"Wh-what... is going on...?"
Staring at the scene before him, Kojo spoke in bewilderment.
There, atop the ruins of the completely collapsed Ancient Saint Hall, shrouded in black smoke, stood another unfamiliar building.
It was a prison surrounded by thick iron walls and barbed wire, resembling a military fortress.
The original cathedral had vanished, replaced by this prison—a real prison.
It was the genuine Prison Barrier.
However, it should have existed within Natsuki's dream.
But now, the dream had been completely severed by Minelauva Iris, and the true Prison Barrier had broken free of the dream and manifested in the outside world.
Naturally, the prisoners within it had all appeared here as well.
They were criminals who radiated vicious auras from every inch of their bodies.
One after another, the criminals appeared before the Prison Barrier, entering the view of Luo Zhen and the others. They stared in this direction, but their eyes seemed somewhat vacant.
Only a few people standing at the very front of the criminals looked this way with clear eyes filled with their own will.
There were six such people in total.
One was a young man with short dreadlocks, dressed in colorful layered clothing and low-waisted jeans. His entire outfit had a streetwise flair, and he looked no different from a delinquent.
Another was a sexy beauty with bluish-purple hair. She radiated a decadent aura and a lascivious charm, while the extremely revealing clothes beneath her long coat gave her a seductive air.
Another was a refined young man in what looked like a martial arts uniform, wearing glasses and appearing harmless to both humans and animals.
Another was a mercenary in armor, carrying a greatsword over his shoulder and wearing a blank expression.
There was also a short old man in clothing resembling a