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Baruba Empire, Royal City...
When Kotori used a Return Scroll to teleport herself and Xie Ming to the Imperial Island, the aftershock from Tohka's 'Sandalphon—Last Sword (Halvanhelev)' and Origami's 'Metatron—Artelif', their terrifying strongest attacks amplified by Miku's 'Gabriel—March', finally began to subside within the Baruba Empire's Royal City, which had been reduced to ruins.
"Hmm..."
After enduring the aftershock produced by the strongest attacks of the two Spirit girls, Tohka and Origami, amplified by Miku, the city defenders who had originally been retreating were once again strewn across the ground. Rubble and broken stones were piled atop them as they cried out in pain without end.
"Roar..."
"Awooo..."
"Whimper..."
The Magical Beast Legion brought by Xie Ming had fared no better. In fact, their plight was even more miserable than that of the city defenders in the Baruba Empire's Royal City. Many were covered in blood, letting out weak cries as they struggled desperately on the ground, yet could not rise.
The sky, once densely packed with flying magical beasts like a swarm of locusts, had become empty again. Clearly, the shockwave had blown those flying magical beasts into some unknown corner of the desert. Sand and smoke filled every corner of the battlefield, blurring everyone's vision.
Thus, an extremely miserable scene unfolded within the Baruba Empire's Royal City, whose entire ground had collapsed inward and formed an enormous crater.
Only the group of Spirit girls, Goda, Kolon, Will, Ge Bi, and the seven Ninth Order Magical Beasts had remained unaffected by the shockwave. Or rather, they had been affected only slightly. Unlike the other city defenders and magical beasts, they had not fallen all over the