Locke sat atop the Rainbow Peacock and gazed across Golden Crown Mountain. Demon World Storms had descended throughout the district, and the giant demon beast rampaged unchecked, throwing the region's Magic Tide into unprecedented chaos.
In the distance, toward Rose Paradise, Locke saw the giant beast open its mouth. A Demon World Storm erupted from the black creature, which was shaped like five fingers, and swept toward Rose Paradise.
The magical forces of both sides collided, producing a spectacle as though heaven and earth had split apart.
The vast Demon World Storm kept destroying the rose vines, but they kept growing back.
As long as the vines survived, the town would survive.
And as long as the town survived, the magic array Rose Paradise had placed over Rose Town's underground spiritual vein would remain intact.
Rose Paradise would still have a sliver of hope.
If she could hold out until the Demon World War ended, the Twin Demon World would have to leave. She did not need to defeat a demon beast with Third-Ring Level Magic Pressure. She only needed to withstand its attacks for at least a month!
The witch who led Rose Paradise watched Rose Town crumble and recover again and again. Hope flashed in her eyes.
Then the demon beast pulled the underground spiritual vein straight out of Rose Town. It bit into the subterranean channel of magical energy, chewed a few times, and swallowed it.
The Moon-Ring Witch's expression changed drastically. With the Twin Demon World devouring the vein, the arrays Rose Paradise had spent centuries laying throughout Rose Town no longer had enough magical energy to sustain them. One rose after another withered.
Roses of every color shriveled and died as the town continued to fall apart. One by one, the Rose Paradise wizards maintaining