Expressing gratitude, the citizens, who suddenly appeared, started shouting that the gods had sent down angels as they watched the strangely shaped carriage disappear.

Their monster hunting continued beyond the originally planned midnight, extending until morning. They stopped only after Ruella achieved level 99.

“Shall we go back now? We’ve safely reached level 99, and it’s getting too difficult.”

Raphael slumped to the ground, muttering weakly.
“Then, except for the west and north, it seems like we’ve cleared out the monsters that invaded the village.”

As Hazen lay down beside Raphael and spoke, Mitchell, too, agreed while rotating his sore arm.

“It’s regrettable that we couldn’t explore some places, but we also need to take a break, so there’s nothing we can do.”

Ruella opened the map to check their current location.

While defeating monsters to avoid the pursuing knights, they had come down near the Camun village without realizing it.

After glancing at the dawning sky, Kite said to Ruella.

“Let’s go back. It seems the knights are too tired to catch up immediately.”

Although they had encountered them a few times, they deliberately teleported to a distant village, and now the clamorous sound of horseshoes was no longer audible.

“I wanted to show them disappearing one more time, but it seems they can’t catch up.”

In response to her words, Tien reassured her not to worry.

“Now, there’s no need to show them. People will know through the rumors anyway. Praising us as heroes who ride a silent carriage and sweep away monsters in one go.”

His words were correct.

Their story would quickly spread, becoming more dramatic and spiced up.

If even after hearing such rumors, soldiers were willing to fight for Count Kuran, then there was nothing more they could do.

“Well then, let’s go back. Everyone, you’ve worked hard.”
Ruella, exhausted as if her arms were heavy with water, raised her hand and pressed the teleport button on the screen.

“Oh my, you’re back now.”

It seemed she returned too late.

In the hallway, not only the people from the Pharaoh’s Mansion but also the Earl Line and his wife were anxiously waiting with concerned expressions.

“Oh, sorry. I’m later than the time I mentioned, and you were worried, weren’t you?”

In response to her words, Emma replied, trying to raise her voice.

“We knew you’d do well and come back, so we weren’t worried. I’ll prepare a meal quickly. I stayed up waiting because of this.”

As Emma entered the dining room, Meg quickly followed behind her.

“The next time you go out, please invite one of us or a family member of this house to the party. Do you know how worried we were?”

The Countess of Line spoke with a pale complexion, touching her forehead.

Looking at the faces of the gathered townspeople, although they were pretending to be okay, everyone’s complexion was not good.

“I understand. I’ll do that. Since everyone stayed up because of us, go inside and rest. We’ll have our meal and go to rest immediately.”

However, those gathered were not people who would go inside to rest.

They all nodded to receive their armor and cloaks back to hear the townspeople’s concerns.

Eventually, when they were handing over the armor and cloaks so that the townspeople could quickly go in and rest, Xenon opened the front door and entered.

“You’ve returned. I’m relieved.”
“Are you still guarding the place? You don’t need to do that. You know well that no one can enter without my permission with that barrier.”

In response to Ruella’s sarcasm, Xenon scratched his head.

“Still, we need to check the situation. Just by observing the movements of the knights and people, you can roughly figure out what happened around where.”

Smirking, Xenon hesitated for a moment before continuing.

“By the way, there’s something a bit strange to report.”

Kite, who was handing armor to the attendants, turned to Xenon.

“Strange? What happened?”

“Yes. Since this afternoon, all the knights who were in front of the main gate have disappeared.”

“Oh, they were probably chasing after us.”

“And around 3 AM, Viscount Gart came. He kept asking if the owner had returned, as if he had something to say.”

“He kept checking if we had returned?”

“Yes. He came alone without any other retainers, repeatedly asking… It seems a bit suspicious.”

Upon Xenon’s words, Kite looked back at Ruella and her friends.

“Was Viscount Gart not with the group of knights earlier?”

Hazen thought for a moment and answered.

“He was there when we first encountered them. I can’t remember the next time. What on earth is going on?”

“But coming alone, it seems like he has something to say, right?”

In response to Raphael’s words, Kite put on his armor again.