"So, what did you people do to let the Demon Army break into the royal capital?"
Airi waved her wand, effortlessly sweeping away the enemies around her before turning to Kaori with a question. Faced with Airi's inquiry, Kaori's expression became complicated.
"Kōki... betrayed humanity!"
"Huh???"
"I don't know what happened, but Kōki defected to the demons. Earlier, he used some strange method to manipulate the King, the Pope, and the others..."
At this, Kaori clenched her teeth. Back in the Main Hall, Kōki had demanded that Kaori and the others surrender, or he would brand them enemies of God. Naturally, Kaori refused to give in, so Ama-no-kawa Kōki directly ordered the manipulated Royal Guard Knights to attack Kaori and the others.
At first, Kaori and the others fought as they retreated. Those people had been manipulated by Kōki, and they were all familiar faces, so the girls found it difficult to strike lethally. But Ama-no-kawa Kōki on the other side seemed not to care about their former friendship at all, relentlessly pursuing and attacking them.
Fortunately, Airi's illusion training had not been for nothing. The moment Kaori realized things were going badly, she had her friend throw a flash grenade and blast straight through the floor. Then the group fled into the sewers in a miserable state, barely escaping Kōki's pursuit.
After that, they had planned to leave and figure out what to do. Yet when Kaori and the others finally crawled out of the sewers, they discovered that the entire royal capital had already become a sea of flames. After stopping a soldier to question him, Kaori learned that the great barrier protecting the royal capital had been shattered, and the Demon Army had suddenly appeared in the skies above the city and launched an assault. At the