Albedo hurried toward the dragon's remains. He channeled Geo Elemental Energy to strengthen himself, and with the alchemical creations he had constructed, he soon spotted the Stellaron Hunters surrounded by numerous Subject Twos.
The peerless beauty of Theresa and the others also made Albedo's breath catch. Clearly, he too had been stunned by their beauty.
However, the situation was bad. He was very worried that these Descenders called the Stellaron Hunters might kill him along with the others!
So he could only hide for now, planning to show himself once all those counterfeit Subject Twos had been killed.
As a precaution, however, he first called Alice on the Dodoco communicator and explained the situation.
[Miss Alice, I found the Stellaron Hunters, but their situation doesn't look very good. They seem to be surrounded by impostors who look a lot like me!]
Albedo spoke quietly through Dodoco.
[You didn't show yourself right away, did you?]
Alice's somewhat nervous voice came through. Albedo shook his head, indicating that he was hiding some distance away, and that as an alchemical creation, he had no fear of the bitter cold's ravages.
[Good. Don't hang up Dodoco. Wait until those Descenders have killed all the puppets before showing yourself. I'll explain to them.]
Alice was terrified that the Stellaron Hunters would casually kill Albedo in an instant.
[I understand, Miss Alice.]
Albedo nodded at that. Hiding behind a snowbank above them, he watched those impostors actually summon a huge horde of Abyss monsters!
Albedo could not help marveling at just how bold these impostors were!
Meanwhile, over by the Stellaron Hunters-
"Wow, so many Subject Twos!"
"No, it should be Albed-low, Albed-plus, Albed-minus, Albed-times, and Albed-divide, right?"
Stellaron Essence cheerfully teased the many similar-looking puppets.
"Insolence! We can replace that pathetic Albedo! We are the