The Second Battlefield

Reverie Town - Old Church Site.

Abandoned steel frames and pipes crisscrossed overhead, ultimately supporting a massive circular dome in the air. The sphere at the center of the dome was the second Anomalous Corruptive Breath storage device.

Anomalous Corruptive Breath poured down from the device like a scarlet waterfall, flooding into the bottomless vertical shaft below.

Likewise, with its supply source cut off and blocked, the Anomalous Corruptive Breath had gradually accumulated. Tiny Ether Crystals even floated through the air.

Several figures hurried over to the entrance of the old church site.

Leading them was a girl with red twin-tails, with a raccoon dog wearing a beret sprawled across her body.

To Yuzuha's left stood her close friend Alice, a blonde Rabbit Thiren girl. The display attached to the ribbon at her waist was her true body, though it currently showed a red crying face.

To Yuzuha's right were the octopus big sister Yidhari and the team's only boy, Boye Mato.

The four looked up at the stone in the center of the dome. It continuously spewed Corruptive Breath, making the surrounding air unbearably uncomfortable.

As though it had sensed the enemies' arrival, a low roar soon came from within the "scarlet waterfall."

"Ethereals incoming! Prepare for battle!" Mato suddenly shouted, then charged forward with his greatsword raised, taking up a fighting stance.

Not only that, but as a Rabbit Thiren, Alice possessed exceptionally sharp hearing.

When she heard rustling sounds all around them, she hurriedly turned and said to her companions, "Everyone, be careful! There are some behind us too! This Corruptive Breath will draw in nearby Ethereals!"

Yuzuha narrowed her eyes slightly at the sight, then turned to the octopus big sister beside her and asked, "Haili, how much longer until Lucia gets here?"

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