Within seconds of the live broadcast announcing the changes, there was chaos in the streets of the other cities.
The General had somewhat expected this outcome when he agreed to meet with the representatives from Morgana and Sylvan Covens, so he had briefed the subordinates that were left in charge on the procedures for the turn-over.
However, those procedures were completely forgotten when everyone realized that the Snow Demon was now a Saint, and that he had come in person. That had not been part of the calculations, and with his reputation for going on solo rampages through entire military units, they weren't willing to risk waiting as they were instructed, and instead immediately began to release the collars from the captured witches.
Then they gave them copies of the keys to allow them to free the others, and the witches began to go door to door to ensure there were none being held or hidden away from their legal freedom.