Kang Oh, Burkan, and Dion followed Valan, and safely made it out of Franco.

"Did you lose to Sraka?" Kang Oh asked.

"What?" Valan's expression seemed to say, 'What the hell are you talking about?'.

"Then why did we retreat?"

He couldn't understand it. Valan looked like the victor, so... Why did they retreat?

"I couldn't finish him off. My last attack was supposed to kill him, but he survived."

"So?"

"What do you mean 'so'? If I wanted another chance at killing him, then I'd need to fight him for a while. But you guys wouldn't last that long, now would you? That's why I backed off," Valan rebuked. 'Ugh, you worthless fools!'

Burkan and Dion looked away. After all, they had lost to Nemeth and Lubatchi.

"What's our next step?" Kang Oh asked.

"We wait until reinforcements arrive."

* * *

A giant altar lay within Franco's Marcione Square. Amak stood at the top of the altar, which stood more than 10 meters tall.

"Great Jaila!" He opened his arms wide.

Then, Jaila's three sacred treasures (Jaila's Bronze Knife, Ilunati's Snake, and Nemeth's Skull) glowed.

Whir!

The dark red light gathered at a single point, creating something akin to a black hole. It was still only about the size...