The mercury tide instantly started boiling, bubbling with nasty foam as the air temperature shot up. Drops of boiling mercury splashed onto the ground, eating bottomless holes in an instant—you could see just how terrifyingly corrosive it was!
"Old geezer's got some tricks up his sleeve," the Shadow Twins said as they stood up.
They could feel the Mercury Archbishop's threat level spiking, so they decided to quit screwing around and finish this guy off.
The younger sister Anna waved her white banner. The cloth fluttered without any wind, and tons of black shadows came pouring out of it...
The battle intensity ramped up again, throwing the entire Royal Capital into chaos.
The Dotruu nobles were hauling ass, the citizens were hauling ass—everyone desperately wanted to get as far away from this terrifying battle as possible.
But they didn't notice that some people weren't running away at all. Instead, they were heading toward different areas of the Royal Capital.
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