At the moment the Ant King fell, dozens of bullets and overwhelming long-range attacks rained down on Mizaki, Old Smoke, Chen, and others, courtesy of the over one hundred contractors watching the battle.
Pushing these contractors to leave before the fight was indeed a good option, but doing so would only force them to band together, which would create even more trouble.
Mizaki and the others anticipated this situation. Instead of rushing toward the Ant King's corpse, they retreated a bit.
"This is our chance, charge forward, grab it while it's chaotic!"
"Leader, let's go."
"Wait, let those loners act as the cannon fodder first."
The chaotic shouting filled the palace courtyard, accompanied by a mess of footsteps.
Among the over one hundred contractors, at least eighty to ninety surged forward, relying on their numbers to snatch the heart.
