"Hey boss... Are you expecting some kind of a service tonight?"
Knowing the personality of their old man leader who would indulge in the service of a woman at every town they would visit, the first thought that came into the head of the soldier is that the beautiful young girl is another one of those women whom his boss is planning to have tonight.
"You, Idiot. As if a kind of establishment like that would even exist in this forsaken town. Tell me who it is!"
At the repulsive reply of the old man, the soldier once again looks at the peephole of the door as he says to everyone what he's seeing outside the underground basement room.
"It's a beautiful young girl with purplish-pink hair color wearing a black long dress maid outfit."
"Are you sure you didn't call for her?"
The bodyguard sitting beside the old man asks that question with a nasty grin on his face.
"I didn't! You, idiot! Do you think I would play around at this crucial time?"
"Maybe she was sent by one of the patrons who wants to have a connection with your Merchant company."
The leader of the soldiers, who's also playing the role of the vice president of their Merchant company, made that guess considering how famous their Merchant company is outside Green Dale town.
"But those patrons didn't tell me that they would send a gift."
"If you don't want it then let me have that girl for myself. Hey, you! Open the door and let me see her."
With a nasty smile that even his companions find to be disgusting, the bodyguard orders the soldier, still looking at the peephole, to open the door.
When the door of the underground basement room was open, everyone inside the room lay their eyes on the beautiful young girl.
The contrast between the young girl's purplish-pink hair and the black long dress maid outfit she's wearing doesn't just highlight the color of each other. It also makes her beautiful face more attractive to everyone's eyes.
The young beautiful girl gave an endearing smile upon seeing everyone inside the underground basement room.
A smile enough to make the heart skip a beat for everyone who lay eyes on the beautiful young girl.
At that moment, everyone's thoughts became one.
...This girl will be mine...
All of them let their guard down upon seeing that endearing smile as the girl wearing that mask seized the moment with her hands.
...Ehh?...
The soldier standing at the door looks confused as he suddenly feels a burning sensation in his throat. While all the other individuals sitting at the table inside the underground basement room stare blankly at the scene that unfolds in front of their eyes.
The alluring image of an endearing smile of the beautiful young girl with purplish-pink hair wearing a black long dress maid outfit was covered by blood spraying out of the soldier's throat.
...WHAT THE FAQ JUST HAPPENED?!!!...
As everyone's attention got focused on the endearing smile of the girl, her right hand swiftly moved to reach the neck of the soldier as the blade hidden under the long sleeves of her maid outfit extended to stab and cut open the soldier's throat.
While everyone is still stunned at the image of their companion still standing as his blood sprays all over the room, the girl's left hand swiftly moves to throw three needle blades toward the other soldiers.
Two of the soldiers went down as the needle blade pierced their head, while the other one managed to survive because the last needle blade missed.
"Tsk!..."
Disappointed with the lack of her skill to kill the three targets at the same time, the girl continues with the next step of her plan.
She tosses two small containers inside the underground basement room, and then she closes the door.
The two containers rapidly release dust of white smoke to cover the entire underground basement room.
"Don't breathe that smoke. It's probably poison."
The four remaining individuals, now trapped inside the underground basement room, cover their noses and mouths with some clothes as they drink a Poison Resistance Potion to counteract what they all thought as poison smoke.
Yet that thought is a mistake. For that smoke is nothing but a simple dust of flour.
It was a trick the girl had learned together with her friends. Back when their beloved teacher got mad at them because their classroom exploded due to her weird friend and Half-Elf friend's experiment.
As the dust of powdered flour engulfed the entire underground basement room, the flame coming from one of the candles ignited the dust of white smoke.
...BOOMMM!!!...
The explosion that happened was strong enough to blow the door of the underground basement room to the surface.
The wooden floor, along with the walls and ceiling, is burning to cinder.
Five bodies are lying down on the floor as their clothes are being engulfed in the flame. Three of them are the soldiers killed by the girl's blade. Another one is the soldier who died due to the explosion. The last one is the leader of the soldiers who's barely clinging to his life as the flame burns the skin of his body.
When the girl steps into the burning room, she confronts the remaining survivors, the old man leader, and the bodyguard. They used a Magic Barrier skill to protect themselves from the explosion.
"Thankfully someone is still alive."
The beautiful young girl, who's now covered in blood, gave another smile as she looked towards the old man and the bodyguard. Yet that smile is nowhere to be seen as endearing or alluring. It's nothing but the smile of a hunter who is looking down and making fun of her prey.
"Faq it! Don't you dare look down at me, brat!"
The bodyguard dashed toward the girl, brandishing his sword and aiming to kill the girl in a single slash.
The girl understands that in a one-on-one fight, she wouldn't stand a chance against the bodyguard.
She does her research about her targets even before her mission. So she knows the extent of the ability of her targets. Especially the bodyguard who is said to be an Iron Rank Adventurer with the strength equal to a Silver Rank.
She might be able to dodge the bodyguard's first series of attacks. But as the fight continues, she will be overwhelmed by the difference in their strength.
She understands that her opponent is strong.
She knows how weak she is.
That's why she won't fight her enemy on his terms.
After all, that's how she and her friend fight their battles.
...I can't use Magic like Mifumi-sama, and I definitely can't be as strong as Felin. I'm not even as skillful as you, Rozze. I can only fight with the tricks that I have. Even if it makes me look like a coward...
"You are many things but never a coward, Vier."
As the girl remembers the words of her friend, she can't help but utter a silent response.
She took a jump backward to distance herself from the approaching opponent as she drew the Dagger sheathed behind her waist.
With the Dagger in her right hand, the girl cast the Magic skill of the Monster Core on her Dagger.
"Flare Light!"
Flare Light is a Light Attribute Magic skill that can create a blinding light from any light source near the one using the skill. It's not an offensive or defensive skill. It's nothing but a flashy trick to distract one's opponent for a few seconds.
Yet that few seconds is enough for the girl to take advantage and overwhelm her opponent.
As the bodyguard covers her eyes from the blinding light coming from all the flames burning within the underground basement room, the girl throws her Dagger, aiming to pierce the heart of the bodyguard and end their fight.
...CLANG!...
But even with his vision lost, the bodyguard have enough experience to anticipate and block an attack aimed at his vitals.
The girl, with her eyes being protected from the blinding light using her ability to control Light Attribute, watches as the Dagger that she threw gets blocked by the bodyguard's Sword.
Yet the girl didn't panic even after seeing her attack failing to take down her opponent. After all, that attack is nothing but a diversion.
At the same time she threw her Dagger, the girl released a pendulum blade under the sleeves of her black long dress maid outfit.
At the same time the bodyguard blocks the Dagger with his Sword, the blade pendulum swing mid-air wrapping its string around the neck of the bodyguard.
The girl pulled the string of the blade pendulum making the bodyguard fall flat face on the floor.
...Thud!...
Then the girl steps on his back and pulls the blade pendulum's string, making the bodyguard groan in pain while being strangled to his death.
"Argh!...Argh!..."
But before the girl can kill her opponent, another person enters the burning underground basement room to stop her.
"That's more than enough, Rozze-chan."