Everyone turned their eyes toward the city below—the "city" that had a clearly defined urban outline in Brando's eyes. Yet to everyone else, this strange "ruin" might not look like a city at all. It differed far too much from the "cities" most people here knew.
It had neither city walls nor a moat, not even any facilities that looked defensive or clearly defined boundaries. Moreover, it was far too vast—so vast that it exceeded the limits of everyone's imagination.
Especially in Princess Magdal's eyes, the place looked more like a magnificent temple, or perhaps the kingdom of the gods—the legendary Pantheon.
As everyone fell silent, Mr. Liu added, "Akentu doesn't seem to have appeared either."
"Right," Fang Qi suddenly seemed to remember something. "That Demon Lord has broken free of its seal. You should be careful. Its power at its peak was extraordinary, and from the way it looked, it doesn't intend to let us off easily."
Although everyone had already anticipated this, they still fell into silence upon receiving confirmation.
"But why isn't that Demon Lord here to intercept us?" Lian asked, puzzled. "It knew we would definitely appear here, didn't it?"
"That means dealing with us may only be its secondary objective." Brando glanced silently at the city below. "Its goal may be the same as Miss Floro's. Or perhaps it believes we can't escape anyway. It only just broke free of its seal, after all, and needs some time to familiarize itself with its restored power."
"It may be both," Aloz said in her childish voice. It seemed that after transforming into her dragon form, her voice had become even more childlike, despite the fact that she had already undergone her coming-of-age ceremony. "Demons are all unbearably arrogant. That is the one thing that makes us