The enormous Serpent Shadow swooped down from the sky, instantly sweeping aside the figures trying to approach.
De Norne, who had been running at the front, bore the brunt of it and was flung straight out, crashing onto the ground.
Several figures beside him also rolled across the ground and landed near him.
The blood-red sky shrouded the land, and the twilight glow spread across everyone's wounds and bloodstains.
Dense packs of wolves surged in from every direction, surrounding everyone within a small circle.
"Cough—"
De Norne coughed up a mouthful of blood, raised his head, glanced at the tightly shut doors behind the giant serpent, and lowered his gaze slightly.
"De Norne, are you still going to struggle?" A long-haired man with disheveled hair draped over his shoulders raised his head and looked at De Norne, saying mockingly, "Your only way out now is to join the Anomaly Association. The church is short on people right now. The Archbishop will surely entrust you with an important position."
De Norne raised his head and glanced at the long-haired man, but his gaze did not fall on him. Instead, it rested on a figure hidden in the shadows behind him, whose graceful silhouette was faintly visible.
Then he lowered his head to look at a dimly glowing button in his hand and fell silent for a moment.
"Cut the bullshit," a young man beside De Norne roared at the long-haired man. "We'll never surrender. We either live or die."
Boom—
A streak of shadowy radiance slashed through the sky, instantly stabbing toward the young man who had spoken.
Bang—
De Norne reached out from the side and caught the shadowy radiance directly. Blood glowing green slowly flowed through the gaps between his clenched fingers, dripping onto the barren earth.
"That doesn't