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 before the man

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

and a particularly horrified expression consumed her face. It was both perplexing and

before Rey could fully savor or understand what he

~SWISH!~

head was sliced off her neck in one swift motion from the

'…?!'

the man who committed the act. His action was fluid, precise to the

swinging it with sharp momentum, and the head flew

hair dancing in midair as bubbles of

white tiles, with a red pool already forming underneath

long after, the decapitated

all of this

'What the hell?'

********

[Moments Earlier]

"Haa… haaa…"

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

'T-this place is…!'

it well as her dining

guard teleport her to a dining area instead

I didn't even know he

She tried to speak, but only heavy breaths came

from the leftover fear that the man in

her guard could use

thing was of

beat him? That monster in the form of a

"Hmmm…"

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

it's possible that

"It's a possibility."

"Huh?"

winning against him…

entirely the moment she heard this bit of good

Fight him

the guard rubbed his

about? I'm your Master!' Scylla

"No."

eyes widened as soon as she heard

"What did you just—?!"

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

'E-eh…?!'

eyes began to widen as she found her body unable to move in the slightest. She

—Her slave!

is the meaning of

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

face only got

raced and a certain fear

that perhaps… she was not