Rem checked into an inn in Leroy City and bought dinner for Alex, Izel, Chloe, Samael, and herself. After dinner, she told the others to wash up and rest. When she was sure that everyone was asleep, Rem left the inn.
「I don't want to offend Master, but can Master trust that boy this easily? I did say I'm sure that he's one of my kind, but not everyone deserves your trust, Master.」
'I don't trust him yet. During dinner, I already set up a barrier that would activate whenever one of them gets attacked. The moment the barrier is activated, I would know.'
「As expected of Master.」
'I've been feeling some sort of weird energy for a while now. Maybe it's a type of magic...? Nevertheless, the farther I am from Leroy City, the stronger that energy is.' Rem noticed, becoming wary.
{You can overpower that energy with ease, even in this form.}
'Who knows? Anyways, I can hear and feel the ground rumble. It must be a large group of monsters.' Rem assumed, dashing towards the energy.
When she was outside of Leroy City, she decided to use flying magic to fly in the air. After all, Rem wanted a good view of how many monsters there were. Everywhere she looked, she couldn't find any group of monsters.
'It's good to know that those monsters aren't that close to Leroy City yet. Those monsters' energy isn't as strong as the demons'. They can still create massive destruction and casualties either way.'
{Why do you care so much about a few strangers?}
There was a long pause. Rem questioned herself again and again. However, she didn't know the reason why she wants to save those living beings. She doesn't know anyone in Leroy City. Even if she did meet a few, she wasn't close to them.
'I don't know.' Rem finally answered, continuing to run towards the loud rumbling.
The system can hear every single one of Rem's thoughts. Rem barely knows anything about the system. What is the system? Why was it created? How come she's the one who gets to use the system? Rem kept on asking herself. She was unsure of how to get rid of the system or do anything against it.
'I still need you, 002.'
{I know you do. Without me, how can you possibly achieve anything?}
'I have to admit that you're indeed useful, but don't go too far. Even if I don't have you, I can still manage myself. Don't look down on me.'
{Spectacular...!}
'Tell me what your goal is.' Rem demanded.
{You're not worthy enough. I'll tell you when the time is right. Get stronger, okay?}
The system's way of speaking made Rem think that whoever spoke to Rem was actually someone else. A being that could think and speak, just like a human.
*Clang, clang, clang!!!
The sound of blades crashing against each other could be heard loud and clear.
'Ah, I see...'
There were knights fighting with a large mob of skeletons. They looked exhausted.
Rem watched the bones of a skeleton get put back into place after getting broken off from its body.
'They seem to be troubled there. I might as well help them. I can get lots of exp from this.' Rem thought.
"Attention, everyone!" Rem said, using her magic to make her voice extremely loud.
Nobody looked at Rem, but they all heard her. They were fighting for their lives, so it was natural for them to keep on fighting nonstop.
"I'll be casting a very strong spell. It would be great if you can get away from that mob of skeletons." Rem said.
She created a barrier around the knights. With the barrier around them, they wouldn't get hurt from her spell. Rem told them to get away from the skeletons because she didn't want anyone to get a heart attack from her attack. Who wouldn't freak out if they're about to get wiped out?
「Master is kind.」
'I wonder...'
Rem gathered her energy on the right palm of her hand. After a mere minute, she blasted all the skeletons in one go, using Roy's skill, Hellfire.
*KABOOMMMMM!!!!!
Rem used her shadow magic to create a barrier around herself, so she can protect herself from the heat, noise, and light.
[You Leveled Up!]
[You Leveled Up!]
[You Leveled Up!]
[You Leveled Up!]
'This sure is overpowered... Did I overdo this?' Rem wondered as she stared at the aftermath of her attack.
There's a humongous crater in the desert. It's the size of more than half of Leroy City.
The onlookers stared at this in shock. Many of their eyes and mouths were wide opened. A majority of them thought that they had died, but to their surprise, they weren't.
'Wait... I killed thousands of skeletons! How come I leveled up this little??!' Rem stared at the multiple blue screens in anger.
{They're only skeletons. Do you know how easy it is to defeat one of them? I told you! You can annihilate them without any problems.}
Rem furrowed her brows and then sighed in disappointment.
"T-Thank you!" One of the knights yelled from below.
Then, the others slowly began to thank Rem and cheer loudly.
'I can feel the same energy from before. Although the skeletons are gone, the energy isn't. There has to be someone or a group of people who summoned these skeletons.' Rem thought in her head,
She completely ignored all the noise. She simply flew towards the energy. In the knights' point of view, they only saw a small figure floating in the air that suddenly disappeared in an instant.