As if soaked in ink, the darkness that blocks all "perception" surrounds Esther layer by layer.

She did fall asleep for a few minutes, but after a huge earthquake was heard outside Chanis' door, other sealed objects deep in the corridor began to murmur more and more restlessly due to the lack of suppression by the "source of power".

These whispers are not real sounds, but a unique resonance of extraordinary power. Most of them are the spiritual imprint left by the death of the original owner, and are full of violent and conflicting emotions.

They are also another projection of "chaos" in the fate of extraordinary people.

Even destiny is full of cohesion due to chance and coincidence, not to mention those existences based on extraordinary power.

Esther, who was sleeping in the stone house, was awakened again by these sealed objects that had lost their suppressive power. Her heart was full of anger, and she couldn't even tell the source of this anger. What was the noisy and mixed sound of those sealed objects? It was Dunn who forcibly sealed her here regardless of her wishes.

Esther once thought that the fear of death would be her biggest fear, but now, she suddenly discovered that what she feared most was that those familiar smiling faces with different faces would never appear in this world again.

Just thinking of this, all the anger that had accumulated in her heart was exploded.

There was a bubble-like cracking sound in the darkness, and as such sounds were heard one after another, light spots appeared one after another around Esther, floating out from her head.

The silent power surged again, and those light spots trembled more and more violently, constantly shaking away the approaching shadows. They came in groups of three and five, and actually tore apart the power of darkness! More and more darkness was shredded, and a circle of deep black holes formed behind many light spots, rotating as the light spots themselves danced, just like the shadows of the light spots themselves.

Esther opened her eyes again, and her eyes were also very strange. The left eye showed a dark rolling darkness, and the right eye showed a pale gold that was more brilliant than those light spots, like the moon and night showing colors in her eyes.

Under the protection of the galaxy-like light spots, Esther slowly stood up. Every time she changed her movements, a piece of flesh would be torn randomly from her skin. Those light spots shredded not only the darkness around her, but also her vulnerability. human body.

Esther's arms, cheeks, and legs were constantly covered with whiplash-like bloodstains, staining her milky white linen skirt red. But she moved a little bit, walked to the door of the stone house, and put her hand on the quilt. Above the stone door shrouded in black.

The thick and solid stone door was washed away by invisible ripples. One crack after another started from Esther's palm and extended like a spider web. Even during the process of cracking, the door did not make any sound. .

All this happened slowly and silently, as if the mute button had been pressed. In the silence, the light surrounding Esther became brighter and brighter.

It wasn't until the darkness gradually weakened and was finally dispersed by the light that the scene in the stone house suddenly became clear. Only then did the sound come in from the cracks in the darkness. Even though it was far away, it sounded far away from the ground, and it still made people "feel" Esther's breath was suffocated when she saw it.

It was a cry, the cry of a baby.

It was filled with endless hatred and anger.

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As Esther ran through the corridor, she could barely feel the blood and pain oozing from every tear on her body.

When she opened the Chanis door with force, Sijia who was guarding here was startled, but in Sijia's screaming call, Esther ran towards the stairs without looking back. It was like riding a gust of wind, with only one thought in my mind:

Hurry up, hurry up, we must catch up!

Those light spots that were no longer restrained happily chased Esther, flowing around her, and because of their speed, they pulled out two soft translucent luminous ribbons.

The continuous cries of babies sounded again, and the ground above them shook again. Several clusters of fine ash and gravel fell down, but before they hit the ground, they were blown away by the flying light spots.

Esther rushed to the door leading to the reception hall, but the wall outside had collapsed. Even if she turned the handle, the door was still tightly stuck by the collapsed wall. The chaotic and extraordinary power outside made the lights around Esther become more and more restless. The situation above had become extremely dangerous, and she could hardly keep up.

If I can catch up, I will! I will never let Captain Dunn die like that!

The light spots heard her heart and responded according to Esther's wishes. As Esther pressed her shoulders against the door with all her strength, they also densely pressed against the door leaf.

As a burst of sun-like rays of light erupted outside, the whole house was shaken. The light spots around Esther trembled violently, and the door was shattered into pieces by them. These light spots rushed out manically. , forming a raging and chaotic light stream that completely shattered the broken wall pressing outside the door.

The world outside the door is dazzling. The aftermath of the sun's impact spreads outward, and a ball of light converges into invisible ashes at the location where it was stimulated.

A faint dust rose silently among the skylight cast by the collapsed walls and holes in the ceiling.

Klein managed to steady his body. The moment he saw the stream of light rushing out, his heart tightened. He thought a new enemy had appeared, but soon he saw Esther with bloodstains on her body and realized that this was The fellow was once again on the verge of losing control of the situation.

Leonard was still lying in the rubble. From Klein's perspective, only a section of his arm could be seen, and it was not even clear whether he was still alive.

Klein and Esther looked at Dunn together. The figure wearing a thin black trench coat was still standing there, and the heart in the silver square box was still beating. This made Klein feel happy.

Dunn looked up at Klein and glanced at Esther with his peripheral vision. With a gentle and gratified smile, he burned out the last brilliance of his life: "We saved Tingen."

He winked at the two people, and then closed his eyes calmly, calmly going to meet the end point set by the Nighthawks and return to the goddess' kingdom.

The moment the heart in the box stopped beating, all the light spots around Esther rushed forward, like piranhas swarming upon seeing their prey. The many wounds on Esther's body suddenly burst open, and large amounts of blood gathered into streams, floated from the ground, and once again gathered into bright red Möbius strips.

There was a gray look on Esther's face, making her look almost lifeless, like a living dead. Her eyes, one black and one gold, became more and more dazzling, until light also emerged from the dark side.

The other light spots still surrounding Esther began to spin, outlining an infinite loop of symbols in the air.

Klein stared at this scene blankly, unable to make any sound. He wanted to dissuade Esther, but he also held on to a weak, yearning hope - he was expecting a miracle.

For this world, miracles have always existed.

Just pay the price.