Daniel slowly opened his eyes and looked around. Seeing that the plan had succeeded, that the massive giant had moved away, now chasing William and the other S-ranks, he let out a sigh of relief.
Their plan had been simple, but carrying it out was extremely dangerous. Even now, what had happened was far beyond his expectations—one of the S-ranks wasn't even supposed to die.
"No! I don't want to die! Help me! Agh—" a distant scream echoed in his ears.
He turned slightly and looked back... well, now the death count had officially increased to two S-ranks.
Still, he didn't care and continued toward the tree. He hadn't expected casualties, but it was something that could've been predicted.
After all, their opponent was a peak S-rank, and judging from the strength it had shown, its raw combat power was likely touching the boundary between S-rank and National-level Awakened.
