As the underground casino was destroyed in barely ten minutes and the two figures swiftly departed for their next target, a convoy of police cars rushed to the scene just over ten minutes later.
At that moment, the offices of Rome's public security authorities were in complete chaos from top to bottom!
Everyone was tense, their nerves stretched taut. The figures lurking in the shadows, people they would normally need years upon years to find a weakness in and bring down, were unbelievably falling one after another today!
They watched their superior repeatedly answer calls from a young woman, then issue loud orders that they no longer needed to worry about offending anyone!
All the officials who understood what kind of "protective umbrellas" those fallen figures had, what kind of networks of connections and interests stood behind them, and how tangled and complicated everything involved was, realized—
A privileged class even higher and more special than those powerful dignitaries—
Was launching a purge across Rome and stirring up a storm!
And at the heart of that storm, while Fang Ran and Osphia raced through ancient Rome in pursuit of the Dark Energy Crystal's whereabouts—
On the outskirts of Rome—
Within an uninhabited forest, the battle was restrained in scale, yet all the more perilous for its subtlety and concealment!
Invisible Wind Blades, capable of slicing steel and nearly impossible to detect, hid amid light and shadow before striking the air in front of the demonic horse Garon, shattering and dispersing.
"After just seeing off one opponent who fought like she had a death wish, I have to face someone even more troublesome?"
Her attacks completely ineffective, Lorraine lightly retreated in her heels. Having come to support her companion, she lowered her gaze and gave a soft laugh without the slightest