Dream Wilderness, the Black Mist Zone a thousand miles from Firstheart City.
The so-called Black Mist Zone was, in truth, a breeding ground for Sin Demons.
Nearby stood a pure-white metal building, spherical as a whole. At a glance, it had no windows at all; the walls bore only magic patterns representing absolute defense, used to ward off the encroachment of the black mist.
On the upper level of the building was an air harbor, where several steam-styled mechanical airships were docked. Like the building, these airships had no windows.
When Angel entered Dream Wilderness from reality, he happened to see a mechanical airship flying into the distance, heading toward Firstheart City.
Angel walked up to the spherical building, and a passage immediately unfolded across its smooth curved surface.
After entering the passage, he found it bright and spacious inside, with silver-white metal and transparent glass everywhere. After walking down the silent corridor for two minutes, Angel stopped before a door.
The moment he pushed it open, he heard Frod's voice.
"The information on Sin Demon No. 7 has been roughly recorded. You've all worked hard. However, today's work is not yet finished. We still need to make a preliminary assessment of Sin Demon No. 7's abilities through recordings. We will now transfer Sin Demon No. 7 to the simulated combat arena and have Tulas, who specializes in speed, conduct the test."
"By the way, where is Tulas?"
After his words fell, no one answered.
Only after quite a while did someone say, "Lord Tisen, Sheriff Tulas said earlier that the research room was rather boring and that he wanted to go out for some fresh air. Then he left. I think he headed toward the upper level, but we don't have permission to go up there, so we don't