In the Virtual World.
Lucia's radiant weapon easily sliced through a demon's body. As the demon slowly turned to ash, it revealed an indescribable expression toward her for the first time.
"They'll find you."
"When they do, you'll regret everything you've done."
Lucia shook the weapon in her hand. There was no blood on it, of course—the instant the demon's blood touched the power of light, it turned to dust.
But she was used to doing that.
The sword slowly slid into its sheath. She looked at the demon, which was nearly completely reduced to ash, and at his square pupils, where a dim amber glow flickered. "No matter who they are, as long as they dare to come, I'll kill them."
"You, other demons, or even more powerful beings."
The contemptuous smile at the corners of the demon's mouth made Lucia curious, but soon, his next words drew her attention. "We'll meet again."
Lucia was about to say something when his head suddenly collapsed into dust and scattered in every direction.
Troubled, she returned to the dojo and told her unreliable Master about what had happened to her that day.
The Dojo Master fell into deep thought after hearing her out. After a while, his expression gradually turned solemn. "How strong do you think the demons you've been killing recently are?"
Lucia thought seriously for a moment. "Very ordinary. It's getting easier and easier for me to deal with them. It's just difficult to find them."
The Dojo Master nodded slightly and praised the speed of her growth, but then he said something that made her heart tighten. "Those demons are merely the lowest-level monsters. They're like weeds in hell. The true demons are far more powerful than them."
"Lucia, if everything that person you killed today said was