Facing the enemies who had raised their pistols, Leo Ash very decisively chose to...
—not bother activating his skill.
He was currently inside an elevator, the enemies' actions of raising their pistols were very obvious, and their firing trajectory was predictable.
Facing these bullets, Leo Ash ungracefully rolled to the side and perfectly dodged the bullets fired by the enemy.
Seeing Leo Ash's actions, Kiana knew that the chance to retreat had arrived.
With a couple of quick punches, she knocked away the two nearest mercenaries and immediately ran towards Leo Ash.
"Senior, this—"
"This your head."
Seeing Kiana about to rush into the elevator, Leo Ash directly grabbed her hand and pulled her behind him.
"What are you doing?!"
Seeing Leo Ash's actions, Kiana broke out in a cold sweat.
Just now, Kiana was preparing for Leo Ash and her to escape from the enemies' sight by taking the elevator together.
But Leo Ash's actions had disrupted her plan.
Admittedly, even so, Kiana didn't think that group of mercenaries with handguns could do anything to her.
But now, she was not fighting alone.
No matter what, Kiana could feel that Leo Ash cared for her.
And now, all those gun muzzles were pointed at Leo Ash.
After Leo Ash had evaded, the mercenaries directly in front of him had now locked onto various parts of his body with their pistols.
From their aiming positions, it was clear they intended to kill Leo Ash on the spot.
At this moment, Kiana was once again certain that Cocolia was definitely not a good person.
What kind of good person has subordinates who are all ruthless killers who don't bat an eye!
However, no matter how much Kiana thought, she was too late to act.
With the sound of gunshots, over a dozen bullets were fired at Leo Ash simultaneously.
The helpless girl could only watch as Leo Ash, who was standing in front of her, was hit by the bullets.
At this moment, Kiana, who had closed her eyes, even felt like she could see the image of Leo Ash collapsing in a pool of blood before her.
However, in the next moment, she suddenly heard exclamations of surprise from the enemy's side.
"This... how is this possible!"
"The bullets are ineffective?! What the hell kind of monster is this!"
"Damn it, Cocolia said this mission would be easy."
"Bullshit, tell her to go back and give us more money, or we'll all go our separate ways!"
What the hell?
Kiana, who had opened her eyes because of these angry curses, now saw the scene before her.
The mercenaries who had pulled the triggers had faces full of anger and disbelief.
And Leo Ash, whom she thought would be lying in a pool of blood, was completely fine.
Not only that, she could also feel a terrifying power fluctuation from Leo Ash's body.
"Ah ah, it's not a good day for killing, so I'll let you guys off the hook."
At this moment, Leo Ash slammed his right fist, which had accumulated a large amount of power, heavily onto the ground.
"Galaxy Phantom!"
By relying on the characteristic of Galactica Phantom to perfectly block most attacks, Leo Ash directly blocked all the bullets shot at him.
And at the same time, having finished accumulating power, Leo Ash, with the powerful destructive force of a charged Galactica Phantom, shattered the floor in front of him with a single blow.
"Eh... eh?!"
The sudden feeling of weightlessness immediately caused Kiana to fall downwards.
But before she fell, she managed to land steadily thanks to her own physical abilities and ukemi skills.
However, those mercenaries didn't have Kiana's superhuman reaction speed.
Completely not expecting their opponent to be able to shatter the floor with one punch, the mercenaries, due to the sudden fall from mid-air, all fell to the ground.
"Ha... what a pain."
After throwing a punch, Leo Ash glanced at the group of mercenaries and couldn't be bothered with them anymore.
He was different now from before.
Having prepared himself mentally, Leo Ash's reluctance to kill his enemies had greatly decreased.
But now, he felt that he still couldn't kill these people.
It wasn't that he had any affection for these ruthless mercenaries who lived on the edge—how many good people could there be in the mercenary profession?
The key problem was not this group of people, but the little ancestor behind him.
Miss Kiana Kaslana, who had the body of a Kaslana and the soul of a Herrscher, also had another personality within her.
Although he didn't know when this personality would emerge, Leo Ash felt that it was better not to overstimulate her at a time like this.
Especially shooting all these people with a handgun in front of Kiana—that's too stimulating, she's not suited to see that.
"Senior... you're not an ordinary person after all, huh."
Looking at the debris on the ground, Kiana said speechlessly.
"I was worried you'd get killed just now, I really was like a fool."
"If you have time for idle talk, you'd be better off retreating with me right now."
Looking at Kiana who was rushing towards the elevator again, Leo Ash said in annoyance.
"Take the stairs."
"Eh, why... alright, I'll listen to you then."
Under Leo Ash's helpless gaze, Kiana finally followed his footsteps, albeit reluctantly.
And less than a second after she left the elevator, a rocket flew out from a bizarre angle and blew up the elevator she was about to take.
"What the hell?"
Watching this scene, Kiana, who had just left the elevator, now felt truly panicked.
"See, I told you the stairs were better... Holy crap!"
Leo Ash, who was about to make a sarcastic remark, saw the suddenly fired rocket, and immediately lunged at Kiana, tackling her to the ground.
And after the two of them fell to the ground, another rocket fired from the other side blew up the stairs they were about to take as well.
In the smoke, Kiana and Leo Ash looked at another team of mercenaries not far away, who were aiming a row of RPG rocket launchers at them, and they were completely terrified.
No, wait, this Cocolia...
—how could she have arranged for mercenaries with rocket launchers to be ambushing on the floor below Kiana's!
I'm done for. If this woman really plays for such high stakes and stimulates the Herrscher of the Void into awakening, then we're all really going to die together!
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