En Route

On the way.

Beep beep beep beep beep.

Reilo took out his Crystal Ball. It was a communication request from Anemo, Starfish Touch. As the light curtain refracted, the haggard face of an old woman appeared.

"Did you succeed?"

Reilo asked.

"Yes. Thanks to that legendary crystal bomb. Otherwise, given the Bone Demon Matriarch's peculiar life force, even the power of my magic weapon's self-detonation might not have been enough..."

By the end, she looked shaken and slowly shook her head.

"Send me your coordinates. I'll give you some of the information I've gathered over the past few days."

"Okay!"

Since they could communicate through a Crystal Ball, they couldn't be very far apart.

A short while later.

Reilo and the Nightmare Devourer, who had stopped in place, saw a figure flying swiftly toward them from the distant horizon. It was Anemo, Starfish Touch, on her way to take up station at the Immortal Fortress.

The Sky Fortress at the Immortal Fortress was currently being used as the military's command platform and had been sent to Dubit Province, leaving the fortress at its most vulnerable.

"Master You Yan, Reilo."

The old woman greeted them.

As a rising star in the Academic World, Reilo had made outstanding contributions. But in both seniority and standing in the Grand Duchy's Academic World, he was beneath the other two, so in public, the other academicians addressed him by name.

"Mm."

The Nightmare Devourer replied coolly and said nothing more.

Anemo didn't know much about this mysterious academician either. Seeing how aloof he was, she offered a polite smile, then refrained from further pleasantries and handed the documents to Reilo.

"Pernash of Fusion Evolution successfully killed the Fat-Burning Demon King?"

According to Anemo's report, this Fat-Burning Demon King was near the bottom in rank among