The soldiers didn't hold back, giving their best. Their mana was limited and the mercenaries were not weak, and they couldn't afford to hold back as they had been doing.
More importantly, although it would be risky to have less mana in case more enemies arrived, they couldn't risk the women! These people had to be taken care of immediately!
At this time, the mercenaries had every equipment they had out to defend themselves. They were gritting their teeth in anger, glaring at them, but at this time they couldn't do anything else but to shield themselves.
Of course, even if they were in pain and bloodied, the mercenaries were definitely not easy to take down even just by virtue of their levels and the decent equipment that they had.
They even managed to shakily stand up even when their ankles had been stabbed, showing that higher-level individuals really had different bodies from the rest of them.
