Howling wind, sand, and dust blanketed the rivers and earth. The boundless wilderness stretched into the distant horizon. Above the sky, a pitch-black blazing sun burned without cease, illuminating the land before them and that sacred, solemn royal city.
Lothric.
"What is this?"
"What exactly is going on?"
"What's happening?"
Fang Zheng had pulled the entirety of London into Fūka. Thus, every Magus currently within London had been utterly shaken by this change.
"Y-you... what exactly are you trying to do?"
Standing beneath the city gates, Lord El-Melloi II looked at Red Ponytail above and clenched his fists as he asked in a low voice. Fang Zheng merely chuckled, then raised the greatsword in his hand and pointed it at the Clock Tower opposite him.
"I am Thousand Tree Clan's representative, the Magical Girl Red Ponytail."
The girl's voice was not loud, yet it clearly passed through the barrier and rang in everyone's ears.
"Now, on behalf of Thousand Tree Clan, I formally declare war on the Mage's Association and the Clock Tower. Lords of the Twelve Families who control the Clock Tower and the Mage's Association, your era is over. Your ideals have vanished. For the sake of the world, for humanity's future and survival, we of Thousand Tree Clan hereby declare total war on the Mage's Association! We will erase everyone's Magic Crest and completely destroy the Clock Tower! From this moment onward, the age in which Magi lived for the Root and could attain supreme status merely by relying on Magic Crests and family influence has ended! New magic, new rules, and a new order—we of Thousand Tree Clan will decide them!"
What!?
Hearing the voice in their ears, nearly every Magus was stunned. They looked at one another, momentarily not even knowing how to react.
Naturally,