At the edge of the cliff, waves of fire stirred up by the explosion spread outward layer upon layer.
Every member of the Loki Familia who saw this suddenly appearing Sea of Fire nearly lost their minds.
Lefiya especially staggered when she saw Riezel and Ais swallowed by the flames, nearly passing out.
Fortunately, Finn and the others stopped everyone. Otherwise, they would have rushed over.
"Those two are fine!"
Riveria had barely spoken when two gusts of wind blew apart the waves of fire from within the Sea of Fire.
Riezel and Ais flew out of the flames almost simultaneously, riding the wind. They looked somewhat disheveled, but neither had any obvious injuries.
"Mister Riezel! Miss Ais!"
Lefiya was overjoyed, and the others were relieved as well.
But Riezel and Ais stared straight ahead, their expressions turning grave.
Just as Lefiya was about to run over, the two stopped her.
"Don't come over, Lefiya."
Without turning around, Ais called out to Lefiya.
"W-What is it?"
Lefiya had no choice but to stop, frozen where she stood.
Only then did Riezel's voice slowly sound.
"A big one's coming."
His voice was calm and indifferent, but the meaning of his words made everyone present tense up.
It was only a moment later that everyone understood what Riezel meant by "a big one."
Boom!
That was the sound of a thick arm reaching up from beneath the cliff and slamming into its face.
The flat arm seemed to be supporting something as it slowly pushed a massive figure up from below the cliff, bringing it into the sight of everyone present.
"—"
At that moment, every adventurer present fell silent.
Looking closely, it was a gigantic monster roughly six meters tall.
Like the Worm Monster, it had a yellowish-green body and flat