The night was deep. In previous years, even at night on the day of the God Festival, High Wall City had been brightly lit and bustling. But this year, after the daytime celebrations ended, the city imposed a long-absent curfew.
During the day, torrential blood rain had fallen, and many people had personally witnessed the statue of the God of Everlasting Life in Central Park come alive. As a result, tonight's curfew went exceptionally smoothly.
A demonic eagle used the cover of night to glide into the main grounds of the Healing Institute, then flew into the room containing the deputy director's office.
"Damn it, you actually ate a midnight snack without calling me."
Baha landed on the desk. His feathers were somewhat disheveled. From his appearance, it looked as though some sharp-clawed creature had caught him and given him a thorough rubbing.
The truth was more or less the same. During the upheaval on the God Festival, everyone had originally thought the Duke was planning trouble. But the Vardy Family, one of the four great factions, had directly played a royal flush. Compared with that, whatever the Duke had been preparing barely counted as trouble.
Judging from the current situation, the Vardy Family's known plan was to exploit the special nature of the God Festival, steal part of the God of Everlasting Life's divine power, and use it to summon many extraterrestrial beings. This had caused the Vardy Family manor in the North District to mutate beyond recognition. It already resembled a "danger zone."
The so-called extraterrestrial beings might not have come from other Native Worlds or the Void. They might exist in places such as the "interstice" or the "Abyssal Corrosion Zone."
Under ordinary circumstances, unless one had reached the point of utter madness, no one would truly