(Heartfelt thanks to 'Broken Remnant Star, Shattered Moon, Severed Horizon' for the 1888 reward! And thanks to 'Drowning Mammoth,' 'Brother Cheng Betrayed Me,' 'Lei Xiang,' 'Yunqi Qinggu,' 'npctaojie,' and 'Sui Feng Qi Wu' for their rewards!)
Flames raged, pouring their scorching heat across the ground without restraint...
The slowly burning Crimson Lotus Flames mercilessly incinerated everything within the DEM branch. Even the refined steel covering every building, specially designed to defend against Spacequake disasters, showed signs of melting beneath the blaze.
Under such circumstances, if an ordinary person stepped into the sea of Crimson Lotus Flames, they would likely be burned to ashes in an instant. Even wizards capable of operating CR-Units would probably suffer considerable injuries without deploying a Territory.
Of course, no one would foolishly remain in the inferno to be burned. All the ordinary people in the DEM branch had already entered the underground shelters and escaped disaster, while the DEM wizards each carried an Andersnatch into the air, arriving behind Westcott and Ellen.
After glancing at the headquarters below, now engulfed in flames, then looking toward the five figures floating in a line ahead, even the most dim-witted DEM wizards could understand what was happening.
Clearly, DEM had been attacked!
And their attackers were the Spirits they had always hunted!
At that thought, the DEM wizards were immediately at a loss. The reversal of hunter and prey had dealt them a resounding slap across the face, catching them completely off guard.
It was not just the DEM wizards. Even Ellen herself found it hard to believe that DEM had been attacked by Spirits. After all, in Ellen's eyes, Spirits had always been prey.
Westcott, who had been floating in the air with Ellen's support, was the first to react. He swept his gaze across the entire