"The matter is resolved; let's wait for the reward."
I clapped my hands, picked up Sheng's hat that had been blown away by the wind, and put it back on his messy head of hair.
Only then did Sheng, who had been terrified by the approaching aura of death, gradually regain her senses and cast a bewildered look at me: "Huh? Huh? Is it...resolved?"
I shrugged, gesturing for him to look behind me.
A gentle breeze blew by, and a soft, crisp sound, like porcelain cracking, came from behind me.
The liger, which I had already confirmed with my senses that it no longer showed any signs of activity or recovery, suddenly had a smooth, basin-sized hole appear in the center of its chest. The charred flesh, like fine glaze, solidified into a block covering the surface, while the skin and extremities on its body shattered and turned into dust like tattered cotton.
Soon, apart from leaving behind a pile of useless trash, the hidden final boss of the fifth mission had disappeared without a trace.
A bright blue notification box popped up out of the corner of my eye.
I heard a sound approaching from behind, so I decided to postpone confirming the results. I turned around and saw the Sword Demon, who had sheathed his straight sword and was approaching me with a gloomy expression.
Why are you disturbing my hunt?
Sure enough, this short-tempered guy started by questioning me right away.
I couldn't very well say that I had followed him all the way here, even if I had been discovered before, I had to come up with a plausible excuse. So I first straightened up Sheng's weak legs and made up a story: "What nonsense are you talking about? This is the final boss of this mission. Do we need to report to you in advance if we want to defeat the boss? It's not your property."
Sword Demon opened his mouth, his face becoming even more gloomy. He gripped the scabbard of his straight sword with even greater force, revealing his twisted meridians.
Sheng quickly stepped in, trying to smooth things over in this tense atmosphere.
We thought tonight's incident would end with this bickering, but what happened next was beyond our expectations.
Let me state the conclusion first:
—At almost the same moment, we were all attacked by others.
In this vast, empty place where only three different sizes of magical energy flow can be sensed, there is actually a fourth person hidden besides us!
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