The entire mansion of the mayor was enveloped in a red light, the glow covering the entire state.
It was so intense that the night sky reflected the same color.
Holst stopped midair, his eyes wide as he stared at the trembling rubble below. He saw several people lying dead among the debris, but he didn't care about them. In his eyes, there was only Our Saviour!
"He succeeded! Our Saviour succeeded!" Holst shouted in excitement, and as his words fell, the rubble exploded, and a figure floated before them.
When Apollo, Elmo, and Axton saw the mayor, they spread out, with the Great Serpent Headmaster taking the lead.
'This is bad,' the beggar said through thought transfer.
'I don't know what he succeeded in doing, but the ritual isn't over yet. The one in this city hasn't been activated,' Axton replied.
'Then we'll just have to stop this fatso from doing that,' Elmo said, cracking his knuckles.