The moment Kamala switched on the high-intensity flashlight, a Black Shadow seemed to flash past the corner of his eye!
Kamala quickly shone the flashlight over, but found nothing. Maybe he had imagined it.
The flashlight beam swept across the tower's interior, revealing that it was hollow. A staircase along the side led all the way up to the ninth floor.
Although the tower was hollow, only its central section was empty—a roughly three-meter-wide hollow chamber filled with black smoke. It resembled billowing smoke rising along the central shaft.
At the eight corners of the first floor stood eight Strange Beast stone statues spewing black smoke. Their open mouths released smoke that seemed drawn toward the central area, where it all gathered.
The tower's interior was entirely made of stone, with nothing else inside.
After looking around, Kamala found no danger. The Black Shadow that had flashed through the corner of his eye earlier had probably been a mistake.
"Safe! No problem!" Kamala said as he turned to the others.
Just then, Rhine shouted, "Get down!" Then he hurled a lightning strike toward Kamala.
Kamala was quick-witted and naturally knew Rhine would not harm him. That meant there had to be something dangerous behind him.
So, the instant he heard the shout, he dropped to the ground.
With a pfft, a long tongue shot out from behind him. It failed to strike Kamala before swiftly retracting.
At that moment, Rhine's Lightning Thunderstorm arrived. A bolt like an arrow shot straight at the Black Shadow behind Kamala.
With a boom, the lightning struck the Black Shadow with a tremendous crash.
With a croak, a toad the size of a small car was illuminated by the lightning strike. Everyone saw it clearly—it was the largest toad from before. No one had expected