"Huh——?""What’s this guy talking about?"
Hum——!
Hulim’s wand tip glowed with an intense magical light, far brighter than before.
"T-This guy...... isn’t he acting strange......"
A sense of crisis made the ard n stop in their tracks instinctively.
Just as the spell was about to be cast.
A sudden wave of danger surged in Hulim’s heart.
Without the slightest hesitation, she imdiately canceled the spell and jumped quickly to the side.
Boom——!
Almost as soon as she left her original position, a column of fire erupted out of nowhere from where she’d stood.
The scorching heat directly lted the ground and ceiling.
"Oh, quick reflexes. It looks like you little thief might actually amuse ."
Hulim looked at the figure appearing behind her, gripped her wand a little tighter with her right hand, and her eyes turned serious.
"L-Lord Morgar!"
The ard n present saluted the figure one after another.
"Hehe, you really are a bunch of losers."
"W-We are truly sorry! This person is too fast—we c-couldn’t catch her......"
Morgar twisted his neck slightly.
"Oh, is that so?"
Snap!
He snapped his fingers casually.
Boom——!
"Ahh——!!!"
A column of fire rose beneath the man who’d spoken, quickly incinerating him to ashes.
This guy......
Hulim’s gaze toward Morgar shifted slightly.
The shrill scream echoing underground left all the other ard n frozen in place, too terrified to make a sound.
"Don’t you understand......"
Morgar said in an impatient, cold tone.
"I’m talking about how you let yourselves be fooled by such a simple diversion tactic!"
"If you get it, then get the hell back to the prison and deal with the other intruders——!!!"
"Y-Yes, sir——!!!"
The ard n replied hastily.
They turned and fled imdiately.
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I can’t let them go back.
Hulim imdiately pointed her wand at the n, ready to cast a spell.
"Oh my~?"
Boom——!
Exploding flas forced Hulim to dodge temporarily, and her plan to stop the n fell through.
"Hey, hey! Staring at those minions won’t do! Co play with
for a bit."
Hulim looked at Morgar calmly.
He’s been watching
this whole ti......
There’s no other way. I hope Arthur can hold them off......
"You...... even kill your own n?"
"Huh~?"
Morgar burst into laughter as if hearing sothing hilarious.
"Hahaha! Are you joking? These pieces of trash from the lower organization—do they even qualify as ‘our own’? Haha~!"
As he laughed, Morgar lifted his head.
"They’re just disposable supplies~! Compared to that——"
Boom——!
Flas erupted almost without warning, instantly spreading throughout the entire passage.
"——let’s make this a big ss!!!"
......
Continuous waves of fire scoured everything underground.
"Hey hey hey! Co on! What’s wrong? Why aren’t you talking~?"
Morgar’s constant Fire Attribute spells turned the underground into a lava hell.
"Hmm——?"
Suddenly, as if sensing sothing, the smile on his face gradually faded.
"You......"
Splish splash......
In the center of the fla-covered area, a water sphere was slowly spinning. Inside it, Hulim watched Morgar’s relentless casting with a calm gaze.
When Morgar stopped releasing spells.
"Are you done?"
Hulim asked calmly.
"B-Bastard~, how dare you say that!"
Veins throbbed slightly on Morgar’s forehead.
He stretched out his right hand toward Hulim, and the magic tool on his hand emitted a dazzling red light.
"Do you think hiding in there will help!?"
"【......】"
"Explosive Fla Break——!!!"
A terrifying fireball glowing with intense white light, hot enough to blind, condensed in front of Morgar’s palm. Its astonishing temperature caused the surrounding air to twist and refract visibly.
"Die——!!!"
In the next mont, the terrifying fireball hurtled toward Hulim.
But at the exact sa ti Morgar chanted the incantation, Hulim also chanted a certain spell.
"【......】"
Splash!
The water sphere surrounding her dissipated. At the tip of her wand, a similarly terrifying fireball—radiating white light and scorching heat—appeared.
"Explosive Fla Break."
Boom——!!!
The two identical terrifying fireballs collided in mid-air, then erupted in a massive explosion.
The shockwave from the explosion completely destroyed a large section of the nearby underground passages. The originally narrow space was blown open into a huge cavity, and even the ground above shook as if hit by a small earthquake.
"Hahaha! Interesting! Truly interesting! You——so you’re also Rank B——!?"
Morgar’s outer robe was burned away by the shockwave, but instead of being surprised, he grew extrely excited.
On the other side, though not as disheveled, Hulim’s hood was also blown off by the shockwave. She simply removed her slightly charred mask as well.
"Hmm? You......"
Seeing Hulim’s face, Morgar’s smile slowly faded. He narrowed his eyes, seemingly sizing her up carefully.
"You...... it’s you!"
"Do you know ?"
"Hahaha~! Know you? Not before, but I do now! You were part of that dock incident a year ago, weren’t you? I was planning to look for you soon, but you actually delivered yourself to my door! And I never thought you’d be Rank B!"
That dock incident a year ago......
Hulim suddenly realized sothing.
"......Gulos?"
"Hahaha! That’s right! We are Gulos! By the way, top talents like you are our favorite, because——"
"——there’s no better sacrifice than you!!!"
Boom——!
Flas erupted behind Morgar’s legs, and he flew toward Hulim at high speed.
"Die for ——!!!"
Whoosh——!
His fla-covered strike missed.
"Huh——?"
Looking up at Hulim, who had flown into the air, Morgar tilted his head in confusion.
"What’s going on? So you can fly too?"
But in the next mont, he broke into an exaggerated smile.
"Haha~! Doesn’t matter! This just makes it more fun——!"
Boom!
Flas erupted from his feet, and he flew toward Hulim again.
Hulim activated her Wings of Wind to dodge the direct hit.
"May I ask you a question?"
Hulim said calmly as she hovered in the air.
"Huh~? A question?"
Boom!
Morgar’s attack missed again.
"Could it be that you’re the only Gulos mber here?"
Morgar froze for a mont, then his smile turned dangerous.
"What do you an~?"
"Nothing much. I’m just curious...... For a proper Gulos hideout, is the leader really just soone like you?"
"Huh???!"
Veins bulged on Morgar’s forehead.
Boom!
Even more intense flas erupted from his legs, and he accelerated toward Hulim.
Hulim easily dodged by urging her Wings of Wind, but Morgar’s arms also erupted with flas at that mont, allowing him to stop abruptly in mid-air. He then fired flas several more tis, successfully changing direction in the air and closing in on Hulim.
"You little brat! I’m more than enough for this place! And taking you down is child’s play——!"
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