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From the dawn of time, “night” had been branded as wicked and perilous, born from the fear that welled up in its darkness. Flowers blooming beneath the sun closed their mouths when night fell, and the cries of birds in the forest that sounded bright by day turned ominous in the gloom.
Many monsters awoke only after the sun sank, and sins that could not be committed beneath the light multiplied in the dark. Night, a force that should have been neutral, became tied to evil because of this.
And the attribute of night was terrifyingly strong. How could it not be?
It bore one half of the world’s great division: light and darkness. Unlike the sun and moon, where supremacy was clear despite their symmetry, day and night—light and darkness—were equals.
Exolaw wielders did not hide in darkness and wait for nightfall without reason. Exolaw itself was a law despised by the world, and only when the light waned did the world’s resistance loosen.
“Keugh?!”
Leon’s side was struck. He reacted instantly, accelerating on a diagonal and slashing away several snakes with the Holy Sword. The ringing hum of the golden light burned through the dark.
However, the brilliant glow lasted only a breath before scarabs swarmed like storm clouds, throwing themselves onto the flames and snuffing them out. Wasteful though it seemed, even incomplete Nephren-Ka was still a transcendent being. He could not be matched by sheer force.
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