"If it isn't Remillia and Caleo," Christian smirked. "The two of you are completely surrounded."
In an instant, Pierre aimed his bow and pointed his arrows directly at us. "He's holding too many artifacts!" he exclaimed, clearly agitated by our possession of the objects.
A voice from their group chimed in, anxiously, "We must retrieve the artifacts from them before they could submit it to their extraction point."
Panic rose in my chest. I leaned closer to Kairos, whispering urgently, "I know you're still injured, but you need to run. I'll delay them as long as I can."
Kairos hesitated, glancing back at the approaching enemies. "I'll make sure to be back!" he called over his shoulder as he sprinted away.
"Stop him! He's escaping!" Ezekiel shouted, his voice slicing through the tension.
Pierre quickly released an arrow towards Kairos but I quickly threw a dagger to deflect the direction of the arrow, hitting one of them on the knee.
