Tuk tuk tuk tuk…The sound of mechanical horse hooves echoed on the dry road, slowly heading toward the city.In that quiet moment, Lyanna suddenly broke the silence.“Hah… how could I fail to shoot them… DAMN IT!!!” she shouted in frustration, raising her hands to the sky, recalling the incident.Hearing her complaint, the other four people riding mechanical horses with her could only sigh helplessly.“Isn’t that your own fault? Why didn’t you act more carefully during the mission? Besides, it already happened,” Victor replied with an annoyed face, looking at Lyanna, who indeed caused the problem.Lyanna lowered her head slightly, looking gloomy and filled with guilt.“I really didn’t know that they were also there… especially since they were so skilled at evading and defending,” she said quietly.Seeing Lyanna still looking down, Victor let out a long sigh.“Whatever… the important thing is, this gives us a chance to continue the plan that was previously impossible to do,” he said s

East Gate of HandelsfurtAfter leaving through the east gate, Victor and the others moved forward slowly with their mechanical horses, leaving the city with flat expressions.“Are the Crimson Talon Guild really part of the Adventurer Guild? Why do they look more like bandits?” asked Victor while staring into the distance, toward someone riding a horse at high speed in the crowd outside the gate, moving away from the city.Hearing Victor’s question, the others only nodded with slightly annoyed expressions, still staring at that figure.“I didn’t expect it either… a guild like that could become the dominant guild in this city,” said Reina, recalling the moment when they had just passed through the city gate.At that time, one of the Crimson Talon members gave a signal toward his comrade outside the city. As soon as that person saw the signal, he turned toward them, and a smile immediately appeared on his face, like someone who had long been waiting for his prey. Truly just like a bandit

Victor immediately spoke through his communicator, “Prepare…!!”“Yes!! (YES~~!)” everyone answered in unison, each gripping their weapons tightly, their alertness spreading in all directions—especially toward the line of Crimson Talon members. Only Reina remained calm, maintaining her role as a noble princess positioned at the center of the formation, as if being protected.After ensuring his weapon was ready, Victor stared intently at the Crimson Talon line.“Strange… there’s no movement…” Victor whispered, his eyes scanning every gap in the enemy formation.A few seconds passed.“No… behind their formation. [Sharp Vision],” Victor murmured, his gaze sharpening as he shifted his focus to the very back of Crimson Talon’s ranks.After spotting the Crimson Talon members hiding within the shadows and drawing their bows, Victor was shocked. Without wasting time, he immediately spoke into his communicator,“LYANNA!! Twenty archers, behind their formation…!! Stop their arrows!!” he ordered

Lucas’s point of view (Leader of Group 2)Before Crimson Talon began their aggressive assault:Seeing the fog beginning to rise from the direction of Crimson Talon’s formation and slowly covering their line, Lucas’s expression immediately turned irritated.“Damn!! The target disappeared…” he muttered while staring at the enemy formation now shrouded in fog.–Whoosh! Whoosh!–-CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!-But the rain of arrows from Crimson Talon’s direction continued to fly, some falling around his group and the other groups. Lucas immediately turned to the back and shouted in a firm tone,–Whoosh! Whoosh!–-CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!-“Keep attacking them back!! You already know their position, right? Look at the trajectory of the arrows… at least they’re somewhere over there!”–Twip. Twip. Twip. Twip.––Twip. Twip. Twip. Twip.––Whoosh! Whoosh!–-CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!-–Twip. Twip. Twip. Twip.––Twip. Twip. Twip. Twip.–After giving that order, he looked to the left and right