Strangely, both Rout and Hartley arrived safely at the village where only the nobles live. They had no idea what had happened whatsoever, felt tired and they immediately noticed the gloomy vibe looming around the area.
"I don't feel so good about this. There are no people here and... How do I put this? I'm getting weird feelings about this."
Rout moves his eyes around, inspecting the area where everyone was supposed to be, including Fritz and the others. However, there was no one. Until...
Ting!
A spherical ball of Mana floats up in the sky, making both Rout and Hartley look up to it. They wondered what it was, squinting their eyes as the ball for farther up in the sky.
"Then it went boom!"
Synchronized to Hartley's voice, the spherical ball popped, releasing all the contained Mana inside of it, which then created wide blinding rays from everywhere in the village.