For some reason, Lana was struck by a sense of irrepressible rage as soon as she caught sight of the burly skeleton, and the urge to destroy it was more powerful than any other destructive urge she had ever felt.

The burly skeleton was completely unfazed by Lana's menacing expression, and on this occasion, it didn't even bother to restrict Lana's magic power, seemingly intending to give Lana the opportunity to attack it.

"Is this the spell that you want to use?" the burly skeleton jibed with a mocking sneer, seemingly able to read Lana like an open book.

Immediately thereafter, bright blue light erupted from behind it, and a series of glowing longswords that resembled dazzling stars emerged to completely illuminate the entire cave.

"That's the Shadowgleam Sword Array! How do you know how to use it?" Lana exclaimed as she turned to the burly skeleton with an incredulous expression. What was even more unsettling to her was that the burly skeleton had been able to conjure up the array far faster than she could.

"Right now, you're nothing more than a blank slate," the burly skeleton said with a derisive grin. "All of your spells are in my head now."

A hint of alarm and fear flashed through Lana's eyes upon...