The moment Ido finished speaking, she saw the scattered remains strewn across the battlefield. The excitement on her face immediately collapsed.
She had thought she was about to earn great merit, but she had never expected the battle above to have already ended.
Then she grew somewhat puzzled.
When Karin had fought the giant creature earlier, Ido had already seen that it was no ordinary opponent. At most, Wood Release could suppress it, and it would be difficult to decide the victor in a short time. So she could not understand how the battlefield had ended up like this after she had only been gone for a little while.
Standing on a branch high in the air, Yakumo glanced at Karin before asking Ido, "What did you find down there?"
Karin looked over as well, showing no intention of backing down. "Did you find any trace of the Demon King?"
Seeing that Yakumo and Karin seemed to be facing off against each other, Ido gave a mischievous smile, as if she understood something. She then restrained her smile and said, "I found a tunnel underground!"
"A tunnel!?"
The two of them were both startled.
Ido continued, "I haven't figured out where the tunnel leads yet, but I found a flesh vessel in it that extended all the way outward. This end should be connected to the giant monster that just crawled out of the chasm, so..."
Yakumo hurriedly asked, "You severed the flesh vessel underground?"
Ido nodded, putting on an expression that seemed to say, Hurry up and praise me.
"No wonder that monster's recovery ability suddenly weakened." Karin muttered to herself, then said, "Our lord assigned us to sweep this city and find any Demon King who might be hiding here. So let's clear the city one area at