Exorcist.
The people in Washington D.C. bore the brunt of it.
The Divine Prefecture Embassy could not protect everyone in Washington D.C... Those too far away could not make it there either, so defensive circles of all sizes quickly formed, made up of various nonhumans and local law enforcement.
Most of these centered on the lodgings of the teams participating in the Arena Competition.
"...What's going on?"
"I don't know..."
The nonhumans resisting the Death Apostles' invasion suddenly noticed something unusual... Most people had begun praying at the same time, without any prompting.
Prayer itself was nothing strange. After all, praying to God was perfectly normal throughout Western civilization, especially when disaster struck.
Yet at this very moment, the object of their prayers was not that traditional figure, but another, unfamiliar name.
That made it downright eerie!
If the dignitaries of the Holy See heard them, wouldn't they angrily denounce them as heretics?
But those praying seemed possessed, and they were spreading it to their companions... It was spiraling out of control.
The Divine Prefecture Embassy.
After Zhong Luoyue and Elizabeth were settled in, they soon regained consciousness... It had to be said that vampires' powers of recovery were among the best of any nonhuman species.
The two soon learned the general course of events from a medical attendant—the signal flare they had fired had been spotted by two Round Table Knights, who had successfully brought them back.
A woman named Rose had come with them—the woman they had helped before losing consciousness.
Rose had yet to wake up and was currently resting in the next room.
The sky outside the window was still dark... In the distance, they could still vaguely see the silver palace in the sky—and a huge black vortex.
"What is that...?" Zhong Luoyue's expression