Their bodies collapsed helplessly, unable to rise again.
These cultists, once so arrogant and full of themselves, finally realized in terror that they had completely underestimated the strength of these seemingly harmless young men and women—the "intruders."
Fear and despair began to show in their eyes.
But at this moment,
Compared to the Resistance Army - Lannabodu - Greenlandsia Space Research Institute beneath the deep sea, this so-called Second Permanent Magnet - Lannabodu Academy—
The distant stars had also completely filled the bays of the Ryukyu Islands, boundless starlight like scattered diamonds set against the deep-blue canopy of the sky.
The shimmering sea reflected specks of starlight as well, echoing the night sky and forming a tranquil, mysterious tableau.
And beneath that brilliant starlight,
The simple little house Joyce and Triss had once visited, hidden within the gaps between Rune sigils, seemed especially quiet and lonely now.
A faint glow of runes surrounded the house, as though it stood at the intersection of time and space, silently occupying one corner of the bay.
The middle-aged woman stood before the house's door, gazing up at the vast starry sky.
Bathed in starlight, her figure appeared especially slender and solitary.
A mocking expression even curled at her lips, as though she held nothing but contempt for those trying to track them down:
"What a joke."
"Forget it. The goal has been achieved. To keep Old Constance from tracing that poor little girl Triss and finding this place instead—"
"It's time to move."
"As for my little apprentice, I hope you can travel farther down the path you have chosen."
"And I also hope that, in the future, your path will never conflict with mine."
As her final words fell,
The runic glow surrounding the house seemed to flicker faintly, as though responding