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.

from him, kneeling before the man in the

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

lines fell from her eyes, and a particularly horrified expression consumed her

could fully savor or understand what he was

~SWISH!~

neck in one swift motion from

'…?!'

man who committed the

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

dancing in midair as

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

after, the

all of this with widened eyes, he only

'What the hell?'

********

[Moments Earlier]

"Haa… haaa…"

away from the sight of horror into a white room

'T-this place is…!'

recognized it well as her dining

her guard teleport her to a dining area instead of the

didn't even know he could use Spatial Magic.' Scylla's

to speak, but only heavy

and her body was still trembling from the leftover fear that the man in black had inflicted on

that her guard could

was of

That monster in the form of a man… can you win against

"Hmmm…"

placed his hand on his chin, located directly behind his white mask. He seemed to be thinking

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

"It's a possibility."

"Huh?"

him…

entirely the moment she heard this

stop him! Fight him off while

guard rubbed his chin

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

"No."

widened as soon as

"What did you just—?!"

flowed from his lips, and the

'E-eh…?!'

she found her body unable to move in the

—Her slave!

of

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

written on Scylla's face only got even

heart raced and a certain

that perhaps… she was not