"Woo--"
The shrill roar echoed between the towering buildings.
The violent sudden rain streamed down like blood, splashing up flecks of crimson mist.
An indescribable atmosphere permeated the air. Twisted savagery gradually spread along with the drifting mist.
Scarlet specks covered the pupils of pedestrians waiting by the roadside. They turned to look at those around them, their expressions gradually twisting into madness.
"What is this?" Standing atop the small tavern, the Red Haired Woman frowned deeply and suppressed the violent emotions surging from the depths of her heart. "Some kind of mental influence?"
"This is Dark Lizard's ability." The Old Man before her raised his head slightly and turned his gaze southward.
Invisible ripples stirred in several places throughout the city, seemingly reacting to the crimson savagery, yet they quickly dissipated.
Those flickering powers appeared so swiftly that the Red Haired Woman only vaguely caught one location in the northeast: the Julia Family Building.
At that moment, an invisible ripple emerged from the southernmost edge of the city. It swept across the world's bottom layer like some invisible barrier, enveloping the city overhead.
The sky was still blood-red, but the twisted, violent emotions silently dissipated like snowflakes falling into water.
The falling raindrops passed through the invisible barrier in the sky. They still carried faint traces of scarlet, but were far less concentrated than before. When they landed in one's hand, they turned into clear drops of water.
"Did that person in South City make a move?" The Red Haired Woman looked south and murmured, "Dark Lizard's power can awaken people's violent, murderous emotions and make them slaughter one another? Does it gain some kind of replenishment from that? That person in South City protected the city?"
She paused, looked at the Old Man before her, and suddenly asked,