"Calamity Giant"

"Heh."

The Iron-Blooded Knight's provocative chuckle reached Angel's ears. Before her eyes, the pile of armor vanished along with Sirio, as silently as an image being erased from a mirror.

No wonder he wasn't in a hurry and even had time to chat with me. He had an item that could get him out of here... Angel's gaze sharpened. She was about to enter the Mirror World at the same time, hoping to follow him out of this bizarre wilderness, when her vision brightened. Sirio and the ten armored soldiers, some with their joints falling apart and others covered in rust, reappeared in the wilderness enclosed by a magnificent city, manifested calamities, and endless darkness.

Had the escape route he was so confident in failed?

Sirio scrambled up from the ground in a rage. His gaze swept over the distant Calamity Giant, and pain crossed his face before he turned toward Angel. Anger mingled with confusion in his expression. The silver mirror in his hand trembled constantly, almost crushed in his grip.

After meeting the Iron-Blooded Knight's bewildered eyes for a moment, Angel suddenly remembered something. With a flick of her hand, she took a small, antique silver mirror from her pocket and waved it at Sirio.

Its size and shape were identical to those of the silver mirror that had nearly taken Sirio's entire squad away, but its surface was more tarnished. They belonged to different eras.

"Looks like there's a problem with your escape method?"

Angel mimicked his mocking tone, making Sirio's face turn almost as red as his Sauron ancestors' hair. His jaw twitched twice, dragging the corners of his mouth down, before he forced out a sentence:

"So you were the problem after all. No wonder our trap failed. No wonder I couldn't leave through Fourth