"So this is the New World. What's with this air of despair?"
"Captain, the light of hope in this world is like a tiny flame, as though it could go out at any moment!" a woman's clear voice rang out.
"Hmm! Could this world be going through some great cataclysm?" the man said, his voice lowering slightly.
"Captain, there's no point puzzling over it here. Let's look at the nearby human settlements, and we'll find out what's going on!"
"Hmm! Then let's go! We have to find the cause."
With that, ten figures glowing with golden light, six wings formed from pure white radiance at their backs, shot across the sky toward the distance.
"Captain, look!"
Everyone looked in the direction their teammate pointed and saw a city wall formed from enormous stone monoliths, towering into the clouds.
"It seems the disaster facing this world is a powerful one!" Recalling the deformed monsters packed across the land they had flown over, the captain could not help frowning deeply.
"Captain, let's go inside and take a look!" The team member knew what the captain was thinking, but conditions here were so dire that they could only learn exactly what had happened by entering the city.
"Hmm! Everyone, enter stealth mode! Let's check the situation in the city first."
"Yes, Captain!"
Light rippled across their bodies, and they became almost transparent. Dismissing their wings of holy power, they slipped silently inside the enormous city walls.
The guards at the gate, dressed in black military uniforms and holding machine guns, noticed nothing. They merely felt a breeze pass by.
The team of Holy Light Clerics walked down the street, examining the buildings around them.
"Captain, the civilization here is very modern! Apart from looking a little frightened, the people in the city don't