At sunset, as the Emerald Celebration's Public Prayer Day drew to a close, the entire Emerald City was still brightly lit, with many streets bustling and drums echoing into the sky. Fireworks occasionally shot up from every direction as if the revelry had just begun.
But Prince Thales was not in the mood to enjoy it.
When Golov, D.D, and the squad sent to support them returned to the Palace of Vacuity, they were almost all injured, each and every one of them stricken:
