"Saintess, something feels wrong." Lauren, clad in armor, said coldly, "The hostility of these people suggests they aren't here with good intentions."
He himself is an expert in the army, an elite among elites. Although he cannot perform magic, his strength is not weak; in one-on-one situations, he can slay an average demon, which is why Takka specifically sent him to protect Linda.
Immediately.
A group of cavalry clad in black armor and wearing black masks appeared before them, brandishing weapons as they charged forward with a fierce wind, accompanied by dozens of fireballs.
Linda also realized these people were not just ill-intentioned; they sought to cut them down and toss them into the river.
"Who would send people to kill us?" she wondered, full of confusion, unable to fathom how anyone in the Empire would attempt to ambush them.
This is utterly unreasonable.
