This turn of events had nothing to do with the Guman Princess. The White Light Bullet passed smoothly through the barrier of light and struck the Guman Princess between the brows.
As the White Light Bullet entered her, the Guman Princess began changing at a rate visible to the naked eye.
The black mist surrounding her swiftly vanished—or rather, it was being absorbed into the hole the bullet had blasted into her brow.
The black mist poured backward into the wound, making for a thoroughly horrifying sight.
Yet at this moment, no one was paying attention to her. Even Isabella, who had been most interested in this soul transformation, was drawn away by the "unexpected development" elsewhere.
The disturbance came from the skies above Black Castle.
Looking up, the sky over Black Castle remained dark and overcast. Black Cloud hung low, and lightning darted through it. When the disturbance arose, a vast amount of abnormal energy suddenly gathered beneath the dense clouds, stirring the winds and clouds across the entire area.
A hurricane descended, whipping everyone's clothes into loud flapping. Broken branches and debris on the ground were swept into the air as well.
Even the Black Cloud overhead spun without pause in the hurricane, like a top filled with an electric field. At the cloud's lowest point—the pointed tip at the bottom of that "top"—was where the abnormal energy had gathered.
After a brief silence, Angel spoke first, his tone certain. "It's spatial energy."
Isabella was somewhat surprised that Angel could identify the nature of the energy so precisely. But the circumstances were unusual, and she did not dwell on it. Instead, she nodded. "Spatial energy is indeed gathering."
What did a concentration of spatial energy signify?
There were many possible explanations for similar situations, but judging from the