Annihilation—the chilling word weighed down heavily on all listener’s hearts. The fate of a city overrun by monsters was clear: pure destruction and death. Concepts such as mercy were foreign to beings like these monsters.

“…I don’t know what kind of guy we are dealing with, but we must find them.” Not a trace of his previous bright expression was left. The commander’s eyes looked gloomily for the mysterious perpetrator somewhere afar or in the midst and incurred bloodlust. 

“Let’s quickly start our search! What if this guy drags the monsters down here while we are taking our time!”

“It’s impossible right now,” Glen said while placing the metal plate down. “For each of us to search, we each need a pair of this artifact and a One-sided Pyramid of Lamentations. However, the only metal plate I have is the one I am holding right now.”

“Then how…?”

“We’ll have to make it,” Glen said firmly. Other people responded dubiously. “Make it? How can you make an artifact so easily?”

No matter how trivial it was, one needed to pour a significant amount of effort and goods into making an artifact; that was how precious...