The Branded Female Fencer

"You think it's Lasha? Then the voice was..."

"Hey, Zerver. Long time no see."

Further appearances on the spot were Blackhawk's 4th Squad and its captain Zeldos. The wounded and exhausted face of Jaeger was completely barometric to the troops of the Beast, who uplifted his fighting spirit from all over his body. Only one of them, Zeldos talking with ease.

Did their appearance come as a surprise to Zerver as well, I gave it back mysteriously.

"Why are you guys here?

"Don't ask me anything wild. I'm a mercenary, aren't I? If there was a fight, I'd go out there."

"That's right. But the question is which one of you was hired. Why did you attack Dunda? Depends on your response."

"I was gonna stop you guys from rubbing it. Well, no, let's make sure we do our job first. Uh, what a name. Mercenaries with long names shouldn't be hard to remember. Captain, are you there?

Realizing that Zeldos was calling himself, Alphilis raised his hand.

"Oh, I guess it's about me..."

"Whoa, that's you. I did hear you were a brunette beauty..."

Zeldos looks at Alphilis with a candle of eyes. Alphilis stirred at the gaze of suspicion.

"Hey, anything suspicious!?

"No, you don't. It's like we met somewhere... oh, you, you've been to Meesia's liquor store before! You took Nia, that mercenary woman!

"... ah! The manager at that time?

Both sides were surprised by the unexpected meeting. Lisa and Fenna were the only ones who could see that.

"I miss this. But we'll talk about it later. You'll do my bidding first."

"That's..."

Seeing Alphilis with an anxious face, Zeldos returned with a full grin.

"Don't worry, I'm on your side. Asked to save as many soldiers as possible. So, I'm sorry about you guys, but that's it for the fight. We have to get this lady home safely. Bye."

"Wait, what's the beast flair going on on on its own? Who said we would return them!

Gort knocked Morningstar to the ground to control Zeldos' movements. But Zeldos tries to push Alphilis back behind us, even as he glimpses him. Seeing that look, Gort was unnecessarily furious.

"Beast man! You fool me!

"I'm sorry, I'm an animal man, and I don't know the hard words like 'foolishness'. I need you to calm down and talk to me in a more understandable language, it just sounds like a dog barking."

It was what Zeldos said with a serious face, and they all erupted. And Gort, who turned bright red so poor to see, had now stormed really barking.

When Zeldos saw it and glanced at Alphilis, he stormed at the cavalry himself. Apparently, they are willing to attract the Karatzel Cavalry. Seeing that appearance, Alphilis gave an immediate order.

"Retreat to this gap! Make up for each of the injured!

"Make a pair of three, including one injured person. Whoever's hurt his leg, give him a break."

The line raises its voice and runs between them all. When I can really count on you at times like this, Alphilis thinks.

Thanks to Zeldos and the 4th Squad, the pursuit of the enemy is not coming. The enemy should have been more overwhelming, but Zeldos seemed to be preventing it. I heard the hustle and bustle of battle from behind.

In it, Zerver and Zeldos talk.

"Don't meet me in strange places, Zeldos. Who's your employer?

"That's our line. What guild did you guys apply for? The same mercenary regiment split into enemy allies. What a guild glitch, huh?"

"Oh, it's rare. So, what do we do?"

"I don't know what to do, Sora. Sorry..."

Zeldos glanced at Gort. There was just barking, and playing Blackhawk beasts didn't seem easy to stop. A dog, even a dog, must be a rabid dog. It would bite deeply in a line-up of members.

As Zeldos tried to move that way to deal with Gort, Zerver pulled out the sword and pointed it towards Zeldos. Zeldos looked at Zerver with a sword swallowing look.

"Zerver, hey, what imitation?

"What I found out. But I have the same employer now. The Carazel Cavalry has heard that all units were hired by the Veisel side. And we're also hired by Vesel."

"Are you okay with us?

"It's not. Just fulfilling my duties as a mercenary."

Zeldos pounded his head on Zerver's words.

"Uh, how come you're serious... we're mercenaries. You could do it more freely, like me."

"Don't say it. Whatever this is, I can't change it. It's my nature."

"He's a tough guy to live with, you are. All right, I'll deal with him, so don't you die on me, okay?

"I hope so."

There was a loud scream in the woods.

On the other hand, the Alphilis and the others heard the cry behind them, but could no longer afford to see what was happening. Zeldos is just heavenly help. Honestly, Alphilis didn't have enough leeway to interact with the Karatzel cavalry already. In the first place, it was a miracle in itself that the 'Flamebeast Madness' was activated earlier without the power of the curse. You can shoot me twice.

But there was no time to breathe, and an arrow pierced the ground in front of the escaping Alphilis. At the same time, I hear nasty laughter.

Continued