“What the hell is that brat talking about now?”

The Sand Shamans looked at each other in bewilderment as Eugene’s cry rang through the air. Thieves? Strictly speaking, Eugene Lionheart was the one who had invaded their territory of his own volition. This meant that the one who should be called a thief was this fearless and ill-mannered little boy.

“My Lord…!” Laman said as he heard Eugene’s cry.

Just as he was sighing in relief, his body suddenly trembled.

He recalled what the Sand Shamans had said earlier. Wasn’t he now a hostage? Laman didn’t want to be a chain around Eugene’s ankle, pulling him down. As such, he tried to pull his limbs out of the restraints holding them in place, but the Sand Shamans weren’t blind.

“Don’t do anything foolish,” came the warning.

Rumble rumble!

The sand from the ground completely wrapped around Laman’s body. Having made their threat clear to Laman, the Sand Shamans exchanged glances among themselves.

“What should we do?”

“We can’t let him reach here.”

“Of course, I know that… but should we report this?”

The question was asked cautiously, the speaker’s voice laden with an unquenchable fear. The other Sand Shamans hesitated, unsure what to say.

“...We can handle this ourselves,” someone eventually decided after an uncomfortable silence, and the other Sand Shamans nodded in approval.

They didn’t want to have to send a report about this problem to their superior.

Enough damage had already been caused that this incident couldn’t just be covered up, but….

‘’It’s not like they would even care about such losses.’

This was a thought shared by all the Sand Shamans here. Quite a few Assassins and Sand Shamans may have died within a short time span, but that person would definitely dismiss their deaths as trivial.

However, they couldn’t let this matter blow up any further. Even if everyone here died, they could not allow this intruder to progress past this point.

They needed to resolve this matter before that person returned. If they hadn’t managed to take care of it by then,...