Chiiiik!

It was a strange landscape. The ground was bone dry from a drought, and the countless scattered chunks of charcoal were barely recognizable. There was a slight haze rising from the ground, formed by an oppressive heat. A volcanic pyroclastic flow wouldn’t have explained everything.

“Hrmm.”

The true cause was floating above the carnage, watching the ice golem melt below her. As she descended to stand on the still liquid lava, she looked around and muttered casually, “... Okay, this much is fine without me.”

The beauty, Veronica, flew away as soon as she ascertained that there were no more variants in the area. The negotiations between Theo and Lust had ended, and Veronica followed his instructions to lead the survivors to the Baekun Mountains. Escorting wasn’t her style, so she used her own method. She had ranged ahead of them to obliterate any variants in their path. Yet, she was undeniably effective!

Veronica preferred head-on confrontations due to her nature, but...