Fifteen days later.
It was still that same city.
Only now, it no longer possessed its former tranquility and peace.
The cries of living creatures, the crackle of burning objects, the howling of wild winds, the chewing sounds of flesh being torn apart by sharp teeth...
Countless sounds converged here.
Like a march from purgatory, symbolizing the most primal death and terror!
The eye-catching crimson flames and scarlet blood formed all manner of incomparably beautiful yet bewitching scenery.
Dyeing the entire monotonous world a glaring red!
Intoxicating!
Set against such a scene.
The truth was obviously clear.
This city had already fallen!
In barely more than ten days!
And most of that time had actually been spent traveling...
The actual fighting had taken less than four days in total.
Right now.
On a street littered with shattered corpses and the wreckage of buildings.
A massive pit a hundred meters across and more than forty meters deep cleaved the street in two.
Within it, several figures stood around the corpse at the center, looking somewhat troubled.
Without exception, they were all high-ranking Mind Flayers—Mind Flayer Elders!
Each possessed the power to command a city!
One of them held up the corpse's mangled head. Without hesitation, it extended its mouthparts inside.
Slowly sucking up the brain matter within, part of which had already been destroyed.
Before long.
It withdrew its mouthparts, its expression gloomy as it answered its companions around it.
"Another useless meal. They used magic in advance to cover parts of their brains, preventing us from reading their memories and knowledge."
This was not the first time such a thing had happened.
Ever since they had conquered this city.
Although they had successfully captured some high-ranking personnel and eaten their brains.
Because of the various precautions their enemies had prepared