'Not good!' The assassin thought. Because he had to avoid hitting Clovis, he directed the dagger to the left. In other words, he had just exposed his rights.
Jay took this chance to loop around and strike him from his right.
The assassin tried his best to retract the dagger, but Clovis struck the dagger, stopping the dagger.
"!!!" The assassin was completely out of options. The only way to escape from this was to use his left hand, but the biggest problem was that Jay's strike was too powerful.
Still, as a Tier 5 human, he was much more experienced in battles.
He extended his left hand, trying to stop the weapon.
Jay had expected this and used all his strength so that he could cut both his hand and body in one go.
But to his surprise, the assassin caught the blade at the last mont.
Jay didn't care. He pushed through and saw the initial success as the blade actually cut the gap between his fingers all the way to the base of his wrist. The side also got hit, but it wasn't deep enough to reach the organ.
With one more push, he should die.
However, he didn't realize that the real intention of the assassin's action was to use the force behind that swing to give the last push to throw his body to the side.
It was effective. His body fell down before Jay inflicted a fatal injury.
Seeing that injury, the other assassin couldn't help but shout, "Retreat!"
"!!!" The injured assassin didn't expect that they would have to run away from a bunch of kids. Then again, the fact that they were able to push them back to this extent was already an undeniable proof of their extraordinary strength.
It seed that they had no choice but to give this victory to Clovis. If they stayed alive, they could do it again later. In addition, they should inform them about the strength of Clovis's group.
Although it was only clear that Jay had the special power, there might be sothing else that made the group strong.
That was why they had to report this incident first.
With that thought in mind, the injured assassin rolled on the ground and started escaping at full speed. Jay and Ragna had a hard ti following their movents, making them realize that if they didn't take them by surprise, they wouldn't even get this chance.
Kanaria and lody furrowed their eyebrows as if realizing their responsibility as the group's eyes.
Only Clovis focused on what truly mattered in their current situation. He shouted, "What the hell are you doing? Run!"
Those words were not directed at the assassins. They were for his teammates. For better or worse, the beasts were still chasing them.
Because they stopped for a brief period, the beasts almost reached their position.
"O-oh!" The group panicked for a second and started running again.
Although it was a sha, they really couldn't kill the assassins. Then again, they were probably the only insane people that dared to challenge Tier 5 humans. They were much stronger than even the snake that chased them.
One wrong step would have resulted in them dying.
Still, they managed to escape the impossible encirclent and escaped from the area, returning to their previous camp.
Everyone was completely exhausted, both physically and ntally.
Jay was raring to go again since he hadn't done much other than opening the path, but Kanaria and lody stopped him.
After all, Kanaria had been the one supporting the entire group, while lody looked after everyone on the radar. Without both of them, sothing was bound to go wrong.
The hardest job would be Clovis. He actually risked his life to create an opportunity for the team to escape.
In that situation, the only way to survive was to stop the snake. The dragonfly and the bear wouldn't make such a simple mistake. Hence, he used the colossal beast to sow discord among them. It also sealed up the beasts that ca with the snake.
There was an unexpected situation, and Clovis had no choice but to give the items to Ragna ahead of ti. Now that Ragna knew about this, Clovis only had two options: trust him or kill him.
He still hadn't fully trusted Ragna, considering this was their first trip.
On the contrary, Ragna was completely astounded. He dropped his spear because he had to catch the items and end up abandoning them due to the others rushing forward, but his mind was still occupied with the items.
Once they set up the tents for raising, the rest just wanted to relax. Ragna was sitting near them as if he were trying to tell them that he wouldn't leave the group all of a sudden because of these items. In fact, he had given back the items to Clovis without saying anything, fully aware that no excuses would make Clovis trust him.
Still, his head hung low.
Ragna couldn't help but think, 'Those items… I have never heard anything about an item that can boost soone. If it's sothing that can be injected into one's body, then I can understand. But I just hold it, not even wearing it.
'What kind of item is that? How can they have such a magical power? Now that I think about it, I notice that they are wearing so accessories. While I understand if the girls are using it, what about the n? Well, it's not my place to say anything about their preference, but I'm afraid that those accessories also have that kind of effect.
'Is this the secret why this group is so strong? In that case, the one who provides all these accessories… must be the captain, Clovis. How could he even have so many magical things? I can't understand.'
While Ragna was in deep thought, Clovis's voice echoed right next to his ears.
"The answer lies in my na."
"!!!" Ragna was taken aback and saw Clovis sneaking up from the back. "C-captain?! Your na?"
"I am Clovis, Clovis Hacfield."
*Thud!*
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