An Extra’s POV

~VWUSH!~

Once Rey finished transporting Rebal and Kara to their respective destinations, he activated the secret lever hidden on one of the walls.

It instantly caused the ground to open, revealing stairs that led underground.

One would expect it to be eerily dark, but luminous stones brightened the path, allowing the stairs to give off a majestic aura.

"If anything happens to my Grand Elementals, I'll come after you right away." Rey assured Esme, to which she nodded.

He still didn't know what kind of expression she had under her mask, but he decided not to pry.

'We can talk about this after…'

"Thank you, Re—I mean, Sir Ralyks…" Usually, they would both chuckle at this, but not a single echo of laughter could be heard.

Only something akin to awkward silence loomed around.

"Later then."

Rey broke the silence and waved her farewell, to which she whispered her response.

He turned away, hearing how the Earth Elemental ventured into the underground area first, followed by Esme, and finally the Wind Elemental.

This formation allowed for maximum security on Esme's person.

'With that out of the way, it's about time I catch the final prey, huh?'

The honest truth was that Rey never lost sight of Scylla and her guard. In fact, he had intentionally delayed in dealing with them so he could see what they would do.

Sure enough, the bodyguard was a Spatial Magic user who teleported himself and his Mistress to a secure location—though still within the same building.

'Not that I didn't know he would do that…'

Even now, with his perception spread throughout the building, he could sense exactly where they were inside.

'It's about time.'

Clenching his fist in resolve, Rey's crimson eyes glowed beneath his black mask and he vanished from his position.

~VWUUSH!~

The world blurred as he was instantly greeted with the new area he would appear in.

Rey had already braced himself for the worst when teleporting. He expected to even be plunged straight into battle once he appeared in front of the enemy.

He had planned for traps and all sorts of preparations that his adversary would have set up in order to deal with him.

However…

'What the—?!'

… Even Rey never expected what he saw in the white and red room.

about fifty meters from him, kneeling

moment he appeared, she turned to look at him, and he

particularly horrified expression consumed her face. It was

understand what he was witnessing, the next surprising

~SWISH!~

her neck in one swift motion from the

'…?!'

certain emotional detachment from the man who committed the act. His

momentum, and the head flew from the body, Rey maintained his silence and

her blond hair dancing in midair as bubbles of blood

crumbled to the pure white tiles, with a

long after, the

there, watching all of this with widened eyes, he

'What the hell?'

********

[Moments Earlier]

"Haa… haaa…"

pulled away from the sight of horror into a white room and red

'T-this place is…!'

it well as her

teleport her to a dining area instead

I didn't even know

She tried to speak, but only

trembling from the leftover fear that the man in black had

didn't matter that her guard could use Spatial Magic without her

thing was of

him? That monster in the form of a

"Hmmm…"

He seemed to be thinking very deeply about it, which gave

or even if they're even, then it's possible that I can

"It's a possibility."

"Huh?"

him… it's

face transformed entirely the moment she

stop him! Fight him off

rubbed his

think about? I'm your Master!' Scylla wanted to scream, but she

"No."

eyes widened as soon as she heard that

"What did you just—?!"

from his lips, and the

'E-eh…?!'

to widen as she found her body unable to move in the

—Her slave!

meaning of this? What's

the guard not answer her question, but he didn't seem to be paying any

face only

heart raced and a certain fear

perhaps… she was not in control of the