When the door flew into the basement, Eugene grabbed Akasha from the Cloak.

Ziinng!

Eugene instantly cast Blink on Lavera and the old man.

It was tricky and there were so many things to consider when a wizard used Blink on somebody else. However, it wasn’t a big problem for Eugene. The most important thing while casting subspace magic was to accurately calculate very complicated magic formulas in accordance with coordinates and mana flows that differed every time when a wizard used it.

Since his past life, Eugene had been great at sensing mana, and his exceptional body only made his calculation speed faster. On top of that, Mer was assisting Eugene right now, so it was only natural for Eugene’s subspace magic to be fast and accurate.

There was also another reason why Eugene could successfully cast magic — Iris’ attention had shifted when the door had gotten blasted away. Rather than focusing her attention on stopping Eugene from casting magic, Iris now paid more attention to the person who had smashed the door to enter the basement. Thanks to this, there was a gap in Iris’ control over the basement.

The sound of someone walking down the stairs quietly echoed in the basement.

The one who entered the dark basement was Carmen Lionheart. Holding an unlit cigar in her mouth, she walked through the clouds of dust. Her gray hair and coat hanging on her shoulder flapped in the wind.

“…Hmm.” Carmen slowly looked around the basement — ten dark elves were standing up, Iris was sitting in front of those elves with her legs crossed, and Eugene was holding Akasha across from Iris.

It was Mer who had told Carmen about the location.

The Lionheart main estate and annex were very big. It didn’t matter to Eugene, because all he did was cultivate, but that was not true for Mer.

She...