Inside a three-story building in Lube City, several Contractors stared in shock as Lube's Embrace slowly collapsed.
"Was this really necessary...? What's the point of going this far?"
"There's no reasoning with madmen. Either hand over the World Core or fight them to the death. This is just a greeting."
"Bluffing."
"Look, over there..."
The corner of a female Contractor's mouth twitched. She had spotted an insect. They were densely packed, covering the buildings across half the city.
In less than half an hour, Lube City was no longer peaceful. According to Apocalypse Paradise's plan, they were supposed to engage Reincarnation Paradise in street battles throughout the city. But judging from the current situation, some of Reincarnation Paradise's madmen seemed intent on flattening the entire city.
What surprised Apocalypse Paradise's Contractors even more was that the Contractors with influence within Xisbaning's government received word that the government was going to evacuate the civilians from Lube City.
When Lube City came under attack, Xisbaning's higher-ups didn't think about counterattacking first. Instead, they chose to evacuate the ordinary civilians—a decision made out of helplessness.
Ao Nightmare had given them two choices: evacuate all the civilians from Lube City, or have the capital bombarded with lethal gas shells. They had to choose one.
At first, Xisbaning's higher-ups thought Ao Nightmare was ridiculous, until an unexploded lethal gas shell landed in Xisbaning's capital.
Ao Nightmare had negotiated with Xisbaning's higher-ups in a slightly amused tone. His exact words had been: "We're not devils. We'll give you five minutes to think it over. After five minutes, more than a hundred gas shells will be dropped on Xisbaning's capital.
"The gas shell stuck into the capital's government building isn't a joke." Xisbaning's higher-ups had compromised, surrendering for the sake of their own lives and those of