It must have been stuffy under everything so she came up for fresh air.
The appearance fluffy fox around the neck of a strange masked figure caused the people to stare as such an indescribable sight.
They all fell silent and it looked like nobody in the cells knew what to do in this situation.
Sounds of an intense battle was heard as Chiome clashed with the bodyguards from the depths.
“Hurry up, their reinforcements will be arriving soon!”
After hearing Ariane’s shout and seeing things unfolding, one man took a step forward.
The man had ears similar to Chiome’s, but their size and coloring were like those of a tiger or leopard rather than a cat’s.
Despite his large size, the man timidly held up his shackled hands.
When I slashed at the chains of the shackles they were cut without any resistance and the man could freely move his arms again.
“Sorry. You’re here to save us after all.”
“Yes.”
The leopard man was a little teary eyed as I chimed in while cutting the chains connecting the fetters.
“Please start cutting the chains of the others with this!”
When the leopard man could once again move freely, Chiome reappeared and handed him a large axe.
I saw that there was blood dripping from the axe’s handle, so it was probably a weapon taken from one of the dead bodyguards. When he received the axe, the leopard man started to slash the chains of his brethren.
However, he had to struggle since there was no way the iron chains could be cut easily with an ordinary axe.
As for me, there was no way a mythical grade weapon couldn’t cut through the chains, so I quickly cut them off the slaves one after another.
Soon a group of guards in matching armor rushed in from the rear entrance.
“Don’t let the slaves and thieves escape! If you can’t capture them, kill them!”
The guard captain handed out instructions to his subordinates as they all drew their swords. A solitary shadow suddenly approached the group at a speed faster than the eye could follow.
『Water Style: Water Wolf Fang!!』
Chiome performed a hand sign similar to certain ninja manga as she charged at the guards, and suddenly three one-meter tall water wolves appeared around her and she commanded them to attack the guards.