—We should just tear it all down.0

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That was what Eugene had said when he had last glared down upon Pandemonium. However, even after a month, Pandemonium had yet to be torn down. There were many reasons for this, but the biggest argument for its continued existence was its historical value. 0

The current Helmuth could no longer be called an empire, but Pandemonium had been the capital of the most powerful empire on the continent until just half a year ago. Since then, the empire had collapsed, and Pandemonium had been uprooted from its original location and planted in the former neutral zone between Yuras and Helmuth. The constantly illuminated streets and the concrete skyscrapers that had once symbolized Pandemonium had also disappeared.0

“I still feel like it would have been better just to tear it all down,” Eugene said as he looked down on Pandemonium from the skies above.0

The walls of the city had crumbled. Most of the buildings had also collapsed. The majority of the destruction had been caused by Melkith, and whatever remained had been almost completely destroyed by the descent of the Demon King of Destruction and the subsequent battle.0

Eugene turned and asked, “How is it? Do you sense anything?”0

As this casual question was tossed his way, Vermouth, who had been standing next to Eugene, reopened his closed eyes. He looked down on Pandemonium for a few moments and then slowly nodded.0

“He swapped the two sides,” Vermouth declared.0

“What?” Eugene frowned in incomprehension.0

Vermouth explained, “The original city was swapped with the dimension on the other side of this space.”0

As Vermouth’s finger drew a circle in the air, it created a slight gap in space through which a whole different vista was made visible. 0

Tall concrete skyscrapers could be seen on the other side of the circle. It was the same cityscape Eugene had seen during his last visit to Pandemonium.0

“I thought that he had just torn everything down and built over it,” Eugene muttered as he crossed his arms and pondered this new information.0

After considering the few options that met...0