Abyssal Chasm, inside a cavern.
Lord Gareth's eyes suddenly snapped open, a flicker of murderous intent flashing through her pitch-black pupils.
"He's got some skill, I'll give him that."
"So, back at the settlement, when he claimed he had a chance to kill me, he wasn't bluffing."
"Interesting… the giant Orion of the Black Forest…"
Lord Gareth murmured to herself, her eyes gleaming with a sinister light. Those disobedient subordinates of hers would have to be punished. After all, just the fact that her will projection had been destroyed by one of her own was enough to make it impossible for her to hold her proud head high in front of Orion.
"And that idiot Ridi… completely useless, wasting the entire fiend serpent clan!"
