“Are you all right?”

“I am fine.”

Raven came to Isla’s side after knocking down two soldiers of the demonic army in an instant. Isla nodded in response.

The two observed the enemies approaching them from all sides, leaving the other to guard their back.

“The others…”

“Karuta and the friends from Ancona are leading them.”

Raven gestured towards the distance, where the rest of their forces were retreating along the riverside after breaking through the demonic army. Thanks to the thinly spread formation of the demonic army, it had been relatively easy to break through, and the Ancona Orc warriors proved most important in escaping the siege without suffering many casualties.

“That is a relief.”

“Don’t be too sure yet. That’s why our role is important.”

Raven spoke while looking at the closing soldiers of the demonic army with cold eyes. There were thousands of opponents, and only hundreds of remaining troops from the scouting party.

In addition, his troops were completely exhausted from the battle against the monsters, and if the demonic army pursued, they would quickly be caught.

“That means…”

“We become bait.”

Raven spoke while tightly gripping his hands around the pommels of his two blades. Nothing had happened like this in the past he knew of. It was none other than himself who was responsible...