The crowd tilted their heads back and looked up at the sky.
Cries of amazement rose one after another.
The camera zoomed in on a figure with Black Wings spread behind him, holding up a fireball as he flew ever higher.
[I'll stay by your side...]
Raging flames blotted out the view, burning incessantly.
A slender figure with long red hair stood in the ruined square, rings of blood swirling around him and forming his crimson high-collared robe.
Water droplets falling from the sky evaporated into mist in the intense heat.
The black-haired figure facing him split open from the head down with a ripping sound, and he emerged from within, completely unharmed.
At one side of the square.
A beautiful young blind woman with long, pale gold hair pressed her lips together and stared blankly.
[So glad we've almost made it...]
The singing reached its climax, the drumbeats rapid and the notes heavy!
Boom, boom, boom...!
[Nothing ever lasts forever...]
The background music paused briefly.
"I want to wipe out the Red Apple Church in Amber City..."
The black-haired young man tugged at his hat brim, lifted his coffee, and took a sip.
That was what he said.
Then the stirring music suddenly erupted again!
[Everybody wants to rule the world...!]
BOOM!!!
The Little Sun beneath the heavens exploded, blooming into a gigantic firework as countless fine streaks of flame fell like meteors.
The figure beat his black wings and hovered in midair, looking down upon the world.
His uncanny snake eyes flashed briefly.
Boom!!
"Jack!!"
A red cloak billowed as the middle-aged man, seemingly a member of the Church, instantly transformed into an enormous humanoid beast. Standing atop the canopy over the cathedral entrance, he howled.
"Hah-!!"
Visible sound waves spread outward.
The enormous beast descended from above,