“…..?”

Ha-yeon sent them a look that said, ‘Who are you guys?’ and the guy who was clapping stopped, scratching his cheek.

“Um, what’s with that ‘Who are you guys?’ look…?”

“Accurate. Why are you guys here?”

As Ha-yeon said that, this time Claire tilted her head and answered.

“Didn’t the Knight Commander tell us to form groups of three to subjugate?”

“That’s right.”

“So, we formed a group of three…”

Her words caused a brief mental freeze before she came to her senses.

So, because she told them to form groups of three, these three formed a group with me?

Are they crazy?

“Am I the same as a regular member?”

“Well, the Knight Commander told us to think of you as the same member…”

“Not when I’m giving orders.”

She seemed to recall the Knight Commander saying something like that before, but what if they did that even when she was giving orders?

Why are these guys so clueless?

“Hey, Claire, didn’t anyone ask you to team up?”

Claire is an elite knight.

No matter how brave one is, wanting to be with someone strong is inevitable.

“I refused everyone because I wanted to team up with the Knight Commander!”

“….”

A sigh escaped her lips involuntarily.

For some reason, she felt like she knew how hard the original Knight Commander had it.

Is this kind of scene visible in any world?

‘More than that, can’t I see that man’s information?’

Unlike Claire, whose System window popped up immediately upon seeing her, the System didn’t pop up at first, so she was thinking that when the System seemed to read her mind and it appeared.

[The other party’s affinity is not very high.]

[Limited information is available.]

Limited if the affinity isn’t high?

Having learned a new fact, she looked at the information window that appeared.

+++

Name: Lapis Heine

Age: 28, Gender: Male

Rank: (Limited Information)

Affinity: 51

Description: The eldest son of the Heine family, one of the lesser families serving the Marquis of Seilun.

He has a playful personality, which makes him famous among commoners, and his skills are also outstanding.

However, some people say that his grinning face is unpleasant.

His rank within the Knights is Elite Knight.

-Additional Information: (Limited Information)

+++

‘Lapis Heine…’

He’s much older than Claire and me, and his rank is… limited.

Like Claire’s family, Reinach, he seems to be one of the families serving the Marquis of Seilun.

‘More than that, the additional information is limited.’

In Claire’s case, there was a warning message like, ‘If the target dies, the Dungeon’s clear grade will increase dramatically,’ but he doesn’t have anything like that.

This is a bit unsettling.

“Ha… Anyway, Claire and Lapis. You two should team up and go around. Two elite knights should be enough, right?”

“Huh? That’s too much…”

“Go with just her…? What kind of harsh words are those?”

“Shall I harshly cut your throats?”

As she said that, she flashed the black blade of the Immortal Longsword, stained with Monster blood, at them, and they sighed and ran off in one direction.

“Shall I move too?”

It was more comfortable to move alone than with others.

Roughly rotating her shoulders, she began to move towards the Monster moving far away.

“Has it been cleaned up to some extent by now?”

The black blade was no longer visible, and only red blood was visible on the Immortal Longsword. She pulled it out of the Monster’s flesh and sensed her surroundings.

After killing about seven Monsters since that situation, she no longer felt any presence nearby.

Perhaps the other knights had taken care of it.

“More than that….”

[You have defeated the S-Rank Monster ‘Spawn of the Divine Beast’.]

[The sleeping Divine Beast slightly opens its eyes.]

The message had been appearing since she killed about two of them.

The name was Spawn of the Divine Beast, so it seemed to be related to the Divine Beast… Is there a Divine Beast? Near here.

“Maybe a boss?”

If so, it would be troublesome.

She hadn’t met Kaede and Fallen yet.

Fighting an SS-Rank boss Monster with only the knights in that situation would be utter madness.

There was no message that it had fully opened its eyes or was fully moving yet, so it should be fine.

“Knight Commander!”

Turning her head towards the new voice coming from behind, she saw a young knight with green hair whom she had never seen before.

And next to him…

“Fallen?”

A man as solid as a giant iron wall.

Fallen Grace was there.

“Ah, so you really knew each other?”

“Didn’t I say so? How many times do I have to say it…”

“How many people impersonate the Knight Commander’s acquaintances! So, this much is natural.”

[You have met someone with whom you have a close relationship.]

[To facilitate clearing, the target’s information window will be displayed.]

Huh, suddenly?

+++

Name: Rain

Age: 20, Gender: Male

Rank: A

Affinity: 83

Description: One of the few commoner knights in the Knights, a genius who reached Rank A at the age of 20.

In the past, he was oppressed for being a commoner and could not become a knight, but thanks to you reaching out to him, he joined the Knights and became a regular knight.

He trusts you very much.

-If the target’s favorability drops below 70, smooth clearing may be difficult.

+++

She was briefly flustered by the suddenly appearing information window, but she regained her senses and read its contents.

‘A commoner… and his affinity is over 80.’

Higher than Claire’s.

And a guy younger than me whom I’ve never seen before.

More than that, the Knight Commander before I came here must have been a truly upright person.

‘I’m not, though.’

Smiling, she spoke to Rain and Fallen in front of her.

No, she was about to speak.

“The Monsters have been cleaned up to some extent, so let’s return now…”

Before those words could finish.

[You have slain the last ‘Spawn of the Divine Beast (S-)’ remaining in the mountain.]

[The Divine Beast sleeping in the mountain opens its eyes.]

[S+ Rank Monster, ‘Enraged Divine Beast of the Mountain (S+)’ reveals itself!]

“…..fuck?”

Why!

Why the hell!

‘Ah, no, calm down.’

What she should be thankful for is that it’s not a boss Monster.

The System didn’t call it a boss Monster, but just an S+ Rank Monster, so it’s not a boss Monster.

But that doesn’t make the situation any better.

“I haven’t met Kaede yet.”

“Ha-yeon! We need to prepare for battle immediately!”

I know.

The energy in the ground that she had been feeling slightly since earlier.

The energy was so huge and moved so absurdly that she just thought it was a ley line.

That was the Divine Beast.

[You have witnessed the Divine Beast’s Familiar for the third time.]

[Skill, ‘Sacred Haze (S)’ resonates.]

[The effect of Skill, ‘Sacred Haze (S)’ is temporarily increased.]

She didn’t care about the messages appearing now.

The flow of mana in the ground was rising.

“…..!!”

“Stick your swords into the ground!”

Ha-yeon, who had noticed the abnormally solid ground since earlier, shouted those words and plunged the Immortal Longsword into it.

Seeing that, Fallen also plunged his Aegis into the ground.

“W-What is this!”

Rain, who was briefly flustered, also grabbed the steel longsword at his waist in reverse grip and plunged it into the ground at their swift actions.

And with that.

-Groooooooar!!!

The ground rose with a huge roar similar to a low bass, no.

The Divine Beast.

“Kuh!”

The pressure rushed towards her, who had killed the most Spawn of the Divine Beast among the knights.

Feeling the pressure crushing her whole body, she gripped the Immortal Longsword even tighter.

[Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash’ bestows upon you some of its pressure.]

[You can use EX-Rank Skill, ‘Majesty of the Stars (EX)’ for 10 seconds.]

At the same time as the Constellation’s action, the pressure disappeared in an instant.

Moving her body, which felt like it would fly away, just 10 seconds passed, and its body was fully revealed.

“You’ve got to be kidding me.”

Its appearance was none other than a turtle.

A turtle of such a terrifying size that it was no different from an island.

“The other knights…”

Regaining some composure, she tried to spread her mana to find the knights, but failed due to its interference.

“Hey! Are you okay?”

As she said that to Fallen and Rain, who were catching their breath in front of her, Fallen nodded, and Rain caught his breath and said, ‘Yes…’

Aside from the fact that they were both tired because of the pressure, they didn’t seem too exhausted.

More than that, what should I do about this?

“Let’s try this first.”

The one that came up to the ground still didn’t have much movement.

Confirming that, Ha-yeon put her palm on the ground and concentrated mana there.

“Mana Beam.”

A huge beam emitted from her palm.

In the beginning, it advanced rapidly.

‘Damn it.’

But after reaching a certain point, it stopped and didn’t advance further.

After all, it was impossible to kill an S+ with an A-Rank skill.

It wasn’t that she didn’t feel like it was blocked by something hard, but rather that she felt like her mana was being taken away by something like a barrier?

‘Ha… I have too few offensive active skills.’

There were no offensive active skills left.

All that remained were buff types.

[Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash’ hears those words and begins to look for skills that would be shocking to give.]

Ah, no, you gave me a skill earlier.

Is it okay to give me another one?

While enjoying the feeling of being half sorry and half expectant.

Not long after, a message window appeared.