Inside the bedroom of Duke La Vallière and Duchess Karina Vallière.
"Why?"
"Why has my magic stopped working when it was perfectly fine just now?!"
Staring at the dazzling transparent barrier before her, Louise was completely bewildered.
Then, just as she subconsciously looked toward Saito Hiraga.
She suddenly noticed an increasingly distinct cracking sound coming from overhead.
It was not just her. Everyone present abruptly looked up.
They immediately saw terrifying beetles drilling through the ceiling—each one pitch-black, nearly fist-sized, and gleaming with a metallic luster!
At the same time.
Explosions, cries of alarm, and wave after wave of screams began sounding outside.
Everyone realized at once that the World Government had arrived!
"Watch out!"
"Get out of here first!"
Mimosa the Sage, a female mage nearing seventy, cast aside her usual gentle warmth and shouted a stern warning.
The moment her words fell.
The yellow emerald set at the tip of her mithril wand instantly bloomed with brilliant golden light.
The scattered golden radiance completely ignored the surrounding walls, effortlessly passing through layer after layer of obstruction and flooding every corner of the estate.
Levi, who was using Geppo to dart rapidly through the air in the corridor.
Had just sliced two guard soldiers in half at the waist with the Half-Blade Knife in his hand.
Before their warm blood could even spurt out, the dazzling golden light completely engulfed him.
[Boom!!!]
On the lawn outside the manor, Biba Amatori, Green, Chikushi, Modai, and Mumei watched as a pillar of golden light pierced through the roof and shot into the sky.
Only to be immediately blocked by a layer of warped, blurry air above.
Just as Biba Amatori had said before, Vallière Manor had already had its space sealed by the strategic Teigu, 'Eight Gates Golden Lock: Ghost Valley