The end game [Zhongyingmei]

At the same time, Gabriel, who was flying in the clouds, suddenly froze.

The archangel lowered his head slowly, and pressed his chest. Unexplainable pain was gushing out from there, and this pain fueled the anger of the oracle, causing the power of destruction to explode in the archangel's chest. .

Almost without thinking, Sisley in the angel skin knew where the pain came from.

—————Because Sisley’s body is suffering some kind of pain.

[Synchronization degree of the wings of the holy spirit: 70%]

Without thinking, Gabriel's fingers reached into his pocket and touched the smooth parchment of the oracle.

The scorching temperature instantly burned his skin, and the scar was quickly healed by the virtual energy. The archangel didn't even tremble his eyelashes, and those blue-purple eyes, as bright as jewels, were staring at the void, as cold as a winter day. deep sea.

"hurry up."

He urged in a low voice, not only to himself, but also to the oracle, "... find traces of filth... hurry up."

[Synchronization degree of the wings of the holy spirit: 80%]

The flying speed of the archangel gradually caught up with the sinking sunset, and the blood-thick sunset glow dyed his body, dyeing Gabriel's exposed skin and robe scarlet.

"........."

In the razor-sharp wind, Gabriel slowly closed his eyes and opened his arms.

At this moment, his consciousness extended deeply, until the world appeared from the archangel's senses with a new and cold perspective, expanded, and various information automatically flooded out.

Dying people.People who kill each other.

A person whose corpse rots in the walls of the house.

The baby sat crying on the ruins of the house that had disappeared, while its mother fell in a pool of blood, unable to comfort her child anymore.

In just a few seconds, all the cruelest and most vicious words in the world poured into the ears of the archangel in an instant.

The pain is so vivid, these hell-like whispers appear in the human world every minute and every second, except for the person concerned, only Gabriel can hear it.

[Purify them, my child. 】

The bewitching voice first appeared in Gabriel's ears, and then gradually flowed through his veins like the inside of his body.

-----No.

Gabriel wanted to try to raise his arm, but after a pause, the archangel's hand was quickly put down again.

[Did you see that when the whole world is so heterogeneous, only when the seeds of uneasiness are burned, will new flowers bloom on the dust. 】

The voice in the oracle was distorted for a moment, and in the next second, the manic flames burned through Gabriel's Divine Comedy, and the archangel began to feel itchy all over. The voice of the oracle now appeared in his heart, echoing like a bell of punishment stand up.

【The filth in the world needs to be purified, this is your duty. 】

said the voice sternly.

The numbness followed the cold that froze his blood, and the wind continued to blow across his face, falling on Gabriel's face like a gentle comfort that urges him to sleep.

-----No.

The archangel trembled uncontrollably, and once again lowered the arm that was unconsciously raised.

When Gabriel was struggling in pain, the archangel didn't know that golden circles flashed past his blue-purple eyes, like shackles made of flames.

The advice Ken left before departure appeared in Gabriel's chaotic consciousness at this moment, like a long cold needle slowly piercing into the sponge, bringing a ray of coolness.

————— You are different from us, don't forget this.

—————— You have to restrain the power in your body.

The blond man gently pressed his palm against the skin of his other self. At that moment, they connected with each other, allowing Gabriel to fully hear the deep worries hidden under the deep sea.

If Gabriel loses control, maybe everything Sisley loves so much, including herself, will cease to exist.

Power surged through the blood vessels under the skin, and Gabriel clenched his palms painfully.

[Destroy them. 】

At the same time, the voice from the oracle slammed into the Archangel's mind with a force that Gabriel could not resist.

[Synchronization degree of the wings of the holy spirit: 90%]

The sweet smell of rust bloomed between Gabriel's lips and teeth, the archangel's eyes were half closed, and he didn't respond to it, letting the blood drip out from the small wound on his lower lip and roll down onto his snow-white chin.

At this moment, his face is no longer holy, but more like an evil ghost who chooses and devours people.

—————Emotions were suddenly far away from Gabriel, and the archangel's consciousness became extremely clear and indifferent.

When flying like this in the sky, Gabriel has no fixed place to go, everything depends on the senses at this moment to direct him whether to turn, continue to fly, or whether to attack.

Even so, just as birds innately know when and where to migrate, and hyenas instinctively learn to compete for status from the first day they are born, Gabriel is also guided by a force, his senses are rapidly analyzing the air. Everything in it, like a bloodhound, is tracking the space-time loophole created by the laboratory that kidnapped Sisley, not letting go of even the tiniest guidance.

——————— During the entire tracking process, the oracle finally led him here.

Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, this place is still immersed in the bloody brilliance of the setting sun, showing a primitive and barren aesthetic feeling. The dead bodies of wild lilies are drying up on the ground, which is enough to prove the beauty of this place in summer. Natural beauty.

Gabriel slowly gathered his snow-white plump wings, landed on the ground, and silently observed this seemingly ordinary place.

The archangel looked around, his eyes stayed on the surface of this uninhabited valley for a moment, and then his sight slipped down to the ground where his eyes could not penetrate.

Will the space-time loophole hide there?

Like a rat in the gutter, that's why it hides underground?

The power of the oracle burned in his veins, Gabriel slowly raised a slender index finger towards the direction of the ground, and then pressed down.

—————Accompanied by this understatement, there was a "boom", and the huge explosion instantly overturned the rugged terrain on both sides of the valley, and the power of purification instantly sank deep into the soil.

The archangel's eyes were cold, and the mess in the valley was reflected in the blue-purple eyes, and the purest indifference appeared on his face.

It is a kind of indifference to human beings and all life, just like people who hold their heads up will not pay attention to their feet. When the synchronization level increased to 90.00%, Gabriel also crossed that dividing line, from wearing angel skin to Sisley, who became a real angel.

——————Everything related to human beings can no longer penetrate his heart, because it has been bound by clean ice and frozen into a beautiful and indifferent statue.

Through the dust and fog, Gabriel stared closely at the place that had been heavily bombarded by the power of the oracle.

"........."

To Gabriel's surprise, the ground was empty.

But the instructions of the oracle never make mistakes. There must be something important here, so important that the other party will try their best to hide it, and what Gabriel needs to do is to find out what is hidden here.

After turning around in the valley, Gabriel suddenly stopped, and put his probing gaze on the void.

The sky above the valley showed a bleak color unique to the evening, and it didn't look like anything special.

———— But Gabriel would not let go of anything that made him question.

"........."

Staring indifferently at the void, Gabriel slowly raised his arm, pointed his fingertips at the sky dyed red by the setting sun, squinted one eye, and aimed at the blood-red setting sun.

The air was distorted several times, and invisible power began to accumulate, as if layers of camouflage were lifted to reach the core.

This time, Gabriel was keenly aware of the abnormality of the void.

Without hesitation, the archangel pressed down the index finger from the air.

Accompanied by a huge explosion, the rays of light created by the oracle formed a dazzling beam of light, which shot up into the sky like fireworks and exploded on the dome.

Golden sparks fell from mid-air, like a rain of fireworks, illuminating the land under the setting sun.

Gabriel raised his arm again. Since he couldn't get any relief, the pressure brought by these two blows had slightly torn the skin of his arm. Because of the terrifying power brought by the oracle, every blow of Gabriel could destroy it. Half a city, or a huge mountain.

The warm current slowly flowed down from the hideous breach, blending with the blood-red afterglow of the sunset, but the archangel didn't care, his cold blue-purple eyes were fixed on the direction of the void, and he raised his finger to aim.

------emission.

Gabriel's white robes were no longer spotless; they were drenched with blood.

But the archangel still patiently stood in place, waiting to accept the results of his third strike.

In the flying dust, something slowly penetrated the brown-yellow mist, casting an unusual outline.

"........."

When the smoke and dust dissipated completely, the archangel slowly raised his head.

————— Gabriel saw a huge black stone tablet.

It stood quietly in the void, the original camouflage had been blown away by the power of the oracle, completely submerged in it by the blood-red sunset, like a silent old castle.In fact, the mere fact that it stands here gives one an inexplicable sense of desperation, for it is so unlike any building that man would make.

—————Compared with it, the size of human beings is as small as a grain of dust.

In fact, it looked more like some kind of miracle.

Gabriel reopened the folded wings after his shoulder blades, the blood coagulated on the snow-white wings, the wound has been repaired by virtual energy, showing a certain kind of cold and magnificent beauty.

The bruised and bruised archangel flapped the wings on his back and flew in the direction of the stele until he could see the terrifying thickness, height, and simple characters carved on the stele at close range.

The further he moved forward, the more Gabriel's five senses told him that this stone tablet did not welcome the existence of strangers.

Around these strange black stones, there are actually countless exquisite magic circles carved. Standing here, it is a signboard of [No Entry], reminding all challengers who want to break into it.

—————As if it were the entrance of something.

As Gabriel kept moving forward, something dark and sticky emerged from the void for a second, like a final warning.

Although it was only one second, it was enough.

"I'll tear you apart," Gabriel said softly, staring at the broken void, "I don't care what you are...I'll let you breathe your last breath in the holy flame."

When he was only a few steps away from the stele, Gabriel raised his arm again and pointed in the direction above his head.

The invisible force left his fingertips and hit the black stone tablet in the sky.

As if in slow motion, the air bomb flew out in a straight line and hit the surface of the stone tablet with tremendous force.

With a deafening blasting sound, the avalanche of black gravel rolled down, and the upper half of the stone tablet that had been chopped off in the waist ruthlessly fell to its original place and fell into the ground, kicking up terrible smoke and dust nearly three stories high.

When the first roar sounded in the void, Gabriel casually raised his hand, aimed at the break of the black stele, and pressed his finger again.

"boom."

The archangel whispered onomatopoeia.

The terrifying force hit the stele in an instant, and continued to create a tearing explosion there, until the lower half of the stele also fell from its original position, and hit the wreckage of the upper half of the stele hard, echoing in the valley like thunder. The sound of collision.

Gabriel stared indifferently at the decline and withering of this "miracle", the cold wind lingered around him, and the blue-purple eyes of the archangel cast a shadow from the setting sun, making him look even more like It's a sculpture.

Under his icy gaze, the indescribable thing that flashed in the void was awakened by Gabriel from his deep sleep.

Accompanied by extreme anger, it finally tore through the camouflage in the void, and was crawling out of its original hiding place at extreme speed.

There was a terrifying power in the air. From Gabriel's point of view, this monster almost tore apart the void with its bare hands. Its dark body was constantly revealed, as if the night had peeled off the wallpaper of the setting sun, revealing the true face behind it. .

"Filthy watchdog."

Gabriel said softly, he raised his index finger far away, and patiently aimed at the monster that was still rising.

It was originally curled up on the slightly flat ground of the valley. After being awakened by Gabriel, it began to squeeze through the void and wriggle towards him.

It was so tall and huge—that Gabriel couldn't see what the topmost black dot was, and when the monster stood up staggeringly, the black dot was completely lost in the cloud Among them, like the tip of a mast on a great ship.

The flame of the oracle blazed in Abaddon's chest, making him stare at the monster that was gradually coming out of its hole like a leopard aiming at its prey.

—————The monster itself seems to have the same goal as Gabriel, it is ready to tear apart any challenger who dares to break in.

As it squeezed itself out of the void, Gabriel finally saw it in full hell.

A corpse as high as a mountain was carried on its back, and human hands and feet were exposed outside, staggering like the tassels of a shawl, with rancid pus continuously flowing down, every time it crawled forward With one move, the earth would tremble under its weight, and the pus dripped down like a trickling stream, corroding the entire land into a carbonized deep black.

Gabriel couldn't even see the monster's eyes—it just looked like a dark, wriggling mass, with strange things stacked together inside its body to form its current shape.

According to the corpse on it, it is almost not difficult to guess what the monster has done.

It killed them all and strapped them tightly to its back like a loot it would never let go.

Aiming at the monster's dark skin from afar, Gabriel pressed his finger lightly with a calm face.

The power of the oracle filled Gabriel's arms, and in the next second, they all flew towards the monster's body, exploding fiercely on top of it.

This blow seemed to have caused considerable damage, and in the next second, from the belly, the devil's creation split a big mouth full of rows of fangs, and let out a sharp cry.

Gabriel couldn't help noticing that each fang seemed to be as long as the archangel's body—when this monster ate people, it was no different from humans eating beans.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

When the monster cries, transparent mucus slips from its yellowed teeth, spraying out a foul smell, and the toxins all over it can almost be discerned by the naked eye.

This mouth aimed at Gabriel's direction, grinding it full of greed and hatred, each tooth was interlaced, and the friction made a rather harsh sound.

Gabriel frowned slightly amidst the sound of sharp knives scratching across the glass.

[Synchronization degree of the wings of the holy spirit: 92%]

Flames began to rise from Gabriel's palm, and he manipulated the flames expressionlessly into the shape of chains.

When this huge monster like a mountain of meat started to rush towards Gabriel, the slender thing like a parasite began to emerge from the monster's body, and thousands of teeth and claws lashed towards Gabriel.

The latter soared into the air at that moment, turning its body sideways, barely avoiding the slender bodies of these parasites that were drawn towards it.

Between the interlacing, Gabriel could even see the structure of these things clearly——they have ring-shaped bodies, and circles of spike-like things grow on the surface of those rings, wriggling slightly from time to time.

In the eyes of the archangel, which seemed to be in high-definition 4k, this picture was so disgusting that one could spit out a whole year's meal.

Gabriel: ………

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In an instant, Gabriel let go of the chain of flames in his hand and threw it on the monster's dark body. The power of the oracle instantly burned through the monster's skin and burned it into tatters. Sliding down, trying to hold the monster in place as it kept trying to charge.

One end of the golden chain was hung on the monster, and the other end was nailed deep into the ground. The devil's creation was not happy about it. It roared and screamed furiously. Within a breath, the monster broke free from the oracle that pinned it, and rushed towards Gabriel.

[Synchronization degree of the wings of the holy spirit: 95%]

Ever since the chain was broken, the oracle began to become unbearably hot, as if it could not accept this shame, wave after wave of power spread, calling Gabriel silently.

Staring at the monster running wildly from the sky and the earth, the archangel obeyed the power of the call, stretched out his hand to his chest, and pressed the parchment of the oracle.

The feeling of touching the entity remained on his fingertips, Gabriel's expression changed slightly, he lowered his head, and pulled out a silver heavy spear from the oracle inch by inch.

[Go and kill it, destroy this filth, my child! 】

A voice urged furiously in Gabriel's heart.

This terrifying weapon is decorated with quite retro symmetrical patterns, and even engraved with distorted characters. It looks like a weapon carefully crafted by craftsmen. The metal is extremely cold, and there is a sacred light shining on it.

As soon as he got it, Gabriel could feel its power against dark creatures.

As the last weapon that could be given to him in the oracle, Gabriel was not worried about its lethality to the creation in front of him.

———————The archangel effortlessly lifted the gun in his hand, rushed towards the direction of the monster, and got through the defense formed by those parasite-like things in an instant.

However, when the sacred lance in Gabriel's hand pierced the monster's open mouth, one of the parasite-like tentacles quietly approached Gabriel and swung it down fiercely.

When the sound of breaking through the air was heard, the archangel's steel-hard wings had already shrunk back, firmly protecting the back spine and arms, but it was still a step too late.

Blood gushed out from the wound, and at the same time, Gabriel instantly felt weak and dull that didn't match his body.

————— The toxin secreted from the spikes invaded his arm in an instant, as if half of it was splashed with cold water, Sisley, who was clad in angel skin, staggered indistinctly, and silently clenched her teeth.

—————These toxins are as cold as death.

In an instant, the flame of the oracle began to burn in the blood vessels, cleaning up the cold toxins, devouring and strangling them, but also causing secondary damage to the sensitive blood vessels.

But this time, because Gabriel didn't dodge, the point of his pistol cut open the monster's toothy mouth, and let the putrid pus drip into the monster's own body.

Resisting the discomfort caused by the toxin, Gabriel once again raised the holy gun in his hand, and while the monster was still screaming in pain, he stabbed the spear point into the rotten and pus-black skin of the monster.

When the white light exploded in its body, it caused more damage, and the monster's body began to become tattered. It let out a miserable hiss, and the pain completely aroused its anger.

"I'll kill you, filth."

Gabriel said softly while wiping the blood on his cheek with the back of his hand.

The monster responded with another whip of the parasite.

The pus continued to flow out from the openings in its body until it formed a bloody green sticky lake on every inch of the valley. It didn't look like an injury, but rather like a fallen god spreading filth outward.

The stench of evil swept across the sky, as if the collection of this thing itself was the greatest malice in the world.

The more he fought with it, the more Gabriel realized the strength of this monster.

Tens of seconds ago, its spikes scratched Gabriel's arm again, and the toxin almost caused the archangel to fall down. Gabriel had to raise the holy gun in his hand to hold back the monster's overwhelming attacks until the oracle The power of the body cleared away the cold feeling of death there.

Spots of light and pus from the explosion of the oracle fell down one after another, and Gabriel nimbly shuttled through it, like a swallow in the rain, hitting the monster's body with a gun from time to time, letting the divine power hit the monster's dark body time and time again. Explosions occur in the body until the monster becomes bruised and manic.

The corpses on its back also fell into the pus, and were either turned into a few dry bones, or trampled by the crazy monsters mercilessly.

The whole picture of the monster has been completely revealed. It is darker than the night, and its body is twisted weirdly. Gabriel can feel the powerful and twisted power from it, which is different from everything Sisley and the others have encountered so far. strength level.

——————Is this the last hole card in the inner world?

Gabriel thought nonchalantly, throwing down a chain of flames as he sideways avoided the monster's attacking fangs.

If Mephisto and Abaddon were standing here, they would probably be about to experience the first resurrection at this moment.

The battle scene with this monster has gone beyond the ordinary physical range and turned to a higher degree of power participation.

This monster could not have been created by the laboratory itself.

Gabriel's arm was pierced severely by the parasite, and his indistinguishable beautiful face finally lost the coldness brought by the Holy Spirit's wings, and he was in a trance for a moment.

At that moment, the parasite injected a huge amount of phantom toxin into Gabriel's body.As if being thrown on a roller coaster, the archangel's heart beat heavily, and he almost bit his lips tightly to hold back the pain that was about to blurt out at that moment.

But it was only for a moment.

"Holy edict, burn."

——— Gabriel gasped, and whispered decisively.

The flame faithfully spread to his arm, burning the parasite body and the archangel's own skin equally.

In the agony, Gabriel smiled.

The firelight illuminated his snow-white face, and the blue-purple eyes of the archangel locked on the severed parasite body of the monster.

"I said, I will kill you."

He said softly, "This is just the beginning."

If this thing is blocking Gabriel's footsteps, then the archangel will purify it without hesitation.

Especially this monster in front of him.

—————— This devil's creation, a corrupted god, the ultimate end.

Gabriel flew high, his originally white and plump wings were scorched and torn by the monster's pus, his white robe was covered with scarlet blood, in the dim light of the setting sun, he no longer looked holy, but was cold and frightening. Extremely human.

The monster also roared fiercely, stood up angrily, and rushed towards Gabriel.

The figure of the archangel wearing a white robe is no different from a speck of dust compared to the monster's mountain-like black body wriggling.

The dust that the monster raised with each attack was the most appalling Gabriel had ever seen.

—————————The power that can raze a mountain to the ground falls on the monster, but it is only a force that enrages it; the flame that can burn the city alive can't even restrain the monster's movement, it can only make it The skin of his body was burnt.

The monster was covered in bruises, and so was Gabriel.

The entire valley has been destroyed by the battle between Gabriel and the monster. Mountains have been razed to the ground, trees have been uprooted, and magma has emerged from the earth's crust, so hot that it distorts the surrounding air.

If it weren't for the fact that Gabriel set a limit one step ahead of time before stepping here, all the superheroes who could probably come have already arrived.

Gabriel began to realize that with the destructive power of this monster, if he wanted to kill the monster completely, then the Archangel himself would be seriously injured.

——————— More importantly, this is not an established track.

If Gabriel makes a mistake once, the monster will not hesitate to tear up his desire and kill Gabriel here.

[My child, when the light is victorious, necessary sacrifices must be made. 】

The voice of the oracle lingered in Gabriel's ear.

--------I know.

Gabriel thought silently.

The wind blew over the archangel's bloody white hair, and Gabriel suddenly raised his hand, intending to stab the holy cock into his chest.

If it is stained with the golden blood of the angel, the power of this gun can be upgraded to another level, even if the speed of virtual energy recovery may be slowed down, but in order to increase the insurance for killing this monster——

A hand suddenly stretched out from behind and patted Gabriel's shoulder.

Before the archangel reacted, the flame of the oracle subconsciously attacked this dark force.However, when Gabriel turned his head defensively, what he saw was Abaddon's pale and handsome face.

Almost instinctively, Gabriel forced a low growl from between his teeth.

"........."

Abaddon, who rushed to the scene, looked at his other blue-purple eyes with no emotion, with a calm expression.

"Fortunately, I'm not too late, sorry for keeping you waiting."

The lord of hell raised his hand tolerantly, waved it in front of Gabriel, and signaled that he was fine, while expressing that he had no hostility—virtual energy was slowly repairing the scorched hand, black It was peeled off piece by piece, revealing the blue blood vessels underneath.

"I'll do the rest."

Abaddon said softly.

"........."

The archangel continued to stare at the demon in front of him indifferently, his pupils constricted slightly, like a cheetah ready to attack at any time.

But just as Abaddon expected, the bruised archangel did not rush to attack, but became more cautious.

If Abaddon hadn't attacked, the Archangel wouldn't have wasted his strength trying. He'd bled too much and fought too long.

The lord of hell circles the air like a statue of an archangel, leaving his back to another self.

Just as Abaddon expected, Gabriel did not attack, but just watched coldly on the spot.

With every step forward, Abaddon's gait changed, gradually becoming less like the lord of hell.

The blood-red cloak disappeared from Abaddon's thin and broad shoulders, and also disappeared was the dark suit, which had a strange meaning due to its meticulousness.

Abaddon raised his hand, brought the black contact lens back to the golden-green eye, and adjusted it casually.

The huge black goat horns disappeared inch by inch in the air, and the silky ankle-length black hair of the monarch of hell began to retract all the way up until it stopped at his shoulders, bound by a small ribbon.

Different from the lord of hell's chilling appearance, Abaddon looked no different from an ordinary person now.

A few seconds later, what appeared in front of Gabriel was no longer the ruler of hell and the eternal black goat king, but a black-haired young man with a handsome face and a melancholy expression.

Gabriel: ?

The archangel stared in bewilderment at the figure that had completely lost its dark power, wondering for a while whether he should continue to attack.

[Lie contract: 100%]

At the same time, Abaddon released all control over the virtual body, and in turn lifted the restrictions on the contract of lies.

The lord of hell broke away, and stood with the system in the consciousness space, looking at the scene below.

Cain stood where he was, with his drooping head raised slightly, like a dying swan.

"Where am I?"

The black-haired young man's face was as pale as death, he looked around and murmured frantically.

Nothing more than he would ask, this valley that used to grow wild lilies in summer has now been destroyed by the battle between Gabriel and the devil's creation and turned into a hell on earth.

Pus flowed wantonly, the air was rancid and pungent, and the smell was extremely unpleasant. Broken bones were lying on the ground everywhere, so melted that they couldn't even identify their identities.

The cold wind howled and swooped down, lingering from this area, circling and howling, refusing to give up, engulfing the breath of the black-haired youth to the mouth of the huge monster.

As Cain walked across this side of the mountain, he finally had a clear view of what awaited him on the other side.

That towering, gigantic, terrifying black monster.

The mouth on the monster's stomach was still wide open, motionless, only mucus dripping from the fangs, as if coveting the human flesh and blood in front of it.

Cain took a short breath, subconsciously took a few steps back due to fear, but in the next second, a trace of panic flashed across the eyes of the black-haired young man.

His steps stopped.

Under Gabriel's gaze, the black-haired youth turned around and stared at the monster on the other side of the mountain for a while.

The black-haired young man's eyes were wide open, and he looked at the monster's body inch by inch, as if he had discovered some terrible facts.

His legs began to move again, running across the swaying gravel and charred flats, but this time not in the direction of escape.

The black-haired youth was running towards the monster.

During the whole process, the monster remained absolutely motionless, the mouth on the belly remained open, and mucus dripped from it, converging into a lake.

The wind also slowly quieted down.

Only the footsteps of the black-haired youth echoed in the valley.

Under the bloody sunset, he staggered to the side of the monster that suddenly became very quiet, knelt down, and stretched out his hand.

The pus immediately corroded the young man's skin, the monster snorted uncomfortably, and its mountain-like body shrank back slightly, crushing more green grass.

However, it was already too late. The black-haired youth's slender hand, which was like a work of art, melted into white bones in a few seconds.

But Cain was just red-eyed, trembling and tentative, stroking the monster's rotten and sore skin.

"Nova?"

The wind around them seemed to cry too.

The black-haired youth rested his forehead on the bone of his hand and asked softly in despair.

"Oh, Nova... what did you do to yourself while I was away?"