The people of Mistbound Magic Tower who were coming towards the Labyrinth had already entered the Isolation Barrier before the Lord-rank leader contacted Yelvina.

The bald man who had the contact crystals of both Lilian and Yelvina picked up the call.

Yelvina suddenly felt a prick in her skin before the bald man started speaking, his voice exactly the same as Yelvina's!

'W-What?' Lilian felt her hope dashing away as she saw the bald man speaking like Yelvina.

'This bastard!' Yelvina wanted to scream and shout out loud, but that wasn't going to help this situation.

"I told you." The dark-circle woman flatly spoke while shaking her head. "Don't bear futile hope. We are prepared, and you are not."

"Simple as that."

"I'll go kill t-" the skin-changing girl froze. "That bastard went ahead and already killed the Lord-rank in one shot. Tsk, now only small fries are left."

She sat back down on the floor and continued reading. "Boring~"

Suddenly, Irnia, who was knocked out by the skin-changing girl, finally woke up.

'T-This…' She remembered the slaughter that happened as those black robbed figures arrived.

'S-Skin changing….she wants my skin?!' Irnia remembered the words she had heard before she was knocked out and looked at the girl lying on the large flower with terror.

'I have to do something. I can't die here.'

'I don't want to die!'

"E-Excuse me," Irnia spoke up.

"Huh, you woke up? Should I knock her out again?"

"No, please! Wait, listen to me," Irnia quickly spoke anxiously. If they didn't even give her a chance to speak, it would be truly over, so she quickly spoke up.

"I want to join you, whoever you are! Just please, spare me. I don't want to die."

"I will do anything you say."

Yelvina was speechless. She was betraying Mistbound Magic Tower right in front of her.

The dark-circle lady looked at Irnia and, for the first time, her indifferent and flat facial muscles actually moved properly as she narrowed her eyes.

After two seconds of silence, the dark circle lady looked at the skin-changing girl.

"Yes, Ma'am!" Before the dark-circle lady even said anything, the skin-changing girl spoke in obedience.

"Kill her right now and change your skin."

"Well, well, let's not be quick." The bald man chuckled and walked towards Irnia.

"I will do anything. Just don't kill me."

'As long as I don't die, I will always have a chance to do something.'

The fear of death ran deep in her because she wanted to do a lot of things in this world!

"Remove your clothes. Everything."

Irnia's lips trembled.

She was a royal princess of a kingdom.

A second later, Irnia stood up and removed all of her clothes.

"Circle once."

Irnia did as told.

The bald man stretched his hand and grabbed Irnia's plump melons, checking them out before nodding his head.

"Do you know of Hybrid Evolution Birth?" the bald man asked with a smile.

"N-No."

"It is when a female is used to grow a fetus of a different lineage, different species entirely, by infusing seeds and after forming a forceful blood resonance between them."

"You have a fine affinity with Metal, and your body is good. You will be a perfect mother for a certain hybrid's birth."

"I d-don't have to do those acts, and can just infuse seeds in my body to grow a fetus?"

"Indeed."

"Can I be free after that?"

"Yes. You will get the ultimate freedom because the fetus will entirely feed off you as well. Your death will be its birth."

Irnia's face paled, despair flooding back in her eyes as her knees weakened, falling to the ground.

They didn't plan to let her go at all!

"Just how far you pieces of trash and your organization go?" Yelvina coldly spoke.

"How far?" The dark-circle lady looked up at the sky. "However far it is possible to go in pursuit of power. That's how far we should go."

"Just like smashing a few ants under your foot. Dissecting monsters, destroying plants. There's nothing wrong with goblins raping you and killing you. Humans do that as well. There's nothing wrong with Biri changing her skin using another person's skin."

"There's truly nothing wrong in this world. It's a perfect world where the strong reign supreme. And so, the pursuit of strength is the pinnacle of all desires and emotions." The dark-circle woman looked back at Yelvina and Lilian. "Got it?"

'Fucking lunatics!' Yelvina cursed and sighed.

Lilian was just despondent and silent.

…

"What did you say?" Dylan's eyebrows raised.

Facing him and his party were none other than Maurin, Nico, and Vorton.

Maurin raised his arms. "I am just suggesting."

'Didn't Irnia say she got silent approval from her Master to make moves on Ainen? Dylan shouldn't have a problem as long as I pay him a hefty sum.'

"You want me to kill Ainen and get his foxes?" Dylan looked at Maurin weirdly.

"Brother Dylan. On top of paying for the service, we'll owe you a huge favor. This concerns the safety of the entire Kingdom because if I don't give those cubs back, the wolf will destroy it."

Dylan didn't reply and looked at his party members, who all smiled.

Maurin had a bad feeling.

"Prince Maurin. Do you think we didn't know whose fox cubs they belonged to?"

"Do you think Master Yelvina didn't tell us anything? We were specifically told to protect Ainen from you if you do something stupid. Well, even if you want to kill him, you can't because of the mechanisms of this floor."

Maurin's face paled. 'What the fuck?!'

"How can you be so idiotic, Prince Maurin?" Rock wryly smiled. "That Ainen guy is a monster. We all ate his food, and you haven't realized it?"

"With him, you don't need money or resources. Maintaining a good relationship with a wonder-maker like that who can cook food with such buffs and stat boost is the best investment one can make."

"These dumb people won't understand." Sofia shook her head. "You kidnapped Lady Ruoin and wanted the cubs…you wanted to slave them and make your playthings, eh? You know, I was on the escort team that took Lady Ruoin to Star Heaven Mountain, and we were friends. So, guess what I am going to do now?"

"N-No, please!" Maurin panicked, but there was no avoiding it.

Sofia challenged him to a duel.

Both of them vanished shortly.

"B-Brother Dylan!"

Vorton and Nico knelt instantly, their head hitting the ground.

"I swear on the nine generations, heck, my ancestor's grave that we didn't know he kidnapped and did all that shit!"

"Yes, brother Dylan. We didn't know! We were fooled by him. Please spare us."

"Scram."

"Thank you! Thank you!"

…

Twenty minutes more passed by before Dylan and his party decided to start climbing the steps again.

They had found three hidden rewards so far, and they didn't want to waste more time.

And right as they went onto the first step, Ainen was done cooking.

In the kitchen, on the main pristine table, five glass plates lay.

Each plate had a shining burger with dark pink buns having colorful dots and swirling patterns. Between the buns were three patties, different kinds of sauces, and herbs.

Every single ingredient, including the weapons and everything, was used to make this by extracting their best essence, devouring their characteristic with his flame, imbuing it into other prepared and transformed ingredients to create essences containing multiple characteristics.

It took him twenty minutes to cook these five burgers. Usually, he could cook tons of food in twenty minutes, literal tons.

And…they were cooked to perfection.

[ Super Delux Spectrorend Burger ]

Rating: S+ (Cooked to Perfection)

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