In the outskirts of the underground city, mana and curse power clashed, causing quite a commotion.
The residents all noticed what was happening and began to panic.
"Isn't that where those monsters live?"
"Could they have finally lost their savage instincts?"
"Damn it, I knew those Humanoid Demon Scarabs couldn't be trusted!"
"They're finally showing their true colors!"
"Go inform His Holiness the Pope!"
"Quick!"
The residents gathered in groups of two or three, making this extremely rash decision, then ran toward the Aries Imperial Palace.
Clearly, they had wanted to do this for a long time. Their hostility toward anyone who wasn't one of their kind was now unmistakable.
Ripa and Chris, who had run out of the Aries Imperial Palace, also saw the scene, and both their expressions changed.
"Who's fighting whom?"
Ripa was stunned.
"Who else could it be?"
Chris could only smile bitterly.
In this underground city, there were only two people capable of releasing such immense mana and curse power and opposing each other.
"Could it be Rorerei and Miss Emily?"
Ripa immediately thought of it as well, and his face turned green.
Staging a battle between humans and insects in a place like this was practically the greatest shock imaginable for the residents.
Sure enough, as soon as they saw such a disturbance coming from the direction where the Demon Scarabs lived, the residents immediately assumed that the Demon Scarabs were attacking maliciously. This was no laughing matter.
Besides, even setting aside the possibility that the sensitive residents might make an issue of it, just considering the strength of those two—if they truly got serious, wouldn't this entire underground city be destroyed?
At that thought, Ripa could no longer stand by.
"No! We have to stop them immediately!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Ripa activated