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It was pitch-dark inside the barrier-enclosed District Twenty-Five. Not a single ray of sunlight reached the ground. Perhaps it was just Leon’s imagination, but even the air felt… chilling. The atmosphere was like a graveyard at midnight.
They passed between collapsed buildings—casualties of the catapults’ barrage. Despite the debris-strewn ground, not a single footstep echoed from the five of them.
Even Caesare and Conrad, clad in full plate armor, made no clanking sounds. It was proof that their level of movement was on a completely different tier. Realizing that, Leon clenched his teeth in frustration.
He thought, I’ve still got a long way to go.
After several more minutes of advancing, the rush team came to a halt in the center of District Twenty-Five. Karen, who had been in the lead, suddenly stopped in her tracks.
Before anyone could ask, she muttered, “Stairs…”
Just as she said, there was a staircase exposed at the heart of the only intact buildings they’d seen—completely open and unhidden. Was Evil not even bothering to conceal themselves anymore?
It was steeped in a dark crimson aura, ominous and reeking of foul energy. It practically screamed, “I’m where the evil plot is happening!”
Conrad, Khan, and Caesare voiced their thoughts in turn.
“Hm. That’s suspicious.”
“Trap?”
“Even so, we can’t just ignore it.”
It was a situation that required caution. The force emanating from below wasn’t ordinary. If this was truly the path to the enemy’s base, all was well, but if it was a trap, they’d be in serious trouble. While the...
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