Battle with Gamenio

The two made their way through without obstruction and arrived at the residence in the miners' barracks area.

The door stood wide open, and a heavy stench of blood hit them head-on. Dawn swept his gaze across the room, then strode without hesitation to the two corpses. He crouched down and pretended to examine them with complete focus.

At times, he moved the bodies to inspect their wounds; at others, he stared into the pool of blood in thought, as though all his attention had been absorbed by analyzing the case.

Gamenio stood behind Dawn, staring at his unguarded back. Beneath his mask, his lips curled into a cruel smile.

The prey had finally taken the bait!

He stopped pretending. His body rippled like water and instantly returned to its original form. In his right palm, a white sphere capable of making space tremble condensed at once. Without the slightest hesitation, he smashed it down at Dawn's back with terrifying force that could shatter everything!

At that critical moment, Dawn, who had kept most of his attention focused behind him, suddenly blurred as if he had eyes in the back of his head!

"Soru!"

A faint Afterimage remained where he had stood, while his true body had vanished.

Gamenio's certain strike missed completely, and the white sphere slammed into the floor.

The instant the sphere touched the ground, something horrifying happened—centered on the impact point, spiderweb cracks spread across the floor, walls, and ceiling as though they were glass struck by an invisible sledgehammer. Then, amid a violent localized earthquake, the entire house collapsed into dust and rubble, sending clouds of smoke and debris into the air.

Hovering in midair, Dawn looked down at the residence that had instantly become ruins, as well as Gamenio standing amid the wreckage with