When You Defeat the Enemy, but the Real Boss Has Only Just Appeared...

No one knew how long had passed before the elevator finally stopped descending.

After the darkness came a blinding brightness.

Before them lay a vast underground space, like an enormous labyrinth.

All around them stood transparent cages, each over ten meters tall, holding monsters of every imaginable shape and form.

Naturally, they were all one-way mirrors.

This time, Rod personally handled the introductions, his tone carrying a hint of pride. After all, these were the Bureau's trump cards, contained over so many years.

Unfortunately, they could not be put to use.

That was also why the Bureau valued the Death Book so highly. They were willing to agree to anything Li Dan wanted in exchange for it.

"This one has been designated the Giant Dragon Bat. It is an enormous bat-like creature with a wingspan exceeding five meters, covered in hard black scales. It has sharp claws and fangs, flies at incredible speed, and can unleash ultrasonic attacks with extremely strong penetrating power."

Rod pointed at a massive cage. Inside, the Giant Dragon Bat hung upside down from a crossbar near the ceiling, its eyes shut as though asleep, yet an aura of danger radiated from its body.

Source—Stephen King's Pet Sematary.

Li Dan nodded slightly without speaking, shifting his gaze to the next cage.

"That is the Bull Skull Giant, a gigantic humanoid creature standing over four meters tall. Its head is a bull's skull, dark-red flames burn in its eye sockets, and its muscular body is as hard as rock. It carries an enormous stone axe, and its strength is terrifying—it can split thick steel plates with a single blow."

Rod's introduction carried a trace of smugness.

The Bull Skull Giant seemed to sense someone watching it and slowly raised its head. The flames in its bovine skull's