The motley pillar of light soaring from the cathedral district swayed in the night sky, painting Eloria City into a bizarre tableau.
The shrill alarms tore through the heavens as countless figures began rushing toward the pillar of light, and the city gradually descended into chaos.
Benjamin and the others had originally thought that after causing such a huge commotion, escaping the Royal Capital would be extremely difficult.
Seraphina's presence had been reduced to almost nothing. It was her unique talent; even if she encountered a Demigod head-on, she could still buy precious time to escape.
Complex radiance flickered around Kaelen's body, faint green light lingered around Anya, and dense runes danced at Rex's fingertips.
Beyond their individual talents, the group did not hesitate to take out high-rank Wizard Artifacts and cast protective wizardry upon themselves.
Rex had even arranged his army of constructs in advance, waiting in a hidden forest somewhere on the outskirts, ready to provide support at any moment.
If the enemy deployed Demigod-level forces, this massive cluster of constructs would immediately self-destruct, buying them time to flee at the cost of delaying the enemy.
Yet, to everyone's surprise, their escape went exceptionally smoothly.
Although the Royal Capital was in utter turmoil and the alarms rang through the sky, strangely, no higher-ups capable of actually taking charge ever appeared.
It was as though the entire kingdom's upper echelon, including over a dozen Legend-rank powerhouses, had secretly vanished.
"Strange..." A powerful sense of doubt rose within Benjamin.
This sort of chaos was not an inevitable result of activating the array.
On the contrary, this state of "a host of dragons without a head" seemed more like something else was secretly obstructing the Royal Capital's command system.
"Could someone else be making a move?"
"Not sure..."
"But it's good