A Flaw

Torrential rain, howling winds, lightning... When all three converged upon the Upper City, the scene outside was no different from the end of the world.

"Azure Fort... is finished."

Quite a few people sat down on the ground, pale-faced, as though they had already given up resisting.

Even Count Cleveland himself, usually as steady as Mount Tai, revealed a trace of weariness.

Before a natural disaster, an individual's strength was truly insignificant. But as the leader of the group, he absolutely could not let such thoughts show.

Yet Fumi noticed something strange.

Those Lesser Evil Spirits had not seized the chance to surround them and savagely assault the house where they had taken shelter. Instead, they had vanished without a trace.

Why? Could the enemy be trying to use fear to torment its opponents properly?

He walked to the window, cautiously craned his head out, and was startled to discover that the Lesser Evil Spirits were frantically fleeing from the Heavenly Thunder!

Several small Demon Seeds were struck by the blinding lightning and instantly turned into wisps of green smoke.

And that was not all. Even the distant Twin Holy Icon reacted visibly to the Heavenly Thunder—it unfurled its enormous wings and continuously fired feathers, using those split-off Lesser Evil Spirits to withstand the falling lightning, as though it did not want the thunderbolts to strike its own body!

A strange thought suddenly surfaced in Fumi's mind.

Could it be that this thunder had not been summoned by the Lesser Evil Spirits?

When he shared this discovery with everyone, their spirits immediately lifted.

More people climbed to their feet and ran to the windows to observe the situation outside.

"Look! That huge Lesser Evil Spirit looks like it can't hold on much longer!"

"Fumi was right—the lightning is targeting the