Chapter 96: Chapter 30: Drain the World of Color
SHHH... SHHH...
Ti passed, second by second.
The trembling in Francis’s heart had cald slightly.
For one, he hadn’t leaked the critical intelligence about the Crying Blood Sun.
Secondly, even if this terrifying Cardinal had gone mad and truly intended to pile their heads on the table to begin so insane ritual for his escape, he would still survive.
After all, he was of the Sequence derived from the flesh and blood of the great Egunus.
He possessed a Resurrection Ability.
No other Sequence possessed such an incredible power.
But even so.
He was still racking his brain, trying to figure out how to effectively prove his innocence.
’I’m clearly innocent, yet I’m the one who has to prove it. Who just keeps evidence of their own innocence lying around for no reason?’
The more he thought, the more hopeless Francis felt.
The air was thick with a silence so oppressive it made one hold their breath.
After several long minutes...
The man in the fedora hat behind the ritual table finally spoke, his voice calm.
"Since you were able to escape the gaze of the great Sun, you can surely use lies to conceal the truth."
"So... proving your own innocence is aningless, isn’t it?"
The man in the fedora’s statent made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
For a Cardinal who was Level 9 or Level 10, killing them would be far too easy.
"We only have a few minutes left."
"Now, spread the word that we’re surrounded. Start organizing an evacuation. Save as many as you can."
"Rember... wait for my signal!"
"Yes!"
The people in the room responded in unison, then quickly left the inner hall as if they were fleeing for their lives.
Only the Cardinal remained. He stood alone upon the web of tilines, surrounded by the hidden, heavy shackles of ti.
As they spread the news, a boiling clamor soon erupted from the main hall outside.
Fortunately, Lord Bishop Yula Defoe easily maintained control of the situation.
Not only were there nurous Priests here, but also a good number of Sun Knights to maintain safety and order.
At the sa ti, so nobles who had devoted themselves to the Sun Church’s cause had also obtained the power of a Transcendent’s Sequence during this period.
Though their strength wasn’t great, they made for perfect shields.
When necessary, they could block bullets and Magic for them.
The collision between the rituals grew more and more violent.
One mont, the Golden Palm Beach Club would appear solid and real.
The next, it would feel illusory and hazy, as if it were a great distance away.
A terrifying power pulled it back and forth.
Zorn could even see two different tilines constantly colliding.
CREAK... CREAK...
The entire building of the Golden Palm Beach Club swayed back and forth like a willow in a storm. It was like an old Forest Cottage, at risk of shattering at any mont.
In an instant, an intensely scorching power filled the air above the Golden Palm Beach Club.
It was as if the Sun itself was about to descend upon the World.
"Everyone, close your eyes, now!"
Zorn shouted a sharp warning.
"Quick! Close your eyes! Don’t look."
Although she hadn’t perceived what was happening in the distance like Zorn had, Director Caroline also sensed the danger and yelled the order.
VMMMM—
In that instant, all sound was violently ripped from the world.
Everything around them seed to have been slathered in thick, white paint.
Even though Zorn had his eyes closed and was hiding behind a wall, his field of visual Perception was still a vast expanse of white.
Zorn held out his hands.
They completely blended into the white-paint World before him.
The entire World!
At this very mont, all color had been completely drained away.
Sound had lost its way.
A dead, pale world. Silent and soundless.
Zorn could have broken free from the corrosion of the pale power, but doing so would make him stand out too much.
"Aaaah..."
"My eyes!"
"I can’t see anything!"
Screams of agony rose one after another.
Zorn kept his eyes closed, but he could still perceive what was happening.
He could just barely make out several writhing bodies in the pale world.
Blood like white paint flowed out, pooling all over the ground.
But soon, they stopped struggling.
They had only taken a single glance, and for that recklessness, they paid with their lives!
In the face of Extraordinary Power, ordinary people were as fragile as insects.
The others were also enduring the terrible corrosion of the pale power, but thankfully, they hadn’t died.
"Great Mother Nature, you are the symbol of rcy and love. Your Holy Light will nurture and heal us..."
Just as Zorn was observing the direction of the Golden Palm Beach Club with his eyes closed, the enchanting song of the Holy Song Ranger reached his ears.
Much of the thick, viscous white-paint world flaked away.
Zorn quickly found the lines of color again. The world before his eyes gradually returned to normal, and sound slowly found its proper course.
’The Lady Ranger’s power is nothing to scoff at.’
Zorn praised her silently.
At this point, the sa was true for the others.
The police officers also broke free from the pale power’s corrosion.
But the few officers lying in pools of their own blood on the ground would never stand up again.
At the sa ti, five or six horse-drawn carriages ca galloping toward them at high speed.
"Fire!"
Caroline, her face grim, imdiately roared the command.
Several mbers of the police departnt holding Steam chanical Guns and officers ard with Revolvers imdiately opened fire with everything they had.
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