The mayor stopped and looked at Dunn for a long while, then suddenly seemed to lose all his spirit. He held out his hand. "Never mind, Captain Dunn. Tingen City will be in your hands from now on."
Dunn shook his hand and said earnestly, "Rest assured."
The mayor turned, took the hat his secretary was holding out beyond the entrance, put it on, and boarded his carriage to leave.
Only then did Dunn turn to Klein and Leonard. "You're back? Where's Edward?"
Leonard hesitated, but Klein said earnestly, "Captain, the company is in grave danger right now. Please evacuate everyone immediately!"
"What?"
Dunn froze for a moment.
Rumble, rumble.
With the rumbling of wheels, the mayor's carriage returned, but its driver was nowhere to be seen. The instant it stopped at the entrance, a bloody stench laced with intense malice washed over them.
All three of their expressions changed at once.
Klein clenched his fists desperately, using the pain of his fingertips digging into his palms to keep himself calm. He took out the Flaring Sun Charm and said in a low voice, "Captain, Leonard, hurry downstairs and get the Sealed Artifacts..."
Drip, drip, drip.
Blood dripped through the gaps in the carriage onto the ground, gradually collecting into a scarlet puddle. Then it began to writhe, slowly rising and taking on a human shape.
The man was covered in blood. He had a full forehead, black hair, brown eyes, and slightly upturned lips. His upper body was bare, but a large patch of dark-red, skinless flesh covered his chest and abdomen. The flesh joined together to form the silhouette of an upside-down figure.
It was Lanevus!
Wasn't he dead?!
Dunn watched Lanevus take shape from the blood, his expression calm. "He must have turned into blood and escaped