"Tap... tap tap..."
The sound of gravel rolling echoed through the space.
In this area still filled with dust, rubble and ruins had become the only theme.
London's skyscrapers had all been reduced to ruins.
The once neat, clean roads were piled high with debris.
No one would believe it, would they?
This scene, as if it had suffered a fierce artillery bombardment, had been created in less than a few minutes.
If there had still been people in this area, there would surely have been terrifying casualties, with bodies either buried beneath the rubble or strewn across the ruins.
Although the magicians of the Amakusa-Style Church had survived, their situation was no longer as favorable as it had been at the start.
"----"
A suffocatingly heavy atmosphere hung over the Amakusa-Style Church.
The reason was simple.
The Amakusa-Style Church had reached the end of the road.
"Tap tap tap tap...!"
Powerful footsteps continuously rang out from every direction.
"Clang clang clang clang...!"
Amid the clatter of longswords and shields, groups of knights gathered here.
There were roughly a thousand of them.
And the number was still rising.
Everyone from the Knight Faction was converging on this place.
Having lost their mobility and ability to resist, the Amakusa-Style Church was instantly surrounded by the Knight Faction's massive army.
"Boom!"
Amid synchronized stomps, the knights in formation advanced toward the Amakusa-Style Church.
"Urgh..."
Everyone from the Amakusa-Style Church retreated at once, as though intimidated.
Under such circumstances, the Amakusa-Style Church was forced back before a stretch of ruins, their retreat cut off.
That was the current situation.
"Is this the end?"
"P-Please don't give up!"
Tatemiguya Itsuki, who had likewise gripped his strange-looking sword, spoke in a somewhat self-destructive tone, drawing Gohwa's uneasy reply.
"Miss Sylvia..."
"It's all right. Don't worry."