Aftermath

A week later, in Friedenburg City, a hundred kilometers from what had once been Faerun City.

Friedenburg was the second-largest city in Northwest Province. After Faerun City was swallowed by another dimension, it became the province's new capital.

Seven days had passed, but news of the unprecedented earthquake that had destroyed Faerun City and killed over a million people, along with its follow-up reports, still dominated the front pages of the Kingdom's major newspapers.

The Lorenzo Kingdom had officially announced that it was urgently dispatching two divisions to Faerun City to aid in the rescue and search for any possible survivors.

In truth, nothing remained where Faerun City had stood except Saint Tower Academy and a barren wasteland. All million-plus residents had died. There was no one to rescue.

The government had dispatched the two divisions to seal off the former site of Faerun City. Under the pretext of disaster relief, it tried to keep the truth from spreading. The 45th and 46th Divisions stationed there had both been wiped out, leaving the government's forces in Northwest Province stretched thin.

Despite every effort to conceal it, people inevitably uncovered what had happened in Faerun City. The revelations caused an uproar among the Lorenzo Kingdom's upper ranks and gradually spread to other countries, shaking many to their core.

As the story spread, so did the Nature Church's fearsome reputation. To sacrifice a city of over a million people for selfish gain—what audacity, what brutality, what cold-blooded cruelty!

Only fourteen people had survived the disaster in Faerun City, including two Legendary Rank Transcendents: Director Hiddink and Headmaster Nikolayevich.

According to the official account, the two Legendary powerhouses had fought desperately until they finally drove off High Priest Sonic of the Nature Church, bringing the catastrophe to an end. Both had suffered grave