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, kneeling

at him, and he saw her wretched

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

or understand what he was

~SWISH!~

off her neck in one swift motion

'…?!'

the man who committed the act.

sharp momentum, and the head flew from the body,

ascended high, her blond hair dancing in midair as bubbles of blood followed

pure white tiles, with a red pool already forming

the decapitated head

all of this with widened eyes,

'What the hell?'

********

[Moments Earlier]

"Haa… haaa…"

felt herself get pulled away from the sight of horror

'T-this place is…!'

it well as

guard teleport her to a

know he could use Spatial Magic.'

speak, but only heavy breaths came

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

now, it didn't matter that her guard could use Spatial Magic

one thing was of

That monster in the form of

"Hmmm…"

chin, located directly behind his white mask. He seemed to be thinking very deeply about it, which gave Scylla some glimmer

possible that

"It's a possibility."

"Huh?"

him… it's a

moment she heard this

Fight him

guard rubbed his chin for a few

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

"No."

widened as soon as

"What did you just—?!"

flowed from his lips, and

'E-eh…?!'

began to widen as she found her body unable to move in the slightest. She merely powerlessly knelt

—Her slave!

is the meaning of this? What's going

not answer

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

raced and a certain fear began

fear that perhaps… she was not