As Layla and Erin continued to fight, being able to turn the tides despite being outnumbered, the boy with the scarf teleported away.
He suddenly appeared next to a tree, where a tall man named Mono stood.
"You were right!" The scarfed boy exclaimed, "I need to get this to Duke's attention immediately."
Mono scoffed, "To think you would doubt me, Rojie."
"Well, it is a little unbelievable—" Rojie began, before Mono glared at him.
"… Right away sir."
Rojie disappeared, leaving Mono by the tree.
"It was beneficial for me to keep your secret, Erin. At least, it was at the time," Mono smirked, before walking away.
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There was one last person left standing out of the initial group meant to attack them. The girl with the red pig tails had managed to tank the attacks from Layla's arrows by allowing her hair to get impaled, something that inflicted no pain to her. Readying her fists, and her twin tails, she spat on the ground, prepared to take them on.
