The upheaval in Lasudelan had reached the Prey Hall as well.
In the deep, shadowy corridor, Orucia stood at the entrance to the Exhibition Hall. Behind him was an open window.
Outside, crimson light had originally flickered, but in an instant, black clouds obscured the daylight, turning everything gloomy until it nearly blended with the pitch-black corridor.
Then the earth shook, and fierce winds howled.
"Lord Orucia, something seems wrong with the atmosphere in Lasudelan." Tandin, the Fire Attendant Demon wrapped in crimson robes, came to the window and shut it, instantly cutting off the clamor of the wind outside.
At a corner not far away, Grewu was curled into a ball, as though his whole being had sunk into some sorrowful emotion.
"The atmosphere in Lasudelan had already changed when the humans appeared here." A gentle voice echoed through the silent corridor.
Orucia turned and leaned against the Exhibition Hall's doorframe, all expression concealed beneath his porcelain-white mask. "Still, I hadn't expected Lasudelan to come to this."
Tandin did not quite understand what he meant by "come to this."
Orucia did not explain in response to Tandin's question. Instead, the ghostly flame eyes beneath his porcelain-white mask slowly closed. To him, the world with his eyes shut was sometimes clearer than the one with them open.
"Then will these changes affect your plans, my lord?" Tandin asked worriedly.
"Who knew?"
What had happened had happened. The upheaval was now an established fact, and they could only accept it. Even if it truly affected him, Orucia would still have no choice but to proceed.
All he could say was that those Great Demons from the so-called Void Giant Tower were truly unreliable.
Orucia straightened and turned to look at the Exhibition Hall's doors.
The doors were not closed. Unlike the