BOOM

A sound like a thunderclap suddenly resounded across the entire stadium, making the frenzied crowd look up with shock to realize that they were now also trapped in a barrier.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Almost as if two giants were battling somewhere nearby, the entire stadium and the surroundings were subject to these repeated sounds which apparently had the effect of scaring the hundreds of thousands of people more, as screams of fear started to appear which filled Sister Xuan and Molan's ears.

So much had happened just now that the two were still trying to take in everything, but these screams fraught with pain and terror woke them up.

The first thing that Sister Xuan did was take out the communication trinket that the Matron had just screamed through, but she stamped her foot in frustration when she saw that it wasn't working.

Next, she took out the one that connected her with Daneel, and a smile filled with relief appeared on her face as she managed to send a message through.

Yet, the response shocked her, and actually almost made her faint as she had already had too many surprises so far.

"YOU B#@S! I'LL KILL YOU! JUST GET OVER HERE! SEE HOW I RIP YOU TO SHREDS! ARGH! ARR-Ignore what I just said. Come to Lanthanor's booth. Quickly."

....

In the private booth of the Lanthanor Kingdom, Luther, who had just witnessed one of the strangest sights in his life, was rubbing his eyes and wondering whether he was going senile.

One second, all three of them had been staring at the horrifying things happening in the crowd, and the next, a hole had appeared in the ceiling above them.

The strangest thing was that there had been no sound when that hole had been made, making him wonder whether some spell had been cast to make him go deaf.

However, what happened afterward was even stranger.

2 distinct blurs had raced through the hole and s.n.a.t.c.hed both the Daneel and Faxul before making another hole and leaving.

Barely a millisecond after that, 4 more blurs which were a different color appeared in the room, but they only voiced sounds of frustration before leaving.

One second later, a naked Daneel appeared on the floor which had become empty after the disappearance of the two Kings.

"NO! STAY OUT! EVERYTHING'S FINE!"

Seeing the mages in the room about to enter the opaque barrier, Luther shouted these words so that no more subjects of Lanthanor would have to see this sight.

Immediately stripping his armor, he placed it on the King's body, who actually opened his eyes in the process.

For a second, the two men looked into each other's eyes, with only a chest piece covering Daneel's genitals which could still feel the cold breeze coming through the holes in the room.

Immediately, Luther stood up and looked away, refocusing his attention on the crowd, as if nothing had happened.

This made him really forget what had happened, as what he saw appalled him.

This was when the booming sounds from outside also started to be heard, so even he, someone who had spent decades on the battlefield, started to become overwhelmed before Daneel's calm voice settled his thoughts.

"Aaron is outside the barrier. Give me the clothes he brought. Ask him to leave for how; his questions will be answered later."

Nodding, Luther followed the instructions and gave the clothes to the King before turning away.

"YOU B#@S! I'LL KILL YOU! JUST GET OVER HERE! SEE HOW I RIP YOU TO SHREDS! ARGH! ARR-Ignore what I just said. Come to Lanthanor's booth. Quickly."

Hearing this shout, Luther turned around just in time to see the transformation in the King's face.

The bloodl.u.s.t from before had obviously been the one that said the first few words, but the redness in the eyes and the face gradually receded away from Daneel's face.

Astonished at the fact that the King had managed to get over the enraged state by himself in such a short span of time, Luther was just about to speak but he was interrupted by Sister Xuan and Molan who appeared in the room.

With a dead serious expression on his face, Daneel quickly said, "Tell me what you know. Its not important why I screamed at you; I'll explain later."

Sister Xuan looked like she wanted an explanation right now, but the constant BOOMs which had started to shake the decorations and paintings in the room made her decide otherwise.

"King Daneel, the Church is attacking the Event. A Champion-level member of the Big 4 has interrupted them. Their target seems to be the rulers, as the last thing we saw before the barrier appeared around the stadium was the 5 rulers all floating behind him. But…you're here. This must be your clone. What's going on outside?"

Daneel widened his eyes slightly on hearing his suspicion confirmed, but it had been obvious from everything that had happened so far that the attackers must be either the Church or someone at the level of the Church.

"I don't know. My main body was rendered unconscious along with all the other rulers as soon as I was taken out by that man. He said something about 'protecting us from mind attacks'."

"The-then how is your clone still functioning?! To make this happen, you must be using the unique clone technique, which is peak Warrior level, even bordering on Champion level!"

"Leave it, Molan. We should concentrate on the matter at hand. The Church is attacking, and all the rulers are incapacitated except King Daneel. I don't know if anyone else also has functioning clones. We need to set our priorities."

In response, Daneel looked out the observatory gla.s.s in the room and said, "Yes. It's probably best to stop mosquitoes from killing thousands of people first. Agreed?"

With a start, the two women looked at the crowd and hurriedly nodded, before all of them immediately flew out to a.s.sess the situation.