Lor studied the players around him. They seemed no different from ordinary players.
Yet with so many of them standing together, there was not a sound.
They were not holding their breath in concentration, but...
They were not breathing!
Startled, Lor examined them more carefully. Then he realized that not only were these players not breathing, their chests did not rise or fall at all. They did not even seem to have heartbeats.
This... this...
The situation was utterly beyond Lor's imagination. The player, known for his cowardice, quickly curled up in a corner of the house-not because it offered much concealment. In fact, with the walls and roof torn away, there was nowhere in the room to hide.
The real reason was that there was a secret passage here.
A secret passage leading out of Edge Street.
He had dug it himself, and it was one of the main reasons he had chosen this place.
Neither Qin Ran nor Sekeli paid Lor any attention.
Qin Ran swept his gaze over the densely packed crowd.
And Sekeli?
He began laughing again.
"Flame Demon, enjoy!"
"This is the feast I've prepared for you!"
Bang!
Amid his laughter, Sekeli's entire body burst apart.
Flesh and blood flew everywhere. His thick blood turned into a cloud of mist that filled what had once been the room, trapping Qin Ran firmly inside.
With that explosion, the densely packed crowd around them began whispering.
Sinister, filthy voices buzzed.
The sky suddenly darkened.
The artificial sun above Giant City was blotted out.
Darkness shrouded all of Edge Street like a canopy.
Streaks of crimson rapidly emerged within the darkness.
Like smoke, like mist.
Eventually, they became wispy strands.
The crimson strands abruptly straightened, stretching across the entire canopy. Then... they slowly opened!
Just like an ordinary