"Exactly." A voice came from inside the room. Sidney and Veronica emerged from another chamber, their faces stern. From Veronica's expression alone, it was clear that things there were just as bad as they were here.
Kouhua came out of the room on the left. This building was a small sanctuary, originally belonging to some deity of the arts. But after the Gods had departed more than a thousand years ago, it had long since become a public gathering place. They were in the sanctuary's main hall, while two smaller rituals were taking place simultaneously in the side halls on either side.
There were dead bodies everywhere there as well.
"They're utterly lawless." Veronica's gloomy expression was even darker than the holy maiden statue in the Lion Sanctuary Palace. The latter was a cleric, while she was a soldier. Soldiers were even less tolerant of cowards who hid their identities and ran rampant across Imperial territory.
This did nothing to affect Kouhua's mood, however. The she-wolf still wore an indifferent expression, as though she were merely an outsider watching everything unfold. Evil Gods and the Twilight Species were both enemies of humanity, but there was no connection between the two. The pride of a pureblood Twilight Species was no less than that of the Godborn, so she had every reason to look down on these defective products.
Three Valkyries followed behind her. These tall, graceful heroic spirits, their bodies ablaze with pale flames, always drew a second glance.
The nobles all looked over, but the Valkyries gazed straight ahead, displaying the true bearing of soldiers.
By this point, Brando could no longer afford to conceal anything. He had revealed all the forces under his command. His overt and covert strength was so formidable that even the Empire's former chancellor had