.”
Emilia: “You…”
At that moment, the orange-haired girl, who had been lying on the ground watching their interaction in fear, quickly rolled her eyes.
‘From the conversation she just heard, this Emilia was the Guild Master, right?’
“Exactly, how could you be so arbitrary about killing me? A Guild Master thinks things through properly~ Much calmer than this impulsive and brainless Xiao Hong Mao.”
The orange-haired girl chimed in repeatedly.
“You…”
Leinata frowned, ready to teach her a lesson. But before Leinata could act, Emilia’s eyes turned cold, and she moved swiftly.
She stepped forward, lifted her right foot, and firmly stomped on the orange-haired girl’s shoulder, pinning her to the ground, unable to move.
“Wha?!?!”
This force was perfectly controlled—it wouldn’t eliminate the orange-haired girl but completely suppressed any room for struggle.
“Stop your little tricks. Do you think such low-level provocation works on me?”
Emilia said calmly while stepping on her. She had already seen that the orange-haired girl, knowing she wouldn’t be killed, had started scheming.
“My Glaze Guild teammates are not for outsiders to badmouth.”
Emilia’s eyes were cold and clear, carrying the pride and authority of a Young Miss. Her words directly shut down all of the orange-haired girl’s little schemes, her aura overwhelmingly suppressing.
The orange-haired girl, pinned to the ground, shed two lines of tears.
“Damn…”
‘As expected, she wasn’t good at talk therapy (sad).’
“Behave yourself, cooperate with our questions, guide us to find people, and provide information. If you dare say another word of provocation, or badmouth my teammates again…”
She tilted her head slightly, indicating Leinata, whose eyes were already faintly glowing red.
“Even without being eliminated, my Xiao Hong Mao teammate here can make you feel a thousand cuts, you know.”
The cold threat was straightforward and real, instantly filling the orange-haired girl with a sense of oppression.
In truth, Leinata didn’t have such torture skills, but if it could intimidate this girl, she would pretend she did.
“That’s right, I remember it’s called… death by a thousand cuts, right?”
Leinata pulled out a small knife, her emerald eyes completely covered in crimson, and her fierce killing intent locked onto the orange-haired girl beneath her.
“Eeek—!”
Her entire body’s hair stood on end in an instant, fear shooting straight to her head. The orange-haired girl caught a glimpse of Leinata’s red eyes full of killing intent in her peripheral vision and completely lost her composure.
“I-I understand! I’ll take you to find people…”
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