Those Who Watch in the Shadows!
Chapter 87: Those Who Watch in the Shadows!
Sheathing her sword, Ais looked at the snow wolves.
This was the first time she had encountered someone who could manipulate puppets to fight.
It was an unfamiliar combat style, and Ethan hadn't used such an ability during his battle with Goliath.
However, although she was a bit naive, Ais wasn't stupid.
She was often taught by Riveria, so she knew that some things shouldn't be said carelessly, and she didn't speak up this time.
Eight snow wolves surrounded them, creating a rather impressive scene at first glance.
"By the way, Ethan, why haven't you come over these past few days? I still wanted to spar with you."
"Uh, I had some things to do, so I haven't been able to come over~"
"That's really a pity~"
A drop of cold sweat dripped down his forehead.
This amazoness girl was truly fierce.
Previously, at Loki Familia, she had said that fighting was the best way to learn, so she had a 'friendly spar' with him.
However, the result was a one-sided crushing, and Ethan experienced the treatment of being a 'punching bag'.
Although Tiona held back, it still hurt a lot.
Ethan wasn't afraid of pain, but he'd rather not suffer from this kind of one-sided beating.
And judging by her posture, she clearly wanted to fight with him.
Tiona's fighting style was straightforward and unrestrained; her punches and kicks were undoubtedly powerful.
Although she looked slender, her punches landed with great force.
"Swish—Swish—"
Ais was also looking Ethan up and down at this time.
The strange 'sword' from before had left a deep impression on her.
The Goliath's skin was known to be extremely tough, and ordinary weapons couldn't even scratch it, but his sword from before could easily pierce through its skin.
"Ais-san, what are you looking at?"
Lefiya couldn't help but ask as she watched Ais stare at Ethan.
"I'm looking for his weapon. Why isn't it there?"
"Uh..."
Hearing Ais' words, Lefiya didn't know how to answer.
Whether he carried his weapon or not didn't seem to have anything to do with her, so why was she so concerned?
"Hmm?"
However, at this moment, Ethan keenly sensed a trace of malice.
And this malice wasn't far from him, but because they were surrounded by trees and bushes, he didn't know exactly where the other party was located.
Moreover, with Ais and the others here, it wasn't convenient for him to directly investigate.
Seeing the snow wolves beside him, Ethan suddenly had an idea.
With a thought, he controlled one of the snow wolves to quietly slip into the bushes.
Since there were eight snow wolves in total, if one was missing, it wouldn't be noticeable unless someone counted carefully.
On this side, no one noticed this, except for Tione, who had been paying attention to Ethan's actions.
Although it was her first time directly meeting the boy, she knew a lot about him.
After all, Finn had specifically asked her to investigate Ethan before.
Although she didn't find much information in the end, it was enough to make her pay attention.
Moreover, from Finn's attitude, it was clear that he personally guided the boy, which wasn't a treatment that just anyone could get.
"Hey, that guy actually knows the Sword Princess, the Crusher, and the Jormungand of Loki Familia."
"Who knows? We thought it was going to be easy prey, but it turned out to be so troublesome."
The speaker was a bald man with many tattoo-like patterns on his body.
Coupled with his fierce expression, he looked quite menacing.
There were three men beside him.
"What did the boss say?"
"Capture them all, male or female. It's said that a 'big shot' specifically requested them. The boss also attaches great importance to this commission."
"They're with Loki Familia now, it's not easy for us to make a move."
"Let's wait and see. Maybe they're just saying hello. We'll act after members of Loki Familia leave. They're just two Lv1s. Although they're not weak and can reach the 22nd floor at this time, they're still too inexperienced."
"Hey, I think that Renard girl looks like a 'virgin'. Can we..."
Although he didn't finish his sentence, the other two men had 'bright' smiles on their faces.
Obviously, they had done such dirty things quite often.
"It doesn't matter. As long as they're alive, that's good, and that Renard girl, I heard she used to be a prostitute."
"A prostitute, really? And a 'virgin' prostitute? Now I'm even more interested."
"Hmph, whatever you want, as long as you don't delay the mission. Otherwise, if the boss gets angry, I'll be the first to kill you."
"Got it, got it~"
Hearing this, the guy hurriedly nodded, looking a bit scared.
Obviously, the terror of their 'boss' was deeply ingrained in their hearts.
After all, to be able to control these lawless guys, this 'boss' couldn't be a good person either.
On top of a tree canopy, four guys with ulterior motives were secretly watching Ethan and the members of Loki Familia.
Nobody knows when a snow wolf had quietly arrived nearby at some point.
Because it was surrounded by shrubs and trees, although the snow wolf had snow-white fur, it still hadn't been discovered yet.
Through the snow wolf's investigation, Ethan also discovered these four hidden guys.
However, he didn't make a sound.
After all, he wanted to know if these four guys were after him or Ais and the others.
"Ethan, what are you thinking about?"
Seeing Ethan 'spacing out', Tiona waved her hand in front of him.
"Ah, what's wrong?"
"What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing, I just suddenly thought of some things about my Familia. Is there anything wrong?"
"Nothing much, we're just going back, so I wanted to ask if you guys want to come with us?" Tiona said this.
Ethan was the first person who could take so many beatings from her and still be fine, and he had also defeated a Floor Boss before.
His strength and potential were definitely not low, so befriending him was definitely the right thing to do.
"No need, we still want to go deeper into the dungeon."
"Is that so? That's a pity."
Looking at Ethan, Tiona said with some disappointment.
Haruhime, on the other hand, looked at him with some confusion.
Didn't he say they were going back before?
Why did he change his words now?
However, because there were other people here, Haruhime didn't say anything, but her gaze kept falling on Ethan.
"Then bye-bye. Next time you come to our Familia, you must call me."
"Okay, I will if I have the chance."
"Goodbye~"
Waving goodbye to Ethan, Tiona and the others gradually disappeared from the 22nd floor.
"They're gone, members of the Loki Familia people are finally gone."
The sneaky guys watching all this from the tree canopy said happily when they saw this scene.
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