"We surrender."
"Huh…? W—"
Queen Vania was not even able to react or express what she was feeling as she was warped back to her table. And it wasn't only her—Princess Vera and the other evaniels that were defeated before her were also back.
"What the…" Vera quickly touched and tapped her neck, gasping for air as she was still a little confused as to what happened, "We… won? You were able to defeat all of them, Queen Mother?"
"...No," Queen Vania blinked a couple of times as she looked at her people, "I… think they surrendered as soon as one of them was hurt. Wait…
…who are they?"
Queen Vania quickly tried to find Ahor Zai, only to see her with her head down; her eyes were flickering as if there were a thousand fireflies dancing in them.
"What's going on with the Codex?"