"The girl sealed within this amethyst was the owner of this Metal City."
Tadius did not keep Velin and the other two waiting for long. Pointing at the somewhat transparent blue phantom, he began to explain, "Most of what this thing said earlier was true, but it concealed part of the truth about escaping from the wizard."
"According to the memories I read, they did indeed encounter a wizard at the time. However, rather than fleeing immediately, they chose to fight him."
"Those more than three thousand Battle Soldier constructs were not destroyed in subspace either. They were damaged during the battle."
"As for the outcome, this thing's memories showed that they suffered a disastrous defeat."
"At the end of the battle, that wizard used some unknown method to directly destroy the body of the blonde girl before us, Tashana. This caused her psychic power to spiral out of control, triggering the 'restriction' of this Metal City and dragging the entire city into subspace, where it sealed itself away."
"After you left, this thing deceived me by claiming that she was a psychic genius its 'former master' had captured from some Planet World. It said that if she were revived, we could gain a powerful combatant."
"However, its intentions were far too obvious, and I noticed."
As he spoke, a mark appeared in Tadius's hand. He gave it a slight squeeze.
"Ah—"
The blue phantom collapsed to the ground, letting out a bloodcurdling scream.
"I am an Arcanist. In certain matters, I have no taboos whatsoever. Things like morality are utterly useless to me."
Tadius looked at the flickering blue phantom with utter indifference. For such a reckless thing to dare deceive him, not crushing its still-incomplete soul outright was already an act of mercy.
Seeing this, Velin glanced at