I Promise You'll Know

Derek was already dumbfounded.

He swore that he would never forget this terrifying battle for the rest of his life. Though the battle had ended quickly, the feeling it left behind was deeply unsettling.

Even separated by a barrier, he could feel the force emanating from that mermaid monster. Its bizarre speed was even harder to comprehend. He asked himself: was the existence of something like that truly reasonable?

If it had been him, how could he have dealt with those snake-like torrents of water?

Those streams might not have looked particularly lethal, but the cracks blasted open across the ground were no illusion. If it had been him, he probably would not only have been unable to fight back—he would not even have been able to see the other side's attacks clearly.

Much less remain as composed as Jon under such terrifying attacks, before slaughtering that woman into foam.

At the Mysterious Bird's extreme speed, Jon seemed to leave shadow after shadow around the mermaid. The leaf hidden within the mermaid's heart was pulled out amid his rapid movements and the slicing currents, dealing the mermaid a fatal blow.

Everything had happened as naturally as it should have.

Jon had no interest in tending to Derek's feelings. His goal had been to let Derek witness his strength, then have him spread the word so the people in the Americas would behave themselves and stop causing him trouble.

As for anything else, there was nothing much to it.

The fully grown leaf was already in his hand. His long wait had not been in vain. Once he finished dealing with matters here, he needed to hurry back to the school and enter Helga's world to return the leaf to the World Tree.

With such a leaf, Helga's conversion rate could