Academy City, outer wall.
Beyond the towering walls, a scene straight out of hell was unfolding across the vast expanse of land.
"Ah..."
"Ugh..."
Mercenaries lay scattered across the ground like worthless trash. Some groaned in agony, others cried out in pain, every one of them grievously wounded and hovering on the brink of death.
Those were the lucky ones who had survived.
A closer look revealed that many mercenaries had long since stopped breathing, their bodies riddled with holes as they lay one after another in pools of blood, their eyes still open in death.
All five thousand mercenaries lay sprawled across the equally battered ground, not a single one able to stand.
At the center of that hellish scene stood several people.
"Is that it?"
Accelerator spoke with extreme impatience.
"Tch..."
Mugino Shizuri looked equally displeased.
The two Espers were clearly in terrible moods.
After all, they had done nothing but cleanup work from the very beginning. For two Espers who had never had particularly good tempers, it was genuinely starting to wear on their patience.
Mugino Shizuri in particular had suffered such a crushing defeat against Kakine Teitoku that she had not even gotten the chance to settle the score. Afterward, Fang Li had forcibly dragged her onto the same boat and made her act according to his instructions. It would have been strange if she were in a good mood.
As for Accelerator, he had probably learned from Yuzuriha Awaki, whom he had contacted earlier, that the venue was facing the danger of being blown up. Thinking of Last Order's safety, he was likely too agitated to calm down.
However, Accelerator did not act on his own.
Yuzuriha Awaki had also said that Fang Li had suddenly vanished through some unknown method.
And even now, there