Hidden World, Temple.
When Riezel returned here through a Gate, the solemn Temple that greeted his eyes had already partially collapsed into ruins.
People from the Temple hurried in and out everywhere. From the looks of it, quite a few had been injured and needed treatment.
The High Priest stood at the Temple's Great Gate, calmly directing everyone. Though the people around her were moving in haste, they were not in disarray.
Riezel looked at the ruined areas, his brow furrowing slightly as he walked toward the High Priest.
"You're back?"
The High Priest seemed to have noticed Riezel's return and calmly greeted him.
"We were invaded?" Riezel ignored her question and spoke bluntly. "Where are they?"
"They've already escaped." The High Priest shrugged indifferently. "The moment I received word, I rushed back using spatial magic, but unfortunately, I was still a step too late."
"Not only did they leave through the Teleportation Magic Circle, they also destroyed it."
"So we can't even pursue them."
That was what she said, but the High Priest clearly did not feel too aggrieved.
Because the losses were minor.
Quite a few people had been injured, but almost no one had died.
Thus, although they had been invaded and the teleportation Magic Circle had been destroyed, losses of this degree were clearly within the High Priest's acceptable range.
But Riezel was not in such a good mood.
After all, Shalti had already said that the Holy Temple's purpose this time was to destroy the Magic Circle in the Hidden World that connected to the outside world, as well as to search for something.
The High Priest had not said which Teleportation Magic Circle had been destroyed, but Riezel did not need to think hard to know that it had to be the one leading