Sharron glanced at Katarina without saying anything.
She turned into a Wraith and possessed Groning's corpse, accelerating the separation of his Beyonder characteristic.
Katarina looked at the fallen Shaman King Mask. Rather than picking it up immediately, she carefully found a box.
Without touching the mask directly, she placed it inside the box, then erected a Wall of Spirituality before daring to pick up the box.
By the time she finished, Sharron had completely extracted Groning's Beyonder characteristic.
"Let's go."
Sharron put away the characteristic, glanced at Katarina, and turned into a Wraith invisible to the naked eye.
The next day.
Sifa arrived in Orphalse with the advance force.
The town had fallen completely under his control.
And.
Not a word had leaked out.
The town's soldiers had either died or surrendered.
As for the members of the Rose School, every last one had been eliminated.
Those remaining in the town included its original residents, along with the owners and attendants of various shops.
They had all been gathered in a small square.
A large force of soldiers surrounded them.
They dared not move a muscle.
Sifa arrived and stepped onto a hastily erected platform.
From there, he could see everyone below clearly.
"Greetings, residents of Orphalse. My name is Don Quixote."
"I am the man who will march into the Star Highlands and ultimately conquer Abidos."
"You are now my prisoners."
"You have two choices."
"The first is to submit to me, help me, and tell me everything you know."
"The second is death. I am merciful. Unlike the Rose School, I take no pleasure in torturing people to death."
"I will merely grant you a hanging."
"Now, choose."
At that moment, a fat man in the crowd shouted, "Sir, we're innocent!"
"We don't know anything about this Rose