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.

standing about fifty meters from him,

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

expression consumed her face.

could fully savor or understand what he was witnessing,

~SWISH!~

sliced off her neck in one swift motion

'…?!'

the man who committed the act.

as a blade, swinging it with sharp momentum, and the head flew from the

head ascended high, her blond hair dancing in

the pure white tiles, with a

the decapitated

of this with widened eyes, he only had

'What the hell?'

********

[Moments Earlier]

"Haa… haaa…"

vomited as she felt herself get pulled away from the sight of horror into a white room and red

'T-this place is…!'

well as

her guard teleport her to a

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

speak, but only heavy breaths came

was still trembling from the leftover fear that the man

didn't matter that her guard could use Spatial

one thing was of concern

you beat him? That monster in the form

"Hmmm…"

hand on his chin, located directly behind his white mask. He seemed to be thinking very deeply

then it's possible that I can escape while

"It's a possibility."

"Huh?"

him…

entirely the moment she heard this bit of

Fight him off while

the guard rubbed his chin for a

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

"No."

eyes widened as soon as she heard

"What did you just—?!"

from his lips, and the next moment, Scylla felt

'E-eh…?!'

in the slightest.

—Her slave!

is the meaning of this? What's going

question fell on deaf ears. Not only did the guard not answer her question, but he didn't seem to be paying any

face only got even more

and a certain fear

fear that perhaps… she was not in control of