Just as Kenichi, Erza, and the group finished off the Six Arms, Wendy and Charla, led by Gagaran, arrived at another Eight Fingers' stronghold.
"Wendy, look!"
Carla, transformed into a cat-eared girl, suddenly noticed something. She pointed ahead and shouted in surprise.
Hearing Carla, both Wendy and Gagaran looked in the direction she was pointing.
However, when Wendy and Gagaran saw the scene before them, they were equally shocked.
"Hey now, what exactly happened here? How did it become like this?"
Gagaran said, dumbfounded.
At this moment, they saw the wall of a large building ahead covered in vines.
Those vines, like ivy, wrapped around the entire building, coil after coil.
Furthermore, the vines moved slowly, like long snakes.
"There are monsters inside!"
Wendy's nose twitched slightly, then she added: "Two of them. One has very strong magical power."
Hearing Wendy's words, Gagaran tilted her head to look at Wendy.
"Oh! As expected of a Magic Caster!"
After praising Wendy in her rough voice, Gagaran immediately summoned a weapon that looked part axe, part hammer.
When Wendy, Charla, and the group approached the eerie building, miserable screams came from inside.
"It hurts! It hurts!"
"Let me go quickly!"
"Someone, help me!"
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Hearing the screams, Gagaran's expression shifted slightly.
"Hurry!"
After calling out to Wendy and Carla, she quickened her pace.
Soon, a 'little boy' holding a staff and wearing a girl's dress appeared in the sight of Wendy, Gagaran, and the others.
That's right, a little boy wearing a girl's dress.
If Kenichi were here, he would definitely recognize this 'little boy' with the incongruous clothing.
He was none other than the Floor Guardian of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, Mare!
Mare held a staff in one hand, and with the other, he was dragging a woman by her hair.
The woman being dragged by her hair by Mare struggled and screamed.
But one of her legs was in a terrible state, bone protruding outwards, making it impossible for her to stand up.
"How awful! Save her quickly!"
Wendy, seeing this scene, turned slightly pale.
Just as she was about to charge forward, Gagaran reached out and stopped her.
"Wait, that woman is our target, one of the Eight Fingers' leaders, Hilma!"
Hearing Gagaran's words, Carla couldn't help but comment: "Serves the evil right. Wendy, just leave it be."
"But..."
Wendy clasped her hands together, her pretty face full of kind expression.
After all, the scene before them was indeed quite gruesome.
Moreover, Wendy was kind-hearted by nature.
While Wendy and Carla were talking, Mare over there also noticed the sudden arrival of Wendy and the others.
"Humans?"
Mare stopped walking, paused, and looked at Wendy, Charla, and the others.
However, his mission tonight was to capture Hilma.
So he didn't plan to do anything else.
"Save... save me! Please save me! I don't want to die! I have money, lots of money..."
Hilma, noticing Wendy, Carla, and the others, seemed to see a savior and cried out for help loudly.
Before Wendy, Carla, and the others could respond, a woman in a maid outfit walked out from the building behind.
This maid was none other than Entoma.
"Mare-sama, what's wrong?"
Entoma asked Mare while chewing on a human arm in her hand.
"Some humans came."
Mare answered.
Wendy, seeing Entoma eating a human hand, her pretty face changed dramatically.
And a look of vigilance also appeared on Gagaran's face.
"What are you eating?"
Gagaran raised the huge iron mace in her hand and asked in a somewhat stern tone.
"A fresh arm. Human."
"I say, could you pretend you didn't see anything?"
Entoma asked Gagaran in a flat tone.
"Sorry. As an Adamantite-ranked adventurer, I can't stand by and watch when I see a man-eating monster."
As she spoke, Gagaran charged towards Entoma with her mace.
"Then, I'll leave this to you!"
Mare acted as if he didn't see Gagaran charging over. He said this to Entoma and continued dragging Hilma forward.
"Although it's a bit troublesome, I'll handle it."
"Have a safe journey!"
Entoma waved to Mare.
"Tch, ignoring me like that!"
Gagaran, seeing that both Mare and Entoma didn't take her, an Adamantite-ranked adventurer, seriously, gave an angry click of her tongue, then pushed off with her feet, leaping into the air.
After charging to a position above Entoma, she brought the mace in her hand down with a slam-dunk-like force.
However, facing Gagaran's attack, Entoma didn't even look. She slightly raised her arm.
The next second, Gagaran's powerful mace struck the shell of an oval-shaped beetle in Entoma's hand.
At that moment, a violent metallic collision sound rang through the air.
"She blocked it so easily?"
Gagaran, seeing this, said in shock.
Before Gagaran could recover from her shock, Entoma's other hand swung fiercely towards her.
They saw that a giant insect resembling a mantis was attached to the arm of Entoma's other hand.
Currently, Entoma was using one leg of the giant mantis as a scythe.
Gagaran, sensing the danger, her face changed dramatically. She rapidly retreated, putting distance between herself and Entoma.