Professor Jones entered the room first. His gaze swept across the entire room in an instant, taking in every corner.
Dark sat between Claire and Professor Lily, to Professor Sylph's right.
Professor Jones, Professor Kazel, and Professor Nini sat to her left.
Osbrook had been casually tossed outside the door. Little Bear Baby Shirley Augustine, however, had been brought inside and placed on a chair by Lily.
"Welcome to the Abyss!"
Only then did the leader in the seat of honor speak, extending an invitation in a deliberately hoarse voice.
Claire, Professor Kazel, Professor Nini, and finally Dark and Professor Lily all took their seats after giving it a glance.
Recalling Osbrook's words, Dark observed and compared as he did so.
There were only six high-ranking members in this conference room.
The one seated at the head was the leader, but its entire body was shrouded in dense mist, like a water elemental sitting in a chair. A pearl larger than its head floated above it.
Of course, intimidated by the tense atmosphere in the conference room, she was pretending to be Lily's little bear doll.
Not all of the Abyss's high-ranking monsters were present.
Across from the Mist Demon sat the Ice Emperor Bird.
The Ice Emperor Bird was an advanced breed of Harpy. It had a woman's head and torso, long hair draped over its shoulders, arms fused with wings, and enormous bird talons below its thighs.
The Ice Emperor Bird's hair and wings were both an ice-blue that glimmered with white light, as though formed from condensed ice crystals, radiating a chilling cold.
Dark suppressed the urge to use the Eye of Truth and looked beside it.
In the seat nearest the leader's left sat the legendary Mist Demon strategist, quietly and calmly.
As expected, the Mist