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City Swallower…? Leon retorted inwardly, horrified at the absurdity of the name.
It was a scale that defied reason. The Freedom City Blaine was more than four times the size of an average mid-sized territory, and its population exceeded tenfold. Was it really possible for an exolaw to completely annihilate it in one blow?
Just hearing about a grand ritual that sacrificed thousands of lives to slaughter tens of thousands more in a blood-chilling human offering made his skin crawl.
El-Cid explained, —It’s such an attention-grabbing act that ninety-nine out of a hundred attempts fail, but the problem is that even one success means catastrophe.
It’s succeeded before?
—Why else would there be records? Exolaws, by their nature, only reveal their purpose after they’re activated. Most of the countermeasures the Church has against exolaws were created only after the fact.
As Leon mulled over El-Cid’s words, he asked again, Then what’s the countermeasure against the City Swallower? There’s got to be something—we’re not walking into this blind, are we?
Instead of answering straight away as usual, El-Cid groaned briefly. It wasn’t a good sign for Leon who had hoped for a swift, confident answer like always. His face tensed on instinct.
If there really was no way to stop the City Swallower, then the only viable move...
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