"Hah… Hah… Hah…"

Thud.

The moment the battle against Venari concluded—limb by limb—I collapsed to the ground, completely drained.

Sure, expending a lot of mana in the fight had taken a toll, but the real culprit behind my exhaustion was receiving three consecutive signals from Ethan.

Reflecting on the three vibrating devices that had buzzed within my stomach mere minutes ago, I couldn’t help but question:

“Was the final signal even necessary…?”

After all, by the last phase, the only target left was the left leg. Did he really need to activate all three devices to get his point across?