Shuddering in fear, Anemore’s bright yellow eyes trembled violently.

    But Anemore couldn’t run.

    It was the ruler of this place, bound and unable to escape.

    The fierce nature was not gone.

    It simply...

    Had realized that the enemy before it was unlike any it had faced before—irrational and overwhelming.

    It wanted to flee.

    But it couldn’t.

    Thus, there was only one choice left.

    “Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii——!”

    Even if it meant death, it would burn everything away.

    As the ruler of the skies, it would maintain its dignity and fight.

    It would burn with resolve, never forgetting its fear.

    Fear, after all, was what fueled growth.

    Anemore, too, was the same.

    All NPCs and monsters in Eternal World were equipped with advanced AI.

    So much so that it was not an exaggeration to say they had a sense of self.

    Based on vast data, Anemore was capable of thinking and making judgments.

    It realized the nature of its enemy—this absurd death army.

    It could now sense its master.

    The human, who had been calmly observing the battle from the back.

    No, could it truly be a human?

    It could not be sure.

    But one thing was clear: this human was the one leading this battle.

    “Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii——!”

    With another roar, Anemore entered Phase 2. In just 2 seconds, it spread its wings and ascended once more.

    In that brief moment, it made its decision.

    The target was clear.

    It was time to act.

    Then, through its vision, Anemore noticed the swarm of Giant Killer Bees approaching.

    It had experienced this before.

    It wasn’t just a swarm of bees.

    Though they couldn’t be seen or felt, Anemore understood.

    It could sense Fiora and Valtar among them, approaching through the swarm.

    Realizing this, Anemore let out another roar and used its skill.

    “Piiiii——!”

    Whoooosh! Whooosh—! Whoooosh——!

    Anemore spread its wings wide, summoning a ferocious wind, its powerful gusts creating a massive storm.

    The winds roared and coiled into a great whirlwind—on a completely different scale from the winds created in Phase 1.

    It wasn’t just a gust—it was a small typhoon.

    As it summoned the colossal storm, the Giant Killer Bees could no longer maintain their position in the air.

    Some of the bees were ripped apart by the violent winds, their wings shredded.

    Others who tried to escape the storm quickly flew out of its range.

    Anemore, seeing the bees scatter, flew triumphantly into the storm, completely vanishing from sight.

    It seemed to disappear, as though it had used some form of invisibility.

    Unable to detect it, Luna Team panicked and reacted.

    “Longfeng, can you find it?”

    “...I can’t sense it???”

    “W-wait, it can use invisibility too?!”

    “Shit, how are we supposed to win this...?”

    Luna immediately asked Longfeng, the team’s expert at detection, but even he couldn’t find it.

    If Longfeng, who had the best detection skills in the area, couldn’t locate Anemore, then surely Seong wouldn’t be able to either.

    For a moment, Luna wondered if they should help, but...

    They couldn’t act recklessly.

    It was far more dangerous to interfere and become a hindrance.

    It would be better to stay quiet and wait.

    As Luna Team was thrown into chaos, Seong, however, seemed completely unaffected. He simply snapped his fingers.

    Snap!

    Since Seong had only been using his death army so far, everyone had assumed that was all he could do.

    But they were mistaken.

    When Seong snapped his fingers, a large heart with a cyan glow appeared behind him.

    The heart pulsed, releasing a mist of the same cyan light that gradually spread across the battlefield.

    The eerie, cyan mist thickened the air, eventually covering almost half of the raid field.@@@@

    At that moment, a scream echoed near Seong.

    “Piiiiiiiiii!”

    The sudden burst of damage startled Anemore, and it panicked, realizing its invisibility had been broken.

    It tried to fly up again, but it was already too late.

    “Pii, piiiiiii!!?”

    It had forgotten about these two due to the tremendous explosion.

    These two it shouldn’t have forgotten.

    But still, it was okay.

    In the sky, Anemore still had the advantage.

    That’s what it thought as it prepared to face them, not letting its guard down.

    But then, something cyan-colored flew from the ground, and Anemore tried to avoid it, but Valtar and Fiora blocked its escape.

    Whoooosh!

    “Piiieeek!”

    The sharp cyan spear pierced Anemore’s chest with no chance for it to dodge.

    At that moment, darkness began to creep up and engulf Anemore’s body.

    [Dark damage is applied.]

    [The target resists partially.]

    [For the next 3 seconds, all senses and vision are impaired.]

    With all of its senses blocked, Anemore lost all perception—sight, hearing, touch, and even intuition. It couldn’t even tell if it was still flying or if it had been struck by Valtar and Fiora.

    But it tried to struggle as much as it could.

    It couldn’t feel its body move, but it could sense something before the numbness set in.

    It fought, fueled by its will to survive.

    Trying to avoid any more damage.

    After what felt like the longest 3 seconds in its life, when all senses returned, Anemore could finally feel again.

    “......Pii?”

    It could feel that its once-proud wide wings were horribly shredded, and pieces of its body had been torn away.

    It could also see the death legion surrounding it, closing in from every direction.

    Anemore tried to fly out of the cyan mist that had filled the area, but every time it tried, Barfur, Fiora, and Valtar blocked its movements, and the death legion relentlessly attacked.

    “Piiieeeek——!”

    Using its skill, Anemore tried to push the death legion back and escape, but its wings had already been torn apart, leaving it unable to fly.

    The Wind''s Watcher was no longer a friend of the wind.

    The death legion advanced once again, closing the distance quickly, and Anemore could hear the sound of their march.

    Clack! Clack! Clack—!

    The sound of the army’s march.

    And Anemore clenched its eyes shut.

    It could feel that it would not survive here.

    “Piiiiiiii.......”

    A sorrowful scream rang out.

    Luna Team, watching the scene, could feel the hairs on the back of their necks standing up as they swallowed nervously.

    He really did it.

    On his first raid, and alone, he succeeded.

    The shock that the power shown to them wasn’t even his full strength had long faded.

    To think that such power was possible at this level.

    And that, truly, he could clear a raid solo already.

    How much time had passed?

    When the sorrowful scream finally stopped, countless system messages popped up.

    [The raid boss 『Wind’s Watcher, Anemore』 has been defeated.]

    [Level Up!] ×6 [Level 64 reached.]

    [Level 60 reached, unlocking a new skill for 『Overlord』.]

    [Legendary grade skill, 『Whirling Blood』, obtained.]

    [Contribution is attributed solely to one person.]

    [Single-player raid confirmed.]

    [Single-player defeat confirmed.]

    [Rewards are enhanced.]

    [First defeat.]

    [Rewards are enhanced.]

    [Defeat rewards granted.]

    [As it is a single-player raid, all rewards are granted to 『Seong』 the user.]

    [Obtained unique grade set item, 『Wind’s Watcher Set』.]

    [Obtained unique grade item, 『Skill Book – Summon Spirit of the Storm』.]

    [Obtained unique grade item, 『Essence of the Wind』.]

    [Raid boss defeated.] [Title, 『New Raider』, obtained.]

    [Single-player raid boss defeat.]

    [Title, 『Genius Raider』, obtained.]

    [First to defeat raid boss 『Wind’s Watcher, Anemore』.]

    [Title, 『Anemore Slayer』, obtained.]

    Incredible rewards.

    But that wasn’t the main focus. Seong, instead, looked at Anemore’s corpse.

    Even though the notification to raise the corpse for the death army hadn’t appeared, there was another notification.

    Piiieek?!

    Seeing the ghost-like hawk hovering around the body, Seong smiled in satisfaction.

    ‘This is perfect.’