The Nauseating Sewer Swamp

What was that?

Caius instantly withdrew his senses and reinforced his mental defenses. Even so, the sudden attack made him frown.

Just now, had he sensed a presence blazing like a roaring inferno?

The light and heat radiating from its flames had reached a terrifying level—enough to scorch an ordinary person merely through sensory observation. The good news was that ordinary people could not possibly extend their senses across most of Plague Village. The bad news was that Caius, who could, now had a headache.

It was as if his brain had just been burned. Though it had healed in an instant, the pain seemed to linger in his memory.

Was it Plague Village's boss?

He took out Lu Lu Wo's notes and flipped through them, but found nothing relevant. After the entry on the pyromancy mentor, there was very little left—only miscellaneous notes that had yet to be organized.

It seemed the Rebel Army had not fully explored the place either. Even Plague Village had been left unfinished.

Caius closed the notes and looked toward Plague Village again. He wanted to find this so-called boss and see just how strong it was!

Compared against the Twin Gargoyles described in Lu Lu Wo's notes, would it be stronger or weaker?

Since their goal was pyromancy, they had headed straight for Plague Village after entering. They had not gone through the trouble of venturing deep into Undead Parish, much less challenging the Twin Gargoyles and ringing the bell.

The Twin Gargoyles recorded in Lu Lu Wo's notes had been described as powerful, but just how powerful they were had never been explained.

Hervey's map, meanwhile, read: Although they're strong, they're nothing compared to us. We can beat them whenever we feel like it!

By instinct, Caius knew that brat Hervey was