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Chapter 749 - The Shadow Behind the Fire

The attacks did not stop.

If anything, they became more precise.

For the first few days, everyone had believed the scattered attacks were simply the work of desperate devil rebels refusing to accept Lilith's peace treaty.

That explanation had been convenient.

It gave the people someone to blame.

It gave the Church an argument.

It gave the Authority a reason to increase patrols.

And most importantly, it gave everyone the comfort of believing that the situation could be solved by finding an enemy army and defeating it.

But after another week, that explanation began to fall apart.

There was no army.

There was no clear command structure.

There was no battlefield.

There was only destruction.

And whoever was responsible seemed to disappear before anyone could reach them.

I stood over a large map spread across the table inside the temporary command room.

Red markings covered almost every region of the human domain.

Mia stood opposite me.

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