Everything had gone terribly. The barely surviving Resistance Army had great losses, and Sipua had turned against the dungeon and tried to kill me, Lin, and the others from the dungeon who had come to take her back. Hydelcyon had destroyed the magic circle maintaining the underground base knowing that it would kill the people who he once tried to protect. He was trash beyond imagination.

I had not imagined that things would go this way. It was astonishing that Sipua would join the side of the world’s enemy!

Of course, it made sense. In exchange for her and Lodert Hydelcyon’s safety, she must have promised the Book Walkers a Hero’s power. She must have used me as a bargaining chip as well as the others who would come to this empire.

Would the Book Walkers have declined? Would they have captured Sipua instead? Of course not! If they used her as bait, appetizing prey would walk in by themselves! They were undoubtedly satisfied with Sipua’s offer. No one knew whether their alliance would last after the prey had all been eaten, but their current relationship would have been solid.

However, leaving the dungeon to find her love was different from cooperating with a world’s enemy to protect her love. Even if it made sense to do so, neither me, nor Daisy, nor Lin thought that Sipua would have joined hands with the world’s enemy. Even if she resisted us, we thought it would be between us and her. The thought of involving a world’s enemy had been just too absurd!

We could only think...