The sky is a problem, but the land below is a problem too. The number of monsters was so excessive that it was breathtaking to watch. They must have left that vast land unattended. If they had farmed, the monsters would have ruined everything.

“You don’t like it.”

To the right. Hayden mumbled cheerfully with a twirling smile. Lu was fuming, but the mad emperor who dragged the foreign diplomat to the monster wave extermination had a relaxed expression for once.

“I’m very happy right now.”

He raised his right hand instead of the sword. A beam of light appeared in the empty hand, growing longer and larger.

Seeing this, the Imperials retreated behind Icaros all at once. The dazzling light made Lu squint her eyes.

“General Rustica Gennes. Our goal is to break through the front.”

Break through the front? Lu looked at the monster flock flying in the dark. Thousands of pairs of red eyes were glaring at her.

“As long as my safety is guaranteed, I don’t care.”

“I guarantee it. You won’t be hurt even a hair.”

Hayden added to Lu, who was recalling her battle experience at the barrier.

“Always.”

Of course, she ignored his words.

“Let’s go.”

First, let’s deal with those visible ahead. The monsters, much larger than the devils and clearly having their shapes in various forms.

Lu did not handle Icaros as she would a horse. She simply patted Icaros’ shoulder a few times.

The brave griffin understood the words well enough, and like a shooting arrow, quickly flew towards the monsters.

And Hayden threw the light spear, as long as Icaros.

Bang!

Lu opened her mouth wide and watched the dazzling light explode, incinerating all the monsters in an incredible spectacle.

“The top is done, General, now below.”

The moment the second beam of light flashed beside her head, Lu immediately changed direction downwards with Icaros’ charging speed. The griffin charged towards the ground through the falling monster corpses.

The Imperials fighting on the ground flew up all at once. And the second loud noise shook the earth.

Bang!

A huge rift was created in the monster flock rushing towards human habitation. Only countless corpses were left in that rift.

Lu, who leaped again just before touching the ground, looked at the result of splitting the ground with a single attack. It was tremendous.

The cleanly swept monster corpses lay flat on the ground, and the monsters instinctively hesitated at the sight of Hayden, growling but not daring to charge.

The northern monster extermination ended in the east. In just four battles.
I understood why it ended in four attempts. Enough. Lu dumbly stared at the remaining monsters being cleaned up by the Imperiale.

Hayden’s method of solving the cause of the monster waves and sweeping away the monsters simultaneously by consuming twisted mana using a massive spell was efficient and tremendous.

That was theoretically possible, but was it actually feasible?

“A rough cleanup seems to be happening, so Genus Corporation.”

Lu suddenly wondered what would happen if this man faced Carlos. Perhaps Hayden could even kill Carlos. Once realized, the nape of her neck was already chilled.

“How does it feel to watch from the front row?”

She didn’t dare look back. Though she knew it all along, experiencing the scale and difference of power firsthand gave her a new level of understanding.

To this man, Lu was less than an ant. She only hadn’t realized it because the existence called Hayden was hiding itself. The moment she faced him directly, that alone would overwhelm her. Even the monsters instinctively understood this and didn’t come near Icarus.

“I would like to go back to the corporate office now that I’ve seen everything.”

“Ah, you’re the type to go straight home after the performance.”

Instinct told her to get away from Hayden immediately, but her body was rigid and wouldn’t move. Moreover, Icarus was now flying through the air, so there was no escape.

“Don’t you think of giving a bouquet to the hardworking actor?”

“What bouquet, at two o’clock.”

Right now, something resembling a bird but much larger and more terrifying with its mouth wide open and claws exposed passed by. Would she want to do that?

Lu calmly pointed it out while filtering her curses. As soon as Hayden reached out, the monster flying from the two o’clock direction was split in two and crashed.

It looked like it had been cleanly cut with a sword, but it didn’t seem like he had even used a sword.

‘How is he using magic, or is it pure swordsmanship? I can’t even distinguish.’

As a Genus Corporation employee, it was natural to observe and remember as much as possible, but seeing didn’t mean understanding. She had never seen anyone use magic in this way before. Would Carlos know?

“That’s too much. They’re trying their best to please your eyes. If you don’t want to give it, you can come to the waiting room and give it separately.”

“I said I won’t give it. Seven o’clock!”

Icarus, for whatever reason, found it amusing and laughed with a whirring sound among the scattered monsters. It clearly understood human speech.