"Miss Noelle, are you okay?" A middle-aged man in battle gear arrived, seemingly not hostile towards Ellena.
Because of it, Ellena's eyebrows raised in confusion. 'He's asking me if I was okay? Is he not here to kill me too?'
"You're not here for the reward?" Ellena asked as she sheathed her sword back into her scabbard.
The guy shook his head. "No, I am a ranker from the guild. I came here as a reinforcement," he said with a calm tone in his voice.
Now, looking at him for a second time, his claim as a ranker points to his gears. He was wearing not-average and seemed to be custom-made gear. Because of this, Ellena didn't suspect any longer.
"I see... So what happened? This..." she pointed at the corpses and continued, "Why was there a massacre?" she asked.
"From the initial report, there were hijackers that caused a ruckus inside the forest and targeted you. For some reason, we don't know."
