High above the battlefield, where the smoke of the destruction caused by the catastrophe the Falcon Guild had befallen on Red Eastern could not traverse, a massive winged creature cut through the darkening sky of the midnight. The creature's wings, each spanning nearly twenty feet, suspended the occupant in the air even without flapping.Sitting atop this menacing familiar with the casualness of someone who owned the world was Yuki Nakamura, the orchestrator of this entire attack. His black hair ruffled in the wind as he stared at the devastation below. Beside him was Mia—the double agent of the Falcon Guild and the FSG.They had watched the entire event unfold, and watched Kyujiro being murdered, but no one made a move.Mia was particularly worried, hoping Yuki would give her the permission to quickly aid Kyujiro.But even at the last moment of Kyujiro's life, even as Master Sung's hand pierced through his chest and his blood painted the ground below, Master Yuki had remained complet

Zhou was running ahead while Ryder stayed close by, matching the pace with ease. The Luo techniques he had absorbed earlier were still flowing through his body like second nature, making movements feel even more effortless. They were heading west, particularly toward the Tian district, and it didn't take long for them to close in on the vicinity. The floating buildings made it clear they were at their destination—massive structures suspended in the air like stagnant clouds against the sky. Several thuds and violent sounds could be heard resounding from various directions on the floating structure, clearly indicating that the Red Eastern members of the Tian were already putting up a fight. *Crash!* *Boom!* *Roar!* Flashes of light went on and off, glowing through the night as if it was fireworks. "It's a good thing that they didn't falter, isn't it?" Ryder exclaimed, staring at the first building within his field of view. "Not like I was expecting the entire guild to be taken down

Yuki Nakamura remained airborne, his massive winged familiar cutting through the night sky with fluidity and silence. Even up till now, at this point, Mia was trembling. The whole ambush that had appeared to be going slightly in their favor just a few minutes ago had made a sudden flip. The battlefield stretched out beneath them like a painting of blood and destruction. What had once been the proud territory of the Red Eastern Guild was now a field of corpses and scattered buildings. Yet somehow, impossibly, it wasn't the Red Eastern corpses that littered the ground the most—it was their own. Over a hundred and fifty of the Falcon Guild members deployed within the Red Eastern perimeter had been exterminated. Each death happened so quickly that she could barely keep track. One moment she would see the familiar glow of a summoner's aura through her enhanced vision, the next it would simply... vanish. Not fade, not weaken—just cease to exist entirely, like a candle being snuffed ou