In an instant, the blazing flames swept out from beneath a staff member's chair again, releasing yet another staff member.
After realizing that the back of his head was resting on some soft, limp bug, the dark-skinned young staff member silently raised his eyes and gazed deeply into the other man's.
"..."
"..."
"What, you not getting up? Planning to take a nap on your daddy's second brother?!"
The next moment, the dark-skinned staff member felt something pressing against the back of his head. Terrified, he hurriedly got to his feet and coughed a few times.
"Cough, cough...!"
Elsewhere, the blazing flames were still fleeing in every direction, with staff members falling from the sky one after another as if performing a magic trick.
Wen Shiling looked up just as a white creature fell from the sky and landed across her face.
"...?"
Feeling its fluffy touch, Wen Shiling pulled it off her face, held it before her, and carefully examined it with wide eyes.
"This is... Peipei?!"
Wen Shiling was stunned.
"Why did you fall from the sky too?!"
After Asta had been sucked away by the blazing flames, public opinion on the dark web could no longer be contained. Many people learned that those swept away had all been antis, and suspected that the missing staff members were part of Asta's own staged act.
As for The Annihilation Gang... before the blazing flames released those unlucky staff members, everyone else had merely assumed that the disappearance of the Herta Automaton was connected to them.
As for the antis' disappearance, many voices claimed that Asta had done it, and that Grand Duke of Blazing Flames had simply happened to attack at the right time.
Wen Shiling had naturally received that information as well, but after seeing those antis fall