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 her wretched face—one filled with

and a particularly horrified expression consumed her

savor or understand what he was witnessing, the next surprising thing

~SWISH!~

in one

'…?!'

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

his hand as a blade, swinging it with sharp momentum, and the head flew from the body, Rey maintained his silence

dancing in midair as

her lifeless body crumbled to the pure white tiles, with

after, the decapitated

of this with widened eyes, he only

'What the hell?'

********

[Moments Earlier]

"Haa… haaa…"

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

'T-this place is…!'

recognized it well as her

her to a dining area instead

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

but only heavy

her body was still trembling from the leftover fear that the man in black

her guard could

thing was of

form of a man… can you win against

"Hmmm…"

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 it wasn't too

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

"It's a possibility."

"Huh?"

him…

face transformed entirely the moment

stop him! Fight him off

his chin for a

to think about? I'm your Master!'

"No."

soon as she heard that

"What did you just—?!"

Words flowed from his lips, and

'E-eh…?!'

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

—Her slave!

meaning of this? What's

fell on deaf ears. Not only did the guard not answer her question, but he

Scylla's face only got even more palpable by the

heart raced and a

perhaps… she was not in control