Cyrn and his subordinates had vanished without a trace.
Even the traces of magic had completely disappeared.
It happened precisely when that woman uttered, "Remove The Desire".
"Where did you go, Vice Commander~?" the woman asked flirtatiously into the empty air.
A *Cling sound appeared as an answer to that question.
And in that very instant,
"Sorry about that, Nodes."
The woman was now inside a white room that was utterly empty.
"Honestly, your ability is the one I took into account the most."
"Because of you," Looking at his subordinate who had an empty gaze.
"Really?" the woman asked. "So that means your subordinates have now become people without desire, huh?" Looking at someone in front of her. "Then…"
"Why did you confine me together with this child?.."
There was no answer to that question.
"Did you forget that all of us can call for reinforcements? It's pointless to lock me up in your meaningless space." the woman added.
Her gaze began to focus on the young man's face in front of her.
That face was not a flat face with an empty stare like those of the Grey Lurk executives.
Instead, "Is this going to turn into a sex scene?" A lewd face clearly on display.
Inside his body, something was angry about it, "Oy! Don't put on that lewd face using my face!" Reigh shouted.
"Shut up! As an adult, who wouldn't feel lust when seeing a super voluptuous mature woman?!" Guiver spoke to himself using Reigh's body.
"Hah?.." The woman was instantly taken aback.
"That kid… Not affected?.." She asked in her heart.
Seeing the unease shown by the woman, *Drt. A spatial crack appeared at Cyrn's mouth.
And a spatial crack also appeared at the woman's right ear.
Cyrn began whispering from afar. "Do you know the title 'Toodes'?" Cyrn asked.
That question could not be heard by Guiver, because Cyrn blocked it.
Hearing that, the woman's expression immediately changed, "Toodes?"
"Yes…"
"And you…"
"Will know it someday…"
*Drt. The spatial cracks vanished as if nothing had happened.
Leaving a face filled with obvious curiosity.
*Wsh. The woman was returned to her original place. Namely, among the line of people equal to her.
She only realized it when she suddenly was no longer inside the all-white room. "HAAA!"
Several people immediately turned toward her when that shocked tone escaped. "What is it?" Seccus Otter asked her.
"It's nothing." the woman answered awkwardly, she did not want to talk about what had just happened.
"What did that mean?.. 'Toodes'? What is that?.. All my time in the Quiet Guardian, I've never heard that name.." She thought to herself.
"But.." Her face lowered slightly, "That child's aura feels.. Familiar.."
"HM.. They've already gone, huh.." muttered the commander, which immediately made the woman turn her head.
"They didn't realize I was taken by Cyrn?.." She thought again, "Could be that earlier wasn't affected by time.."
"And besides, it looks like Cyrn really focused on telling me personally."
Her face slowly returned to her usual expression. "Gyu's ability also doesn't seem able to access that."
"They've escaped, Commander. What should we do?" the woman asked.
The man began turning his face to the left.
Slowly taking in the entire building, the people within the city of Geaz.
His body also turned to face the city of Geaz, followed by his subordinates.
"We can't chase Cyrn because he controls Space.."
"Therefore.." His right hand rose, the entire palm facing the city of Geaz.
"Oinull." he said softly.
When those words were spoken, a massive black circle immediately appeared above the city of Geaz, its size reaching a diameter of even 10 km.
The entire sky above the city was covered by that super huge black circle.
Everyone immediately looked up. Even those inside their homes rushed outside to see what was happening.
"T-THIS!?" Their faces were filled with uncontrollable fear.
"Erasing everything?" Basion asked as he tried to stop it. "Aren't they assets?"
"The entire city of Geaz will surely become their base." That flat answer was spoken. "There are still many other cities in the Outer Slums."
*Swooosh. The super huge black circle immediately descended rapidly.
Instantly making all the city's residents even more terrified.
"R-RUUUUN!!!"
"Run where, idiot!? There's nowhere safe!!!"
*Pluk. That soft sound sealed all the screams of the people.
No one expected that the entire surface of the city of Geaz, known as one of the largest cities in all of the Outer Slums, would now have nothing left. The harbor, shops, commercial buildings, residential houses, even the residents themselves were completely gone.
Replaced by a clean black circle that pierced through the entire surface of the city of Geaz.
The bottom of that black hole could not be seen at all despite its massive size. As if everything had simply been erased without leaving any trace.
*Wshhh. At the edge of the hole, the wind blew gently and softly, carrying dust and memories that never had the chance to continue.
"???..." Several pairs of eyes slowly opened.
"Where is this?.." The wind slowly brushed across those confused faces.
"W-We.." Tears slowly fell. "Survived?…"
The scene immediately shifted to the smile of a man, "Don't be reckless like that, Commander." None other than Cyrn.
A spatial crack the size of a human body appeared right in front of all of them.
"I would be troubled if the city of Geaz were destroyed."
The commander showed an annoyed expression. "How unusual for you to use your ability to 'Save'."
"Not unusual, Commander." A faint smile formed on Cyrn's face. "It's just that you've never been able to see my kindness."
Those words carried a certain meaning directed straight at the supreme commander.
It could mean that the Commander did not really care about him, or perhaps did not consider him an equal.
Or maybe something else, including the Commander being unable to reach his Space ability.
Hearing that, the Commander still acted indifferent. "So, what do you want?"
"Don't you think it's not yet time for 'War'?"
"Exactly. This is not yet the time for 'War'."
"The two of us, or more precisely 'The Three' will overthrow Sezavield Rateil when the time comes."
"The Three?"
"Yes. The Three..." A face full of delight was clearly visible on Cyrn's face. "That reminds me of when the 'Emperor' was terrified when I warned him that day would come."
"That face!!! Hahaha! Why are you making such angry faces?!" He sneered, then tried to tease again. "When I warned him, the 'Emperor' immediately attacked me with that incomparable power..."
His shoulders lifted, "Of course I ran away, right?.."
"Bastard.." the Commander snorted. "How dare you speak like that about the 'Emperor'..."
But that was only answered by Cyrn's unpleasant laughter. "GHAHAHA!"
"Well then..." *Ctek. He snapped his fingers. "Goodbye," A spatial crack appeared behind his body, "And…"
"See you again~"
He slowly stepped back,
"O you Puppets."
He vanished, swallowed by his own space.
Watching Cyrn's departure, no one made a sound.
It became silent for several seconds, *Wshhh. Even the sound of the wind could be heard clearly in their ears.
*Grip. "We will return." said the Commander, breaking the silence.
*Fsssh. Everyone immediately vanished without a single word.
The story shifts to roughly one hour after the incident in the city of Geaz.
Now, it is right inside Cyrn's white room. There are two people staring at each other.
Namely Guiver in Reigh's body, and Cyrn.
"What do you want, bastard?" Guiver asked him.
"Relax."
"So many things just happened to me, and you say 'Relax'?" Guiver snorted. "And also, what was that about you locking me up with that thief at first?"
"You mean Basion?"
"So his name is Basion, huh.."
"As for Basion, at first I planned for you to kill him, you know?" Cyrn took a glass of coffee from the table.
Inhaling its aroma, "But you yourself ruined my plan. If it had succeeded, they would have lost one of their smartest executives." He sipped the coffee in his hand elegantly.
That action made Guiver even more irritated.
The corner of Cyrn's lips lifted when he saw Guiver's current expression.
"But well..." He placed the glass back on the table.
"Thanks to that, my layered plan worked. Thank you for that."
"You mean the 'Threat' plan for them?" Guiver became relaxed, he began taking the coffee that had been prepared for him.
He also sipped his coffee, "Exactly." Cyrn replied. "You really are smart."
"Guuh." Guiver complained. "Why is the coffee sweet, damn it?!"
"You don't like it?"
"Coffee should be bitter! Not sweet!" He quickly put the glass back down.
Cyrn smiled again, this time more faintly. "In line... Yet there's a turn, huh?.." He muttered in his heart.
"Then," Guiver started another topic. "What's with those subordinates of yours? They stay silent all the time, are they weak?"
"No... The ones who were silent from the start were not my subordinates, but."
"But?"
*Pssh. Eight people appeared behind Cyrn.
"They are your subordinates. These are my real subordinates." *Ctek. Summoning nine additional people including Nine.
"Hah? For what?"
"I don't know, earlier Zero and his lackeys insisted on joining." Cyrn answered without lying. "This is useful for us too, right?"
"So they'll know who their enemies are later."
Guiver was still confused. "Aren't their faces different from my subordinates?" He looked at his subordinates' faces one by one.
As those words were spoken, *Dsh. His subordinates' faces instantly changed into faces recognized by both Guiver and Reigh.
"So that's it... Your subordinates can also use Illusion like Noril."
Cyrn smiled in satisfaction at Guiver's quick thinking. "Yes. But not that great."
"HAHAHA!" Guiver suddenly burst into loud laughter.
Followed by Cyrn's grin that slowly turned into laughter as well, "Khufufufu... GHAHAHA!"
The view slowly drifted away, moving upward, leaving that white room behind.