"You came."
The ethereal female voice made Lada frown deeply, for it had come not from the knight, but from a brain with numerous tendrils extending from it, clinging to Reinhardt's left shoulder.
It had several mouths full of sharp teeth, and that was where the voice had come from.
Had Yang Yi been there, he would have recognized it at a glance: a Brain-Eating Demon, something he had dealt with several times.
But this Brain-Eating Demon was different. She was pure white all over, completely unlike the other Brain-Eating Demons with their air of blasphemy. She even seemed rather holy.
If not for the cold gleam of the razors at the ends of her tendrils, one might have forgotten she was an Otherworldly Demon who loved eating brains.
"Sorry, I couldn't think of a better way. I could only use this method to call you... all of you out."
Zhou Dai tilted her body slightly as she spoke, giving the impression that she had cocked her head adorably.
Across from her... Lada's right eye was packed with rapidly scrolling data as she stared coldly at Reinhardt and Zhou Dai.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"One moment."
A female body appeared out of thin air, seemingly taken out of some Spatial Item. She was another old acquaintance of Yang Yi's-Saintess Istil.
She was far more mature than the Istil Yang Yi had rescued from the Pure White Gate. Her beautiful golden hair was as dazzling as ever, and she wore simple, holy white clothing. Her eyes, however, were dull and gray, making her look just like a doll. Only when Zhou Dai openly lifted the Saintess's skull and crawled inside did those eyes regain their life.
"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Zhou..."
"Zhou Dai, Captain of