The woman moved her trembling fingers. She could feel a smooth, slippery surface on her fingertips.

“Kinda slippery, right?”

Seol Jihu said with a smile.

“I had no choice. It’s transparent. You guys might have noticed if it reflected moonlight, so I applied a special coating that minimizes the reflected light.”

However, none of his words entered the woman’s ears.

Her mind was in chaos from realizing what she had done.

After meaninglessly sweeping her hand on the ground, she managed to grab hold of something.

No, no, it can’t be… She muttered inwardly while slowly picking the object up to her eyes.

“….”

When she saw the transparent crystal orb riddled with mud and rainwater, she held her breath. The crystal orb that was faintly shining in her trembling hand…

“…Ah..!”

…was none other than a communication crystal.

*

Going back in time to when the group ambushed Valhalla’s main team, Philip Muller was impatiently waiting in Odor’s central plaza.

Then, his eyes shot open as soon as the crystal orb emitted a faint light.

He immediately infused his mana into it, connecting the bi-directional call and displaying a certain scene on the orb.

“Reporting. All members waiting at each of the gates have received the call.”

A timely report came in.

“What should we do?”

“…Start right away.”

Philip Muller replied a beat later from being too focused on the video.

The middle-aged Magician who came to report on the situation nodded his head with a somewhat nervous expression.

“——. ———. ——. ———.”

He quickly chanted a spell before raising his hands up high.

“Arc · Se · Acedia!”

In an instant, a formless orb formed on this palm and swiftly shot up to the night sky.

KWANG!

A terrifying explosion resounded in the entire city.

Crepitus — a spell that creates...