When they screamed those words in hysterical frenzy...
Every Cleric and Exorcist in the district roared and fought back against the invading Weirds. Their overwhelming excitement was like the joy of surviving a disaster, and the entire city's morale soared the moment the Sun appeared.
"Kill!!"
They charged in fury.
They launched a retaliatory assault on the Weirds still scattered throughout Clockwork City.
The spirit realm overlay rapidly receded beneath the sunlight, and the enormous rifts kept contracting amid thunderous booms. The Demons and hordes of Weirds that had only just arrived through them screamed as they tried to turn back, desperately struggling to return through the rifts. This caused congestion at the rifts on an unprecedented scale.
"What kind of fucking joke is this?!"
"Didn't they say the Great Sun had gone out?!"
"Fuck you..."
Some officer-level Weirds glared with bulging eyes, trampling the Demons beneath their feet as they tried to return as quickly as possible.
The lower-ranked Weirds turned straight to ash beneath the sunlight. Although the higher-ranked ones could withstand it to some extent, being exposed to sunlight was effectively like having someone constantly apply a [Burning] debuff to them. With every additional second they stayed, the debuff grew stronger.
Some Weirds that could not retreat in time could only hide inside nearby buildings.
But it was utterly useless.
The counterattacking Exorcists and Clerics would soon find and kill them, because during the Hundred Days when the Great Sun shone, this was humanity's domain.
More importantly, they could clearly feel that the rekindled Blazing Sun burned far more fiercely than before. Whether it was because it had only just been rekindled or not, its suppressive effect on them had practically multiplied.
The Great Demon that had just squeezed half his body into reality was even more