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.

fifty meters from him, kneeling before the man in the

at him, and he saw her wretched face—one

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

or understand what he was witnessing, the next surprising thing

~SWISH!~

off her neck in one swift motion from the

'…?!'

detachment from the man who committed the act. His action was fluid,

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

her blond hair dancing in midair as bubbles of blood followed

to the pure white tiles, with a red pool already

the decapitated head

there, watching all of this with widened

'What the hell?'

********

[Moments Earlier]

"Haa… haaa…"

from

'T-this place is…!'

well

teleport her to a dining area

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

She tried to speak, but only

was still trembling from the leftover fear

that her guard

thing was of concern to

form of

"Hmmm…"

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

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

"It's a possibility."

"Huh?"

against him… it's

anxious face transformed entirely the moment she

him! Fight him

guard rubbed his chin for

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

"No."

eyes widened as soon

"What did you just—?!"

flowed from his lips, and the next

'E-eh…?!'

the slightest. She merely powerlessly knelt before the man

—Her slave!

meaning of this? What's

guard not answer her question, but he didn't seem to

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

raced and a certain fear began to

perhaps… she was not in control of