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As time passed, the night grew deeper by the moment.
Within the ruined capital, large numbers of Demon Spirits remained active, making the ancient, dilapidated city far livelier than it was during the day.
From time to time, the Elf Users hiding in every corner of the ruined capital could even hear roars filled with resentment, sending chills through their hearts.
Those roars came either from violent Demon Spirits or undead-like Wasted Spirits.
In such a city, the Elf Users from the four nations—the Austia Empire, the Alphas Theocracy, the Sanctified Lugia Kingdom, and the Dragunia Dragon Principality—continued to contend against one another, putting on a spectacular Spirit Sword Dance Festival.
Gradually, the eerily bustling atmosphere of the ruined capital began to fade.
The Demon Spirits began to conceal themselves.
The Wasted Spirits slowly vanished from where they stood.
The sky gradually brightened as dawn arrived.
However, even with dawn upon them, the sky remained gray and overcast, as lifeless as a cloudy day.
"Though even if the weather were nice at a time like this, I wouldn't be happy anyway."
With that thought in mind, Noah walked down the broad yet somewhat dilapidated street, continuing forward.
Noah's destination was the center of the ruined capital.
There stood an extremely grand cathedral.
It was said that, before the ruined capital had been ravaged by the Spirit War, it had been a place where the spirits who built the city worshipped the Spirit Kings.
Now, thousands of years later, the Spirit War had reduced the city