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The black mist exuding the aura of the void resembled a colossal beast writhing out of the abyss. Brimming with deep, pitch-black malice, it formed a savage gaping maw like black mud and poured down from above in an instant...

It completely drowned out the Dragon King's startled cry.

"You... call this a seal?"

While everyone was stunned by the bizarre scene, Rimuru blinked, then quietly turned around—Burp... ah, I'm a little full.

Ye Xiaoqian and Yuki Onna both plopped down onto the ground and let out long breaths. "Ah... it's finally over."

Ling Ling turned slightly and stared coldly at the spot where the Dragon King's projection had vanished, seemingly lost in thought.

The corner of her lips had risen by 0.005 degrees, though. She was probably in a good mood.

...Meanwhile...

On a massive boulder beside the cliff above Reichenbach Falls—the legendary site of Holmes and Moriarty's struggle—a petite girl with delicate features like a porcelain doll was sleeping deeply while hugging a young dragon. Her golden ponytail hung down the boulder, allowing the spray from the waterfall to strike it and drip down in droplets.

Beside the boulder, Emily gazed at the three-thousand-foot cascade and sighed softly.

How could Your Eminence possibly sleep with the waterfall being this deafening...

Since Nightmare had been the primary planner and supporter of this operation, Emily, as Nightmare's chief confidant and acknowledged representative, had naturally become the main commander. However, compared to commanding troops in battle, her greatest task was to supervise Spark, an Eminence who had never been particularly reliable, in Nightmare's place.

In a sense, her status was actually similar to Ling Ling's. Both represented the demigods behind them, and their positions were effectively equal to that of another demigod. Yet even though Ling Ling was the commander-in-chief and