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In the end, Greenwood managed to reunite with the remaining knights. It was a relief, to say the least. Including himself, there were eight people gathered at Assembly Point Two. All had made it, except for Sir Eugene, who had fallen to Caron's sword, and the commander, whose fate remained grimly uncertain.
"Greenwood! What did you mean by what you said earlier?" one of the knights asked.
"Explain properly!" demanded another.
The knights who had arrived first required answers, but Greenwood had his gaze fixed on the path he had just come from, exclaiming with urgency in his voice, "There's no time for this. Form the defensive formation. Quickly! Caron Leston... Caron Leston is coming!"
He couldn't shake the image of Eugene's head hitting the ground, having been severed so effortlessly. A 5-Star knight, slain as if he was no more than a nameless soldier on the battlefield… Even though it had been a surprise attack, there was no denying that an overwhelming gap in strength made it possible.
He's at least 6-Star, Greenwood estimated grimly. If it was true that Caron had killed the commander, perhaps he was even past that.
Finding out the reason why Caron was hunting them wasn't their priority; surviving was. At the very least, the situation wasn't entirely hopeless, because the knights gathered there had fought alongside each other frequently...
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