In the desert, the sandstorm still raged.
Before long, beneath the sand and grit swirling through the sky, the ravine was filled in.
The enormous trench gouged out by the massive beam vanished beneath the sand.
In an instant, the scene returned to how it had been at the beginning.
No one would have been able to tell that a battle had taken place here.
"A Bal Masqué Patrol Officer sent to destroy an Outermost Dwelling Key Point?"
Fang Li emerged from the dark brown flames that were gradually dissipating, completely uninjured as though nothing had happened, and stroked his chin.
"It seems quite a few things really have happened in this world."
At the very least, if Bal Masqué was taking such action, then it did not look like they intended to maintain their former localized conflicts with the Flame Haze Warriors.
Of course, the conflict between Flame Haze Warriors and Crimson Realm Denizens had always been irreconcilable. Perhaps Bal Masqué had simply discovered this Outermost Dwelling Key Point and intended to eliminate it, with no other motive.
However...
"Still, it's hard to imagine that cunning Chief of Staff doing nothing after such major incidents occurred."
The discovery of Reiji Maigo.
The fall of the Starry Sky Palace.
And Alastor's incomplete manifestation from before.
One event after another had already spread the scent of gunpowder through the air.
Therefore, Fang Li felt that Bal Masqué was preparing for a major operation.
"But if that's the case, isn't sending just one person a little too few?"
The one who said this was Sylvia, who had restored her heavy artillery-type Imperial Armament to its Activation Body state and walked over through the blowing sand.
"Destroying a Key Point is an operation, no matter how you look at it, isn't it?" Sylvia