Benjamin immediately said to William, "Hand him over to Eliza."
The battle here was basically over. Someone was cleaning up the battlefield, dealing with the corpses of the monsters. Shawn saw Jason Tangel—it turns out he was the one who looked like an abominable giant, a Transcendent on the Barbarian Path.
Eliza was the exotic beautiful woman he had met that day. Just a glance from her left the private detective before her in a daze, almost answering every question.
"Split up." Benjamin came over briskly, saying in a deep voice, "The target escaped."
"There's only a pre-arranged ceremony here."
Clang.
The bell rang, and the mirrored space shattered.
When Shawn regained consciousness, he had returned to the real world. In the distance was a bustling crowd, and he could hear the cries of merchants below.
Ordinary people were completely unaware of all this; they didn't even know that a disaster had just been averted.
The recent battle did not affect the real world at all.
