Battle

As Anvis's words fell, the pale-skinned, female-like being on the rain-lashed street suddenly raised her expressionless head.

This was the first action she had taken of her own accord since appearing.

As she tilted her head back, a beam of pale sunlight suddenly broke through the thick clouds and shone upon her body, giving her wet, pallid skin a strange luster.

That ray of sunlight was only the beginning. The next moment, the clouds in the sky seemed to be torn apart by some irresistible force, revealing a vast opening.

At the center of that opening, silhouetted against the pale sunlight of the Dream World, the colossal Sky City descended upon this dark corner of the Dream World with irresistible force! Anvis had replicated the original Floating City's ability to travel between reality and the Dream World using the black Stone Bell and Altar within it. Their construction was not particularly complicated, and Anvis was capable of handling it himself.

Standing in a room on the tavern's second floor, Anvis watched every movement of the strange figure in the street through the window.

She had been difficult to make out through the hazy rain and fog, but once the sunlight fell upon her, it became clear that the "female" body was astonishingly tall, nearly as high as the old houses lining both sides of the street.

After silently gazing at the sky for a moment, the Faceless Female on the street lowered her head again. Her featureless face "looked" at Anvis once before she slowly turned and walked toward the white fog that had suddenly surged up behind her.

"Trying to run?"

Anvis watched her actions in confusion, then waved his hand.

The next moment, a dazzling pillar of blazing white light descended from the sky, its area of attack