(Leo's POV, from the ledge of a high-rise rooftop)
Leo quietly observed the soldiers below with peak curiosity, as he granted them a couple hours to decide whether they wished to stay back or surrender.
For him, this moment served as the perfect opportunity to delve deeper into the [SevenFold Revelation Codex].
As never before had he witnessed so many people feel so much, all at once, because in this precise window, where countless souls wrestled between duty and self-preservation, pride and survival, the emotions surging within them began leaking into the world in waves, causing the aura around their bodies to shift with almost every passing thought.
Nearly every soldier he saw was cloaked in either maroon, red, or blue, with those colors flickering, intensifying, and dimming as their inner conflicts grew louder.