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.

meters from him, kneeling before the man in the white

him, and he saw her wretched face—one filled with

particularly horrified expression consumed her face. It was both

before Rey could fully savor or understand what he

~SWISH!~

was sliced off her neck in one swift motion

'…?!'

emotional detachment from the man who committed the act. His

a blade, swinging it with sharp momentum, and

head ascended high, her blond hair dancing in midair

white tiles, with a

after, the

there, watching all of this

'What the hell?'

********

[Moments Earlier]

"Haa… haaa…"

get pulled away from

'T-this place is…!'

well

teleport her to a dining area instead of the

I didn't even know he could use Spatial

speak, but only heavy breaths

trembling from the leftover fear that the man in black

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

was

beat him? That monster in the form

"Hmmm…"

mask. He seemed to be thinking very deeply

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

"It's a possibility."

"Huh?"

against him… it's a

transformed entirely the moment she heard this bit of good

him! Fight him off

guard rubbed his chin

I'm your Master!' Scylla wanted to

"No."

soon as she

"What did you just—?!"

Code: Kneel]." Words flowed from his lips, and the next moment,

'E-eh…?!'

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

—Her slave!

of this?

Not only did the guard not answer

face only got even

heart raced and a

fear that perhaps… she was not in control of