After that red-gold sword light that had torn through heaven and earth faded away, tranquility returned to the sky above the battlefield.
Jackson had vanished.
Along with his massive Demonic Body and the nearly thousand portions of Sin Karma he had devoured, he had been erased completely.
The wind swept past, carrying across the battlefield the fresh scent left behind by burning Holy Flame.
Everyone stood frozen in place, staring blankly at the spot where Jackson had disappeared.
A longbow slipped from one player's hands and clattered onto the stone bricks, yet he showed no reaction.
It was over.
The monster that had devoured more than a thousand companions and transformed into the Demon Lord of Jealousy had been annihilated by a single sword strike.
He had not even been given room to struggle.
"Run!"
Someone let out a shrill scream, shattering the frozen atmosphere.
The hundred or so remaining players infected by Envy finally broke free from that absolute Divine Might of Judgment, their last shred of reason utterly crushed by their instinct to survive.
They shrieked and scattered like headless flies, wishing their parents had given them two more legs.
"What are you waiting for!" Adams suddenly turned around and roared at the guards on the wall, who were still stunned. "Pursue them! Leave no one alive!"
"Roar!"
The battle intent that had been suppressed for so long finally found an outlet at this moment.
The courtyard gates swung wide with a thunderous boom. The players, who had long since been unable to hold themselves back, surged out like a tide and gave chase to the fleeing traitors.
It was a one-sided hunt.
Without Jackson as their core of power, the players infected by Envy were like stray dogs with their spines ripped out. The strange power within