This was Phantom Headquarters, yet someone had attacked him out of nowhere. Merlin had sensed it clearly: his attacker had intended to kill him and had held nothing back.
Fortunately, Merlin had already reached the Fourth Beastification Form. The woman who had ambushed him definitely possessed a mid-rank giant beast bloodline and had also reached the Fourth Beastification Form. Anywhere else, someone with her strength would have been a formidable local power.
"Who are you? Why did you attack me?"
Merlin turned and stared coldly at the woman on the ground.
"The Fourth Beastification Form... not bad. Now I believe you killed Osato, and Black Bat too. A High-Tier Behemoth really is terrifying. You barely qualify to be our deputy leader. My name is Isha. I'm sure we'll meet again soon. Hehehe..."
Isha actually stood up. She had been badly injured, but now she looked as though nothing had happened. In the blink of an eye, she vanished from Merlin's sight.
"Deputy leader? Isha?"
Merlin was baffled, but this woman really was strange. Although that blow had not been his strongest, he had now reached the Fourth Beastification Form and could almost rival the Full Beastification of those with low-rank giant beast bloodlines. Even a casual strike carried terrifying power. The woman should have been gravely injured, yet she had stood up and left as though nothing had happened. It was truly unbelievable.
Still, this was Phantom Headquarters, where even the most unbelievable things could happen. Merlin himself had killed Black Bat in Full Beastification while only in his Third Beastification Form. Wouldn't others find that just as unbelievable?
Merlin wasted no time and headed straight for the Mission Hall. He had completed his mission, and that meant a hefty sum of contribution points.
He arrived at the Mission Hall.