Seol Jihu closed his eyes in that instant as a huge burst of light exploded in front of him along with the roaring breath. Crackling sounds blazed up around his ears. He could not hear nor feel anything other than this sound.

Soon, as Seol Jihu opened up his eyes, they slowly widened.

Kwaaaaaaaa!

The breath was still being fired. However, it wasn’t reaching the expedition team.

Was it about eight meters long? Its upper body, which included its neck, was long like that of a giraffe, and its lower body was slim like that of a deer. It had a long, five-colored tail that stretched-out like the tail of a peacock, and it had the jaw of a swallow and the beak of a chicken.

This beautiful and noble bird resembling a phoenix was floating in front of the expedition team. Covering itself with its wings, it was taking on the frightening breath and withstanding it.

“We’re back!”

At that moment, a voice that was short of breath struck their ears.

“Sorry for being late! But we tried to come back as quickly as possible…!”

Marcel Ghionea was panting on his knees, beads of sweat dripping from his head like rain.

This could only mean one thing.

‘That’s Little Chick?’

Seol Jihu blinked rapidly.

Twisted Kindness was no different. She was flapping her large bone wings, staring in astonishment.

—Who the hell…

She couldn’t finish saying the words, ‘are you?’

The situation was simply too ludicrous.

Realizing that capturing both rabbits would be too difficult, she had chosen to focus on Seol Jihu. Although she attacked in a bit of a hurry, she was still on the brink of success.

—….

However, just at the last moment, a bony bird had appeared out of...