When the first light of dawn appeared on the horizon, the Ancient Labyrinth City, which had been noisy, roaring, and in an uproar for nearly the entire night, finally began to settle into silence and calm.
Of course, in the vast ruins, there were always corners where discordant notes could be heard. The writhing Gold Bar Parasitic Species were still trying to find some trace of last night's targets.
When night ended and dawn broke, the Night Raid Sharks leading them—the ones who could always find their targets first—had already vanished without a trace.
The Night Raid Species were only active on their home ground, the long-dark Dark World. Once daylight came, they handed control of the place back to the Gold Bar Parasitic Species.
Sunlight tore through the dim shadows and finally fell upon a cubic stone pillar, one carved with the Mobius Ring.
Don Freecss had established more than one safe point in the Ancient Labyrinth City. This was one of them.
Gelman and the others had fought while retreating through the darkness, and not long ago, they had finally shaken off their relentless pursuers. Exhausted, they had made their way to the second safe point.
They had sustained injuries of varying severity that needed treatment, so they hurried to unseal Shubika's Medical Supplies and clean, stitch, and bandage one another's wounds.
Even the four of them, already at the summit of the Nen user hierarchy, felt heavy fatigue bearing down on them after fighting one wave after another with scarcely a pause.
Biscuit and Shizuku had slept for at least a few hours before the Night Raid arrived, while Ging had managed to sleep for an hour.
But after his shift, Gelman had lain down for less than half an hour before Ging woke him. Then he