“Hm… Even I get startled when someone suddenly pops up like that…”

“!!”
“Max!!”
“Captain…”

The stunned and panicked expressions on the hunters’ faces were inevitable.

And for good reason.

“What…?”

The "Max" who had used teleportation to position himself behind Kalstein now lay sprawled on the cold ground, half his head blown apart.

Even more infuriating were the words from the culprit.

“Well, you should’ve been more careful…”

For a moment, the hunters didn’t comprehend what he meant.

An unconscious, reflexive counterattack?

It didn’t seem that way. The sequence of events had unfolded too quickly, faster …