Zich looked down at Marilyn. Although her face looked extremely grim with blood covered all over it, her facial expression appeared quite calm. Perhaps she believed until the end that Zich would lose and that she would meet him again, or maybe she had a completely different thought. Perhaps, this was her body’s natural response to death.

After kneeling to close her eyes, Zich extended his legs and got up. Then, he looked around. The first thing he saw was the numerous shadows coloring his surroundings black. It seemed like they were still listening to Marilyn’s orders to be on standby since none of them were attacking, but Zich knew this would not last long. With Marilyn’s commanding presence gone, they would go back to attacking Zich and Lyla like the system wanted. However, Zich and Lyla weren’t too worried. Marilyn was now dead, and all the stone statues were destroyed. Shadows that simply battled with numbers weren’t worthy opponents for them.

“Lyla?”

“Y-Yeah?” Lyla responded. With an awkward expression, she approached him. She still had not recovered from Marilyn’s sudden outburst. Yet, Zich didn’t seem to mind that matter m...