Chapter: 285

No one was allowed to enter this forest without permission in the first place.

The knights who came with them were waiting outside the entrance to the forest.

‘Is it Vellian or the Marquis?’

Kaizen listened attentively to the quiet footsteps.

The rustling was getting closer and closer.

‘It’s not just one or two people. It can’t be Vellian or the Marquis.’

Kaizen walked forward without hesitation as if approaching Astelle.

Behind her, who was looking at herbs, there were thick bushes.

Kaizen took one or two steps closer and said quietly,

“Astelle, bow your head.”

Astelle, who was about to find the medicinal herbs, read the danger and tension hidden in Kaizen’s voice.

She instinctively bent over quickly.

As soon as Astelle bent over, Kaizen quickly pulled out a dagger and flew it towards the bush.

“Ugh……!”

A desperate scream erupted from among the shady blades of grass.

With that sound, assassins who covered their faces with masks ran out from their hiding places.

They all drew their swords.

***

‘Is this an assassination attempt?’

No raids of this kind had been seen since the end of the war in the North.

Kaizen drew his sword.

Six opponents.

The odds were good enough.

Except for one important variable.

“Astelle.”