Chapter 246

Niña narrowed her eyes looking for the enemies. Next to her, Andromeda raised her arms and was ready to cast her Skill at any moment. She was looking around, her back was sweating. She just experienced falling hundreds of meters from the sky and she was filled with tension. Even her hands were trembling. 

It was fortunate that Niña was experienced and knew how to handle the situation. They escaped the explosion with no damage. 

"Oi, I can feel your presence just come out, okay."

Niña said while playing with her daggers. Acting as if she was fighting small pipsqueaks. 

"They say that you retired, I guess the rumors are fake."

A man appeared, he was smirking while looking at them. 

"Nah, I really did quit. I decided to just do leveling stuff, but this is different. By the way, do I know you?"

Niña asked. She couldn't recall this man so she decided to inquire in case she knew him. However, the unknown man shook his head. 

"No, you don't know me but I know you."

"Well, thanks I guess. My name is really famous, huh."

She smiled but her face was covered with a black mask so no one could see it.

"So, how about it? Let's fight!"

She said as she pointed her daggers at him. 

"I'm sorry but I'm too weak to fight yo-"

The man said but his sentence was stopped. Niña appeared right before him and swung her blade. The man was shocked to realize how fast the woman was. 

"I didn't ask if you want to or not."

He raised his arms and blocked the blade. 

"Kuck!"

His arms were slashed and blood spurted all around. He cried but he gritted his teeth and called for help. 

A monster appeared in the sky and glided down towards them. It was a lesser Phoenix! The monster was covered in flame as it descended. 

Andromeda gasped and she was afraid that something bad would happen to Niña. She started casting her healing but.

"Don't!" Niña glared. She returned her focus on the man and smirked. Despite smirking, her eyes were glowing deadly.

"They will appear, especially at this moment. That man likes to make a heroic entrance like this."

Bang!!!

A powerful pillar of beam shot the descending monster. The Phoenix was hurt and started to return to a ball of flame. 

The injured man looked at the sky and his eyes widened in surprise. A gigantic flying fortress appeared out of nowhere. It almost covered the sky. 

"T- The Redemption!!!"

He screamed, he couldn't believe that even the strongest Guild wanted to have the Evolution Stone. Were they desperate enough to bully them? For a simple Evolution Stone, they used their fortress to attack them! This was unfair. 

The man didn't know that the real reason why the Redemption was here was because of Andromeda and not because of the Evolution Stone. 

He gasped and started running, he didn't care about his severed arms.

He started yelling. 

"Abort, abort the mission. I repeat abort the mission!!"

He screamed and the people that were hiding started running too. They couldn't sacrifice their lives fighting the Redemption. They knew that they would only die.

They had a chance of winning against the Goddess of Death but the Redemption was different. They would be slaughtered. 

"Hoh, so they actually numbered around 300 Hunters. What a disappointment, I thought I'm going to have fun."

Niña said as she watched hundreds of Hunters running away like rats. She already sensed their presence when they landed. She was just lowering her guard so that she could deceive them and perhaps kill them in one swift. That moment won't happen since the Redemption disturbed them. 

"So my deduction is right. Kyle, are you really afraid of dying? You fucking coward."

She directly stared at the magnificent structure, her hands clenched her daggers. This was the newest Fortress of the Redemption. 

'Based on the intel that I received, it said that it has teleportation function…  I wonder how much energy he spent just to travel here.'

Niña was not afraid to face them. In fact, she would gladly welcome them. For a long time, she dreamt of taking Kyle's head. And it seemed like this was the moment to do so.

Yet, instead of meeting Kyle, the men who landed on the ground were different people. Secretary Hakase and William Olivia showed up, they were both holding weapons, a long sword, and double pistols respectively. 

"Hm, so the loyal dog is here. I thought you are already dead Hakase. How's your life being a dog?"

Niña mocked. Hakase was one of the earliest members of the Guild. They knew each other but she didn't like Hakase's obsessive loyalty. 

As for William Olivia. This man was one of the Hunters that Mikael defeated in the Tournament. He had a Skill called Materialization where he could create an object using another object. [Just think of it as the system in Fullmetal Alchemist]

"Hey, how does it feel to be humiliated in front of millions of people. Hmmp! Top contender my ass, my baby beat your ass you in just a minute!!"

She mocked William, she wanted to do this months ago. 

"You!!"

William turned red, he was furious. He raised his guns but Hakase stopped him. 

"William, that woman is taunting you so that you will attack her. She's known for being the fastest Hunter, don't underestimate her. You will die."

Hakase said to him. William gritted his teeth and nodded. Still, it was obvious that he was angry.

"So where is your Boss? Is he afraid to see me? Or perhaps he's thinking that you two are enough to face me? Hakase do you even think that you have a chance to win against me?"

Her tone sounded normal but the heaviness of her voice was apparent. She had enough mana to kill them if things went south. 

Hakase furrowed his eyes as he looked at her. Still, he didn't accept any of her tauntings. Instead, he looked at the woman behind her. 

"Give Andromeda to us. We can protect her better than you. Our Guild is the safest plac-"

"Yeah, yadah yadah yadah. Let's stop the chit-chat and fight already, okay."

Niña grinned. She won't let Kyle have his way. She won't let anyone be manipulated by him ever again. 

'Just like what he did to us. Breaking us till we are molded into what he liked. That man can't be trusted.'

Her hatred was released.