The Grand Sorcerer regained his bearings after the arrow shot through his heart and fled towards the exit.
But at that moment, a bunch of Lily's flying golems blocked his path.
"Die!" Lily shouted as the flying golems launched their feathers from close range.
While the Grand Sorcerer wasn't slow, he also wasn't fast enough to dodge this many ranged attacks from such a short distance.
The feathers buried deep into his body, and he was blasted off the wall.
The next moment, all the flying golems charged towards the falling Grand Sorcerer, tearing him into pieces.
When Lily saw that the Grand Sorcerer was dead, she quickly looked at the other wall.
On that wall were tens of gigantic spears.
"Falk!" Lily shouted with worry as her ground golems started to pull out one spear after another.
Selene and Michael also quickly joined in.
Kyle hadn't been able to pay attention to the other battle, which was why he didn't know that Falk had been buried by a huge storm of spears.
Nevertheless, he could guess what had happened.
After all, he couldn't see Falk right now.
'Everyone else is already dealing with him. They don't need my help right now.'
Kyle looked at the humongous body below him, which was still jerking occasionally.
He pulled out his hammer and struck the top of the Holy Paladin's head, breaking it.
The body seized one last time before falling silent.
BANG!
At that moment, an explosion appeared in front of Kyle, but it didn't come from an attack.
Kyle suddenly saw a huge number of items appearing in the air in front of him.
There were even two Ether Crystals amongst the items.
'Oh, right! Soul Space! Paladins have an improved Soul!'
Kyle saw some ores, some metals, some spare equipment, a large amount of Ether Gems, and two Ether Crystals.
He quickly grabbed the huge sack he had brought with him and shoved everything inside.
Meanwhile, the Holy Paladin's body shrank back to its original size, and Kyle noticed the luxurious sword.
He grabbed the sword and tried to lift it.
"Ooof!" he said as the weight almost overwhelmed him.
He tried to lift it more, but it was just that heavy.
'Alright, fuck that! You're getting pulled!'
Kyle ran to the entrance of their tunnel and looked at the others.
The others were looking at the middle of the array of spears.
"Hey, guys!" Kyle shouted. "I know it sucks, but we have to get going! The Winterfire Kingdom or some Metal Elementals might arrive at any moment!"
Selene and Michael glanced over before looking back at the spears.
"It's fine," a weak voice said. "I can walk."
The next moment, Falk's heavily injured body came out from the wall of spears.
'Oh, Falk's still alive! Great!' Kyle thought. 'Woulda sucked if he died.'
Lily flew closer to Falk with one of her golems and pulled him onto it.
She just looked with shock and concern at Falk.
Then, she gritted her teeth, and tears ran down her face.
"You idiot!" Lily shouted at Falk.
"Ouch!" Falk answered as Lily hit his leg with her fist.
"I thought you died!" Lily shouted.
Falk just looked back with a smile.
"I also thought I died," he said, "but the spears missed my Center and head."
Sure enough, based on the healing injuries, there had been seven holes all over Falk's body, but none of them were on his chest or head.
Falk had survived, but he had been insanely lucky.
The next moment, Falk's eyes widened as Lily hugged him tightly while crying.
He looked down and noticed that Lily had completely broken down in tears.
When he saw her like this, he felt guilty and confused.
Lily was usually the hardest on him, which was why Falk had rightfully believed that she hated him.
But based on what he was seeing right now, the opposite might be true.
"Guuuuys!" Kyle shouted. "We gotta go! Danger and stuff, you know?"
Lily ignored Kyle.
Meanwhile, Selene jumped forward, grabbed Falk carefully, and ran towards the exit.
Everyone was being held up by their care for Falk, and the best way to make them move was to bring Falk out.
When Selene pulled Falk away, Lily gritted her teeth.
Nevertheless, she followed everyone.
"Go on! Go on!" Kyle shouted, shooing everyone into the hole.
When everyone went through, Kyle collapsed the ceiling of the tunnel and came after them.
'With luck, a Metal Elemental will arrive and consume the two corpses. Like that, the Winterfire Kingdom will believe that it was a Metal Elemental that killed them, and the Skysand Kingdom can launch another ambush.'
The team quickly ran through the tunnel.
Luckily, there were no Metal Elementals.
When they reached the surface, they stopped near the tunnel's entrance.
By now, Falk had fully recovered, and he could stand on his own again.
"Whew, we got out," Kyle said with a smirk. "Mission done!"
Kyle didn't get an immediate answer, and he raised one of his brows in skepticism.
Right now, Falk, Michael, and Lily were not looking at Kyle.
Selene was the only one who looked at Kyle, and she just looked at him with concern.
"Why so sad?" Kyle asked. "Falk is still alive, and we got our mission done. Everything worked out fine."
"Worked out fine?!" Lily suddenly shouted. "Falk nearly died! That's not fine!"
"Lily, please," Falk said.
"And you!" Lily shouted, pointing at Kyle. "You didn't even bat an eye! You didn't even look at him! You just looked at the bunch of spears and focused on the loot!"
"Because you guys had it," Kyle said. "What am I supposed to do? Just stand by and be an additional spectator?"
Lily's eyes widened in rage.
"Lily, stop," Michael said. "Kyle did the right thing. We were in a dangerous environment."
Lily looked with rage and shock at Michael.
But while Michael looked calm on the outside, when Lily saw his eyes, she could tell that he was just as furious.
"Lily, it's fine," Falk said. "I survived."
Lily looked over at Falk, and she could tell that he was also just acting.
Falk seemed deeply hurt.
Selene closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
When it came to the mission and the team's survival, Kyle had acted with perfection.
He had gotten everything of value and led everyone out of danger.
It was the right thing to do.
He acted like the perfect machine.
But that was the problem.
He acted like a machine.
There had been no concern or worry in Kyle's voice.
Most of all, he hadn't even asked if Falk was still alive.
He just told them to go.
It was almost like he didn't care if Falk died or survived.
Meanwhile, Kyle just looked at the team with a bit of confusion.
'Everyone seems angry, but I have no idea why.'
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