A Visit in Despair

The tapping was neither too hard nor too soft, neither too fast nor too slow—like someone knocking from beneath the sand. It carried not the slightest hint of hostility.

At the same time, a faint series of sounds drifted into Firona's ears from beneath the steel plates.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak."

The instant she heard that familiar cry, Firona was like a traveler in darkness suddenly catching sight of light. Her pupil dilated sharply, her expression changed at once, and hope once again blossomed across her dim face.

She immediately and silently cut a small hole through the steel plate beneath her.

Then, a tiny figure crawled up from beneath the beach, appearing before Firona with large rodent eyes.

The instant her gaze met those rodent eyes, the one remaining eye of Firona's also began to gleam brilliantly.

Her pupil connected with a scene somewhere far away, and a different sight instantly appeared before her eyes, sparking an entirely new thought in Firona's mind.

This wasn't the time for her to be finished yet!

Having grasped that fact, Firona promptly drew a small knife infused with Auling Power, and a resolute, ruthless glint flashed across her petrified, stiff face.

Jupetz circled in the sky for over a minute. Seeing that Firona, sealed inside the "Hidden Kill Bastion," remained silent throughout, the smug expression unique to a victor soon turned irritable.

That unbroken silence was enough for Jupetz to see that Firona had the same temperament as the group of Hunters she had encountered earlier.

Unless Jupetz had the ability to capture and subdue them alive, these people would rather end themselves than ever compromise with her side.

At that thought, Jupetz let out an impatient, cold sneer and loudly declared in an icy voice:

"Ah, fine then, little blonde girl. Since