Fall of the Marquises

But more often than not, things were accompanied by countless unexpected twists.

Just as the Duke was in mortal danger, the three Marquises besieging him suddenly sensed something amiss.

In the northwestern sky above the battlefield, the vast black night sky suddenly twisted violently, and some colossal entity emerged from the void. An immense, scalp-tingling sense of danger instantly enveloped the three of them.

"What is that?!"

On the battlefield, as he was focusing all his strength on besieging Duke Carlot, Marquis Beihim could only spare a sliver of his awareness to probe toward the source of that danger.

"That is... Sky City! A Sky City of unknown origin!"

On the other side, Marquis Anlita and Marquis Emeraldscape's expressions changed drastically when they saw what had arrived.

Marquis Emeraldscape in particular instinctively took a step back. He had previously been caught in Sky City's self-destruction, which had annihilated his true body. Seeing this thing again now, he feared that it might suddenly charge at him and self-destruct once more.

"The situation has changed. We don't know whether they are friend or foe. Speed up—we must leave behind Winter's Chill before that thing gets here! Otherwise, once they are prepared next time, it will be difficult to find another opportunity as good as this."

Marquis Beihim's thought echoed like thunder. At the same time, an ancient gray-white lantern abruptly appeared in his hand.

The lantern was currently unlit. But as Marquis Beihim, wearing an expression of painful reluctance, poured his spirituality mixed with Rule Power into it, a tiny pale-blue flame suddenly ignited within its transparent lampshade.

Under the illumination of that seemingly incomparably faint pale-blue light, the Duke's Rule Domain was instantly pierced and dissolved. Like shadows driven away by light, only a thin layer around his body remained, still