Almost at the same moment Larkspur spotted the Aberrant Beast, the Aberrant Beast that had been feeding also noticed her.
The two locked eyes across the room for a brief moment. The Aberrant Beast suddenly tossed aside the corpse in its hands, sprang up from the desk, and leaped straight toward Larkspur at the door.
"Roar!"
Larkspur's expression turned cold. With a flick of her hand, her wand appeared. Just as the Aberrant Beast rushed before her, she swung it hard at its head.
Clang! Boom!
The wand struck with tremendous force, smashing the Aberrant Beast heavily into the ground.
The fallen Aberrant Beast immediately struggled to rise, letting out continuous threatening snarls, but Larkspur gave it no chance to recover. She turned her wand toward its head and fired Mana Beams in rapid succession, blasting its skull directly into a puddle of ash.
After dealing with the Aberrant Beast, she quickly flew over to the corpse it had discarded and examined it. She found that the unfortunate Anomaly Countermeasures Bureau employee had indeed lost his life.
The Aberrant Beast that had appeared in the office was not particularly powerful, likely only around Egg Rank. Yet to ordinary people—and even Mages—it was a monster akin to a natural disaster. No wonder it had caused such a horrific scene.
Aside from the one employee whose body remained intact, the other victims could not even be pieced together into complete corpses. It was clear just what sort of atrocity the Aberrant Beast had committed.
After searching the office and failing to find any useful information, Larkspur returned to the doorway. She extended her hand toward the Aberrant Beast's remains on the floor, attempting to retrieve its Echo.
However, as Larkspur made the attempt, the Aberrant Beast's corpse dissipated into a wisp of