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, kneeling

he appeared, she turned to look at him, and he saw her wretched face—one filled with tears and melted

expression consumed her face. It

could fully savor or understand what he was

~SWISH!~

neck in one swift motion from the

'…?!'

committed

his hand as a blade, swinging it with sharp momentum,

hair dancing in midair as

crumbled to the pure white tiles, with a red pool already forming

after, the decapitated

watching all of this with widened eyes, he only

'What the hell?'

********

[Moments Earlier]

"Haa… haaa…"

pulled away from

'T-this place is…!'

it well as

would her guard teleport her to a dining area

even know

speak, but only

from the leftover fear

that her guard

was of

That monster in the form

"Hmmm…"

be thinking very deeply about it, which gave Scylla some glimmer

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

"It's a possibility."

"Huh?"

against him… it's a

moment she heard this bit

him off

again, the guard rubbed his chin for a

Master!' Scylla wanted to scream, but

"No."

soon as she

"What did you just—?!"

Words flowed from his lips, and the next

'E-eh…?!'

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

—Her slave!

of

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

Scylla's face only got

heart raced and a certain fear

she was