Although Tress looked extremely anxious, Roland didn't advance immediately.
He first scanned his surroundings vigilantly. Only after confirming there were no surviving Void Mayflies did he let out a long sigh and sheathe his Secret Silver Longsword.
Seeing this, the Pikachu stopped urging him on. She just trembled her butterfly wings, her gaze locked on the faintly glowing spot by the lake.
For Roland, however, the post-battle cleanup had just begun.
He strode toward the slowly dissipating remains of the Void Mayflies.
Just as it always did after he completely finished off an enemy, the power of [Plundering] had already done its work in silence.
An invisible hand of Law had precisely stripped away the most cherished or valuable possessions from the depths of these Otherworld creatures' souls and materialized them.
A dozen or so motes of light were scattered on the ground.
