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 before the man in

and he saw her wretched face—one filled with tears and melted

her eyes, and a particularly horrified expression consumed

fully savor or understand what he was witnessing, the next

~SWISH!~

off her neck in one swift motion

'…?!'

who committed the act. His action was fluid,

it with sharp momentum, and the head flew from the body, Rey

hair dancing in midair as bubbles of blood followed

the pure white tiles, with a

after, the decapitated

there, watching all of this with widened eyes, he only had one

'What the hell?'

********

[Moments Earlier]

"Haa… haaa…"

she felt herself get pulled away from the sight of horror into a

'T-this place is…!'

well

her guard teleport her to a dining area instead

not even that. I didn't even know he could

but only heavy breaths came

felt very nauseous, and her body was still trembling from the leftover fear that the man in

matter that her guard

one thing was of concern

him? That monster in the form of a man… can you

"Hmmm…"

placed his hand on his chin, located directly behind his white mask. He seemed to be thinking very deeply about it, which gave Scylla some glimmer of hope that

then it's possible that I

"It's a possibility."

"Huh?"

him…

moment she heard this bit of good

stop him! Fight him off

rubbed his chin for a

Master!' Scylla wanted to scream,

"No."

soon as she heard

"What did you just—?!"

Code: Kneel]." Words flowed from his lips, and the next moment, Scylla felt her body

'E-eh…?!'

as she found her body unable to move in the slightest. She merely powerlessly knelt before the man who was

—Her slave!

of this? What's

guard not answer her question, but he didn't

confusion written on Scylla's face only got even more palpable by

and a

that perhaps… she was not