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.

fifty meters from him,

him, and he saw her wretched face—one filled with tears

lines fell from her eyes, and a particularly horrified expression consumed her face. It was both perplexing and satisfying

or understand what he

~SWISH!~

her neck in one swift

'…?!'

a certain emotional detachment from the man who committed the act. His action was fluid,

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

her blond hair dancing in midair as bubbles of blood followed

to the pure white tiles, with

the decapitated head

watching all of this

'What the hell?'

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[Moments Earlier]

"Haa… haaa…"

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

'T-this place is…!'

well

guard teleport her to a dining area instead of the

know he could use

tried to speak, but only heavy breaths came

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

her guard could use

thing was

the form of

"Hmmm…"

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

can win… or even if they're even, then it's possible that I can escape while he tries

"It's a possibility."

"Huh?"

against him…

face transformed entirely the moment she heard

him off

again, the guard rubbed his chin for a

Master!' Scylla wanted to scream,

"No."

eyes widened as soon as she

"What did you just—?!"

lips, and

'E-eh…?!'

move in the slightest. She merely powerlessly knelt before the man who was supposed to be her

—Her slave!

the meaning of this? What's

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

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

heart raced and a certain fear

was not