This wasn’t the time to be hesitating…! Watching as the golden-clad warrior slashed his blade at him, Gerald dodged with all his might… and was only able to avoid the attack by a hair’s breadth…! That was naturally not the end of things, and Gerald soon found himself bolting about as he avoided the onslaught of slashes from the other golden-clad warriors…!

He really was no match for this group of warriors at all…!

As he continued dodging the attacks, one of the warriors’ blades of light collided against a scroll painting behind Gerald… and to the boy’s amazement, the blade’s energy was completely absorbed by it!

“W-what on earth…?!” muttered the stunned Gerald as he turned to give the painting a good look… only to end up feeling chills run down his spine…!

While he was sure that there had only been a single person within the scroll’s pavilion before this… there were now two! In fact, they seemed to be enjoying some tea together…!

To make matters even more shocking, Gerald sud