On a day like today, should I say hello to some book friends? Is the beginning of the school year a day to celebrate or a day to mourn? (There is no happy tone at all.)

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The girl was beautiful, really beautiful, so beautiful that even a man like the Strange Thief, who claimed to be a gentleman and a connoisseur of art, felt that there was no other way to describe the impression that the girl had given him than the most direct, simple, and connotative word, 'beauty'. Because the girl was so memorable at first sight, the thief regretted and even lamented a minute ago that such a flawless work of art would be savagely thrown to the ground and smashed.

The result? Isn't it time for someone to feel sorry for me? The strange thief couldn't shake his head when he wanted to, so he could only smile wryly. Now it's clear what is happening. Although he could no longer hear the sound of Valut and Joshua fighting Lévi, he had been looking over there before he was 'frozen', and now when he opened his eyes, he could see that the three men who were fighting together had stopped their movements and all looked back at his side.

Since all three of them are there, do you need to ask who made yourself the person you are now? If someone takes advantage of the melee here to sneak closer, the strange thief can be regarded as not participating in the battle at all, and it is absolutely impossible to be completely unaware and be attacked by the other party with one move. The ability to fight head-on is never arrogant, nor does he think it's something to boast about. But when it came to all sorts of strange methods, he thought that even in the association, there were few people who could match him in these respects. Otherwise, how could the Alliance Leader and the Apostles always entrust him, a person whose combat strength is at most in the middle and lower among the executors?

I didn't expect that girl to be so powerful, and she deceived us all.

The strange thief's wry smile still hung on his face. He thought that the biggest threat was the former No.2, but it turned out to be planted by the black-haired girl who he thought would die under Shelly's gun at any time. Is this to blame the former Sword Emperor for impressing him too deeply with the word 'powerful'?

There are countless masters in the association, otherwise it would be impossible for a single organization to turn the entire Semrian continent upside down. But even in such an association of strong people, there were very few people who could match the Sword Emperor in the past.

The only person known to the Monster Thief who could defeat the Sword Emperor was the Holy Maiden of the Seventh Pillar of the Serpent Apostle, followed by the No. 1 executor who happened to be ahead of him, probably on par with him or at most slightly better. With such a person as an opponent, even if there is a thin wolf who is also known for his personal force in the association, it is still common sense to identify him as the biggest threat, right?

But the result was this 'common sense', which harmed himself.

"Don't waste any more effort, although I've only made your clothes a little different from before, and I haven't done anything to your body. But unless you're stronger than me, you'll never be able to break free on your own. You'd better save some effort and make yourself sweaty, but I'm sorry for your 'gentleman's name'." ”

The dark-haired girl's voice rang out of the thief's ear. Although he knew the result, he couldn't help but ask, "What about Shelly?" ”

It's not that the thief has a deep affection for his companion, it's just that he was a little curious, and subconsciously asked. In the final analysis, the executors of the association are all assembled by their own will to achieve their personal goals, and there is really no unity and fraternity.

"That girl isn't as good as you, but it's not that bad. Although I think that kind of sick girl is also quite cute, but at this time she is still a little troublesome to start the disease. She was so noisy that I asked her to sleep for a while. ”

She mean, isn't Shelly dead? Although he has no feelings for the other executors, especially since the red-haired girl is still a newcomer who has just joined, the monster thief doesn't care about her life or death. He just used the red-haired girl as a reference, speculating about what would happen if he couldn't escape in the end.

After thinking about it carefully, the heart that the strange thief had brought up a little before was slightly relieved. Since this black-haired girl can restrain herself while she is not paying attention for a while, it is not much difficulty to kill herself with the same opportunity. Even now, I can't move and am completely powerless to resist, I just need to find a sharp object and stick it on my neck, oh, yes, like Shelly's red skull. Pick up that bare skull, don't even need to turn on the chainsaw on it, just use the sawtooth to slash your neck, and the strange thief who once gave all the favorites on the road and even all countries a headache will really become 'once'. The brunette didn't do that.

Can't she hold that red skull? It's also possible that the gun was indeed very heavy, and even the strange thieves who often 'traveled' around the continent had never seen a few weapons more exaggerated than that. But this is by no means the reason why the brunette girl does not kill herself. Even if she didn't have a weapon, a few shots of her magic bullet that didn't seem to be lethal before on her head would be enough to blow the head into a strange shape.

What shape? Anyway, it's not the shape that humans can survive.

In that case, since she could still breathe normally and could see Valut, Joshua, and Levi who were alert to each other but had stopped, and since she could still hear what she was saying, it was clear that the black-haired girl was not going to kill herself, at least for now.

Thinking that he would probably not die, at least for a short time, the strange thief completely calmed down.

As long as they are not killed immediately, as long as there is enough time, the monster thief will be sure to get out of the predicament of being controlled. He is not a rookie who has just debuted, because when he is lurking, he makes a little noise and startles himself into a cold sweat. The strange thief has been crisscrossing the continent for many years, and has made such a big reputation, to say that it has always been smooth sailing and has never encountered danger, it is definitely impossible, and no one will believe it.

Such as being discovered when sneaking in to steal a famous painting, or even being trapped by the other party after being discovered, such dangerous thieves have encountered many times in their lives. In fact, even the opportunity for him to join the association was because one of the apostles in the association thought that his ability could come in handy in the plan of the association, and after a special game to capture him, after some in-depth discussions, he decided to join this lawless organization.

After all, there is only one time in the life of a strange thief who can really be regarded as a failure. Every other time he finally got through the difficulties, even if he sometimes had to give up his goal in order to protect himself, he was able to escape at the most critical moment every time. Will this time be the exception like the time I joined the association?

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