Yano's eyes darted to the others, who were shifting uneasily, confused about whatever was happening.
They all quickly raised their guards, glancing left and right whether there was another unknown enemy.
"Ratick, what the hell is wrong with you?" one of them said, briefly glancing at the man, who was still coughing blood violently.
"Are we… being affected by the gas somehow?" Yano muttered, his voice tightening. "But we're not even inside—"
His words stopped.
A blinding flash of light exploded from the far right, bursting out like a sun had cracked open in the sky.
"—Tch!" Yano flinched back, covering his eyes. The light was too intense, burning into his vision, and for a moment, everything went white.
Then—
"He broke out…" Ratick gasped, barely able to speak. "That bastard… escaped!"
As soon as he spoke, his body shuddered, and his eyes turned white.
The item keeping him afloat immediately turned off, and his body dropped from the air to the ground.
Yano's blood ran cold.
