Kain to the Rescue

In the ruins beneath the outside world.

Mel had already begun preparing materials to repair the magic formation, but before speaking with Kain and the others again, he would not recklessly use this teleportation formation.

Before he could officially begin, a burst of Magic Fluctuation came from the snowy mountain in the distance.

He could sense that this magic was unusual. It seemed like a powerful teleportation spell had been triggered, and it was a one-way teleportation at that. To possess such immense magical power, the scale of the teleportation spell had to be enormous.

Judging by the distance, it was very likely Kain or the Long-eared Archer.

If he could not use flight magic, Mel might have given up on investigating the source of the Magic Fluctuation. Crossing from one snowy mountain to another on foot was simply too difficult.

There was no time to think further. He immediately activated flight magic to see what was happening. If something was wrong, he could just flee. At his level, even apostles would not be able to catch him.

The ones who had triggered the teleportation formation were Kain and the Archer. Kain had originally been trying to pick up the hairpin that had fallen to the ground. That Grape Hairpin looked like something Mel had given Lily. Before he could even pick it up, it suddenly glowed, and they were teleported away.

The instant the pangolin-like Rock Giant Beast swung its claw down, it was severed by a sharp sword.

"Aah!!!" Kain poured every last bit of strength in his life into the strike.

If he had only noticed the battle after teleporting here and rushed over, he might have arrived just in time to see Lily's corpse.

There was no time to reminisce. As the Long-eared Archer's arrow struck