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Rumble—!
The volcano, having fallen into a berserk state, continued to tremble violently, spewing scorching magma and black smoke into the sky, which spread in every direction.
Within the battered City of Blazing Flames, Salamandra's members were retreating in an orderly fashion. They looked like disaster-stricken residents, thoroughly bedraggled.
Noah, Leticia, and Pest streaked through the air as three beams of light. They watched winged dragon-like creatures carry Salamandra's injured away, yet flew in the exact opposite direction instead of retreating.
Then, at the very rear of the retreating group, the three found Sandra in the air and Mandela riding a fire dragon.
Noah, Leticia, and Pest immediately stopped mid-flight.
At the sight of Noah's group, Sandra was initially delighted, but then urgently called out.
"Everyone! A great disaster is about to strike here! Please escape the City of Blazing Flames at once!"
"You..." Mandela, meanwhile, sensed something was amiss. His face darkened as he stared fixedly at Noah.
"Where were you all before this?"
An unprecedented earthquake had struck the entire City of Blazing Flames, causing the volcano to erupt outright.
There was no way Noah's group could have failed to notice such a huge disturbance.
Yet Noah and the others had not appeared until now.
It was simply too strange.
Naturally, Noah understood Mandela's doubts. With no time to explain, he spoke directly.
"The Demon Lord Alliance broke the seal. We clashed with them before that, but in the end, the seal was still undone."
That was no excuse.
Although Noah's group had used Object Location to find Galgji and the others because