"Ah!"
"What did you do?!"
As the wolf's head weakened, the "shadow" Miss Liar screamed in agony, and the Power of Binding enveloping Miss Liar instantly vanished.
Miss Liar burst into a sprint and ran to Qin Ran's side.
For Miss Liar, telling danger from safety was easy enough.
Just as she had now guessed that someone had tampered with her.
"Damn it!"
"Why is that little lamb surrounded by such terrifying people?!"
"Besides this man, who's as dangerous as a lone wolf, there's even someone who manipulates shadows!"
Miss Liar always felt that her wealth of experience and knowledge was utterly useless when it came to Mimosa.
That fellow is a freak even among exceptions!
Miss Liar silently grumbled about Mimosa.
Then, watching the situation unfold before her, her mind raced.
I've been used!
Were Ivy, Dan, and Shali deliberately planted by this person too?
He did all this to lure 2567 here!
That wolf's head is the final trap... huh?!
Following her suspicions, Miss Liar looked at the wolf's head in Qin Ran's hand. Once she saw it clearly, she froze.
The wolf's head, which had only looked somewhat weakened but still alive moments earlier, was now withering at a visible pace. Within a breath, it had become a piece of rotten wood.
Several maggots with sharp teeth, each the size of an adult man's little finger, kept falling from the wood.
Every time a maggot fell, the "shadow" Miss Liar let out a scream.
When the last maggot fell, the "shadow" Miss Liar collapsed completely, and her seemingly solid body began to flicker in and out of sight.
"Impossible!"
"Why doesn't the plague affect you?!"
"I bred these using plague and the Beast of Famine's blood! Even someone who has surpassed Tier III would be reduced to