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Large, irregular depressions appeared in the ground in southern Backlund. Fortunately, no serious collapses had occurred yet.
The bounties issued by the Church and Sivellaus Yard were posted on noticeboards. Bounty Hunters quietly took note, hoping to uncover whoever had slipped into the sewers last night and caused the enormous explosion, and claim the full three hundred pounds.
And the culprit behind it all, Mr. Medici, the War Angel, had not only blown up some underground structures last night but also buried his tracks beneath flames and rubble. He cut off his own escape route, then made his way with practiced ease to the underground ruins where he had been imprisoned for nearly two thousand years, dug through the earth at a nearby gap, and emerged.
"Backlund's sewers certainly are lively. There's an interesting rat hiding down there, and a little Demoness who runs very fast."
"Never mind the rat staying there, but a Demoness... heh, why would a Demoness stay underground?"
He had sensed a little Demoness hiding in the sewers, but before reaching her, he had unexpectedly run into a rat.
Seeing that the rat was cold and in the dark down in the sewers, the kindhearted Red Angel had kindly offered it a little fire. The poor rat had been scared half to death and fled blindly toward the surface before burrowing into some pitch-black nook, disappearing to who knew where.
The rat had even damaged a gas pipe during its escape, causing this late-night underground explosion.
By the time he left the rat behind and went to find the little Demoness with the peculiar aura, he discovered that her presence had already vanished.
"This place really brings back memories."
Medici scuffed away his tracks with his foot and strolled off into the night with his