Bab 1487: Wrath [2]

What were they expecting?

It certainly wasn't this.

Of all things they could return to, the corpses of their warriors and the sight of their Saintess with her heart in the hands of a man they'd never seen before was not what they expected in the slightest.

And how were they to react?

For most of them, the only answer was shock.

Those other than Damien and Thalia were shocked into a stupor. The instant they appeared in the world, their bodies froze and their minds did as well.

There was nothing that could be done to snap them out of this state. Until they could accept the scene before them, they would remain frozen.

There was no sound.

The atmosphere was eerily silent as the Count processed the situation and the geniuses tried to regain their wits.

That only made it worse.

Because everyone was forced to listen to the Saintess' blood as it poured out of her chest and made impact with the ground.'