Three days later!
In the villa's hall, Kexiya, fully armed, and the five members of Hillwin's team waited quietly.
Clack, clack, clack!
Hard soles struck the tiles with a sharp sound as Green slowly descended the stairs.
A great many eyes gathered on Green, most filled with awe and admiration.
Reaching the center of the hall, Green slowly sat down on the sofa and waited in silence.
Seeing this, the other six also sat on the sofa and began to rest with their eyes closed.
As the clock struck twelve!
Dong! Dong! Dong!
The massive pendulum gave a muffled clang, like a final pronouncement. Seven pitch-black Spatial Passages appeared above Green and the others in an instant.
Green felt a force pulling at the top of his head. He made no attempt to resist, allowing himself to be sucked obediently into the passage.
To those watching from the outside, Green and the others looked like spiral noodles being stretched and pulled into the passage.
Whoosh!
The moment the passage spat him out, Green opened his eyes and felt malice enveloping his body.
Instinctively, he raised a hand. A translucent, pale-white shield formed around him.
Bang!!!
A massive black greatsword slammed into the shield, sending ripples across its surface.
Only then did Green get a clear look at the attacker—or rather, the Monster.
It was a humanoid creature, bloated all over and covered in scars, like a three- or four-hundred-pound fat man. It had a pair of red eyes, green pus dribbling from the corner of its mouth, and a pitch-black greatsword in its hands, which it kept hacking against the shield.
Watching the creature continue to hack away, Green conjured a Longsword in his hand and swung at empty air. The humanoid Monster split in two and crashed to