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 before the man

and he saw her wretched face—one filled with

fell from her eyes, and a particularly horrified expression consumed her face. It

or understand what he was witnessing, the

~SWISH!~

neck in one swift

'…?!'

the man who committed the act. His action was

sharp momentum, and the head flew from the body,

blond hair dancing in

body crumbled to the pure white tiles, with a red

after, the

Rey stood there, watching all of this with widened eyes, he only

'What the hell?'

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[Moments Earlier]

"Haa… haaa…"

pulled away from the sight of

'T-this place is…!'

well as

guard teleport her to a dining

know he could use

tried to speak, but only

her body was still trembling from the

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

thing was

monster in the form of a man… can

"Hmmm…"

white mask. He seemed to be thinking

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

"It's a possibility."

"Huh?"

against him…

transformed entirely the moment she heard this bit of good

stop him! Fight him off while

his chin for

your Master!' Scylla wanted

"No."

as soon

"What did you just—?!"

lips, and

'E-eh…?!'

move in the slightest.

—Her slave!

of this? What's going

not answer her question, but

Scylla's face only

heart raced and a certain

fear that perhaps… she was