I reacted quickly, using her own Light of Hope on her. As the golden light shone in front of her eyes, she quickly woke up from her stupor.

I grabbed her hand and used my strength to flap my wings, trying to get away from this mountain as soon as possible. This voice is dangerous, I know it. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Emi also understood the gravity of the situation and supported me to increase our speed, but the voice was till audible in our ears. Just as pleasant as before. As if the distance between the mountain and us wasn’t increasing at all.

"What should we do?" Emi was also worried about this strange voice; she clearly knew how grave the situation was.

The voice was even following us in the void. The worst thing was that whoever was behind it was really smart. That demon sent his minions to fight us, who were already strong enough. Now, even though the ritual was broken by Ron. He still didn’t show his face, but only when we tried to leave did he appear.

On top of that, he was targeting Emi from the start. After all, she was the first to hear this opera voice, and like it so much that I began to run a search mission within the deep mountains, which caused confrontation with those demons, then everything played out like a movie.

We continued flying for a while, with the voice always remaining there, as loud as it was from the beginning, the distance between us didn’t seem to increase.

I was thinking about the way to get out of this situation, but no idea was coming into my head. The same could be said for Emi, as she herself was worried about this unknown voice. It was way too melodic; the dangerous thing was that it was able to make her step out of her safe mode. The eyes of the void were our biggest defence for the time being. If we really step out from it, willingly, would this mean giving our lives into the hands of a demon?

We were unable to think of a way to avoid... and it suddenly stopped.

As we thought we had escaped from its grasp. A loud boom rang out from behind, followed by the sounds of the earth cracking. But I tried to continue moving, not letting the curiosity take over my head.

Emi was also curious about what was happening behind, but as a smart girl, she knew looking behind brings no real good except for another fear.

Alas, I wasn’t good at controlling my curiosity, as I turned to take a glance at what was happening behind us. I was shocked to see the sight behind us. Truthfully, I wasn’t expecting something like that at all.

There, the entire Wong Zhi mountain range was growing in size. And there stood a woman in the middle of the sky. She was wearing a complete black robe, and even her face couldn’t be seen. Her hands were holding on to Ron’s unconscious body. Her gaze looked down at the growing Wong Zhi mountain range.

I didn’t know what she was thinking, but I could feel her killing intent. It flows out from her body, like a tsunami.

I stared at her in daze. Seeing me turn back, Emi quickly blasted my eyes with the golden sight.

"Fuck! What the hell are you doing?" I quickly stopped her and explained, "Look, there, something big is happening."

I pointed towards the mountain range, which was slowly rising higher and higher. It was really unbelievable to see a mountain range growing in like this. Moreover, the woman in the sky was holding on to Ron, and he was taking a nap in her embrace. If my guess wasn’t wrong, she might be someone from his family.

But her waiting there felt a bit unusual. Didn’t they mention that their family couldn’t deal with an Overlord-grade monster? Now, wtf was she doing there?

Their family weren’t strong enough to deal with an Overlord, according to them, so why was she waiting there?

"Maybe, they’re stronger than what they told us." Emi, reading my thoughts, decided to jump in.

"Maybe..." I wasn’t happy with how everything had played out here. Though I got a lot of boost, it was nowhere near enough compared to the helplessness I felt here.

In the future, I need enough strength to at least be able to deal with an Overlord before wandering or playing hero.

I had already made up my future plan. After we went home, I would simply go underground, living a normal life, till my strength is par with at least an Overlord.

"Is this an Overlord Demon?" Emi was shocked to see the Wong Zhi mountain turning out to be a giant demon. Of course, I wasn’t. This was too much of a typical manhwa turn of events, I had read a few weeks ago.

Where the place mc and his friends went on hiking turned out to be an ancient monster who had been sleeping there for years. But here in this case, I felt relieved of this gigantic demon. As a smart person, I fear creatures of small size more than these gigantic beasts.

"..." I gave her a look, but then I realised an important thing. A strange kind of pull I was feeling towards this monster. The feeling was similar to when I entered the village, that comfy feeling I had when I stepped into this place.

I focused on the beast carefully, observing its body and eyes. Everything was just like a giant beast. But... if my inner voice wasn’t wrong, then this wasn’t actually the main villain behind the city extinction curse. It was just... just another undead, under its control.

"It can’t be like this," knowing my thought, Emi grasped in shock. She didn’t dare to think so highly of an Overlord. I, too, didn’t want to think this highly of an Overlord, but signs couldn’t be ignored.