It was obvious: the great Queen Annie had been used and then cruelly abandoned by that hateful little Ranni doll!
That hateful, heartless doll seemed to want to steal the kill all by herself—and apparently had no intention of giving Annie a chance to slack off, watch, or **OSS?
Of course, Annie wasn't about to let that happen!
See?
It didn't take long. After a certain bear smashed through walls, dug through mountains, and leaped off cliffs whenever they got in the way, they soon arrived at the Rot Lake area of Nokstella.
After burning through a whole mess of monsters—such as Albinaurics badly corrupted by Scarlet Rot, Dragonkin Soldiers, giant tree roots, and even some centipede people and rot ants—the girl and bear finally made their way through the Grand Cloister and stopped at the edge of this underground precipice.
"..."
(Д≡д)!?
"There's no way forward?"
(°ー°〃)
Once her bear, Tibbers, came to a stop, Annie looked left, looked right, and then looked at the dead end in front of them. Naturally, she was a little dumbfounded.
(...)
(●￣￣●)
"Darn it!"
(へ╬)
"This should be the right place. That bad lady's soul is definitely somewhere below!"
(ˇˇ)
Annie motioned for Tibbers to step forward, then peered down over the edge of the cliff.
Good grief!
It was pitch-black below. She had no idea how deep the cave in front of them went. The Scarlet Rot water poured down like a waterfall, and she couldn't see anything beneath it. She couldn't even hear the sound of the water crashing at the bottom.
From that alone, she could tell that the drop was incredibly deep—and she had no idea where it led.
"How did she get down there?"
(ー`ー)
She furrowed her adorable brows, looked around, and found that aside from