‘I thought it had been a while since she died, but she seems quite fine.’

Perhaps, it was because of the structure supporting her or the black liquid blanketing her body. Zich looked around the island. ‘The missing persons are here.’

Unlike Sia Rubrent’s corpse, which was specially preserved, other corpses were strewn all over the island messily and appeared above the black substance. They were discarded like pieces of trash, and that was what Condel probably thought of them. Condel glanced at Zich and his companions. His face became twisted with rage at once.

Lyla commented, “He seems to be really welcoming you, Zich.”

“Right? I have done many favors for him. I suppose he is someone who knows how to be grateful.”

From behind, the three people with their eyes fixed on Condel turned to look at Zich simultaneously. Although they had been trained to never take their eyes off their opponent during battle to the point it was instinctive now, they couldn’t help but react to Zich’s complete nonsense. The shadow humans sticking onto Glen began to run towards Zich. At the same time, a couple of more shadows rose out of the black substance.

“Hmph!” Zich snorted and retracted Windur back. Condel was definitely a difficult guy to handle alone, but that...