Both the explosion at Baker Castle and Levi Beck's earlier roar had resounded throughout the city.
Even the soldiers and private troops resting in their barracks had heard the commotion.
Some nearby noble experts and the knights under their command had all been jolted awake by the violent disturbance.
People near Baker Castle and the patrol guards rapidly approaching it hurried along with torches raised.
On their way, they saw the castle's top floor explode beneath the moonlight.
The dust it had thrown up had yet to disperse, and they could even feel flying fragments of stone from far away.
Then they heard Levi Beck cursing "Rex."
Yet Qi-Blood Breathing had only lasted a few seconds in total. To ordinary people's senses, the battle had ended in an extremely short time.
Apart from the closest group of guards, many people were still processing what they had just learned even after the battle was over.
Had someone entered the city?
Had His Excellency "Plas's Shield" acted again?
Was it that "Rex" from earlier today again?
Now that the commotion had stopped, was the battle over?
With precisely such thoughts in mind, the nearby nobles who had awakened quickly grabbed their weapons and headed out, ready to demonstrate their loyalty.
Guards elsewhere were likewise scurrying through the city like ants.
Except-
The guards and patrolmen near Baker Castle, along with many people who had come out from inside to investigate, were now frozen in deathly silence.
In the square inside Baker Castle, the fountain had been completely shattered, and the ground was a mess.
Yet amid that broken fountain lay the corpse of "Plas's Shield," Levi Beck, cut into several pieces!
A figure was bending over the corpse, searching it for something. He also picked up the Two-Handed Sword that had belonged