*Fwoosh*


    The multicolored light of different mes lightened the area.


    Sometimes there would be maroon colored shine, sometimes it would be golden, sometimes yellow and orange, and sometimes red.


    But one thing wasmon….


    *KWWAAAAKKKK!!*


    Whenever the colors brightened the sky, a painful roar would resound through the air.


    The pain of whoever was being was apparent from the roars, and the ones that sounded most painful were the ones that sounded after the maroon sheen.


    *KWWWWRRRRRRRRR!!!*


    It felt like something or someone was being burned inside out, the screams sounded more like cries of help, they felt like they were asking for help.


    ''Just kill me!!''


    This is what it felt those screams were about.


    "Oh, shut up…"


    In a ce filled with burned carcasses of tree-like beasts stood three people unscathed, well not stood since they were walking ahead as they cleared the tree-like beasts.


    One of them, the one who spoke was the only guy among them.


    The guy waved his other hand held a sword and arge wind de went ahead and cut the 5-meter huge tree-like creature into two.


    The guy had ink-ck hair, haunting red eyes, and a face that could make even the gods hide their faces in shame, while his body, although covered in his clothes, one could tell that it was well sculpted.


    The guy was the one who was throwing out maroon mes from his hands as he walked beside a girl with fairy-red hair.


    The girl with fairy red hair was not one to be left behind since just like the guy, she was throwing out multicolored mes that consisted of golden, yellow, and orange.


    She looked beautiful with her face brightening with golden and yellow colors whenever she sent out the mes. She had a satisfied smile on her lovely face that was only getting more and more beautiful.


    Her body was perfect with breastsrge enough not to fit in one hand and perfectly perky butts.


    She looked like someone who would light your house up if you tried to hurt someone close to her or if you got on her nerves.


    But there was one more person along with them, and she was walking behind both of them.


    This girl had dark ck hair, only a shade lower than the guy''s, and her eyes were a beautiful blue color that almost looked like amethyst.


    Unlike the other girl, she was smaller in height (Compared to the other two), and her body was a bit less mature than the other girl.


    Her breasts wererge enough to perfectly fit in the hands of the guy from before, but her butt was more perky and softpared to the former girl.


    This girl was waving her hand from time to time, creating spears and harpoons in the air and then shooting them at the creatures that were far away from them.


    "Oh, I think we found the one we were looking for."


    Suddenly the guy spoke, and the team of three stopped on the spot.


    "You mean the boss or the one that is supposed to be the boss now?"


    The girl with ck hair asked.


    "Yes, and it''s heading in our direction."


    The guy nodded his head.


    The girl with fiery hair then brought her palms together and spoke.


    "Are you done with your 2000 kills?"


    She looked at the guy, and the guy nodded his head.


    "Yeah, you can do your thing now."


    The guy smiled as he saw the smile on the girl''s face. He knew what the girl wanted to do, after all, he was the one who taught her that.


    As you would''ve already guessed, they were Alex, Ann, and Alice, and right now, they were almost done with the Drrots in the surroundings.


    There were some left, but they were the ones that were running away, and since the anomaly Alex was looking for was heading toward them, Alex decided not to move from their spot.


    But that is where Alice came into the y.


    Alice''s body slowly started to glow in golden, yellow, and orange colors before her arms and legs started getting covered in mes.


    It looked like her body was keeping the me alive even though her body was on fire.


    Slowly, the fire started to get concentrated in her palms….


    ''Fiery Cataclysm!''


    Alice eximed inwardly when she felt that the amount of energy and fire were perfect.


    Right at that moment, Alex snapped his finger and Ann got covered in a thin barrier made of mana and water mixed.


    Although the barrier looked thin, it was very strong, so strong that it could at least survive one attack from Alice who was limited to EX rank even though Alex could only use SSS-ranked stats.


    The next second a ring made of fire was created around Alice.


    It was shaped like a circle surrounding Alice, and although it was made of mes, something that is not solid, its edges looked sharper than a de.


    The next instant, the de shot outward like a shockwave.


    As it passed Ann and Alex, its intensity didn''t decrease, but none of them were worried.


    Ann had enough trust in Alex to know that he would protect her and Alex already had his zone surrounding him like a shield.


    The ming circle passed through them without being able to do anything to them.


    *Crack*


    The barrier around Ann broke, but the me circle was already gone.


    "Not bad for your first try."


    Alex smiled as he patted Alice''s head.


    "Hehe…"


    Alice giggled as she enjoyed the pats.


    It felt good being praised for something that you work hard to achieve.


    This was something she had tried to do for some days, and although she could use it now, she felt like it was just the simplest form.


    Alice knew that Alex could tell that as well, but since he was still praising her, she would be a fool to not ept the praise.


    "You said that it ising toward us, but why is it still not here yet?"


    Ann asked curiously as she moved closer to Alex, she took Alex''s hand and ced it on her head as if it was natural for her to receive pats as well.


    Alex didn''t take his hand back, he just smiled and started patting her as well.


    Ann''s hair was growing softer as she grew stronger.


    ''It won''t be long before she could transform….''


    Alex muttered inwardly with a smile, as for what he meant by that, it would be left forter to be disclosed.


    "Well, it doesn''t seem to be in a hurry since it''s walking toward us instead of running."


    Alex then replied to Ann''s question as he patted her head.


    "I see."


    Ann just nodded her head and didn''t say anything else.


    Still, they didn''t move from there and kept waiting for the said anomaly to arrive as they enjoyed the little break they got.


    The ring of fire that Alice had sent out was strong enough to wipe out the Drrots that were running away, but it got extinguished after it reached a 500-meter radius.


    ''Sigh…. I need to work harder….''


    Alice sighed inwardly as she saw the result.


    But still, feeling the hand on her head she smiled again.


    ''Well, I guess it''s better than nothing, so let''s not think too much about it….''


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