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"Are you scared?" Isaac asked out of nowhere.
"…"
"You’re scared you might die."
I didn’t bother denying it. I was indeed afraid this would be the end. The suffocating pressure from being surrounded by Purson’s followers reminded me of when I died without even realizing what was happening, my skull melted by Lime.
However, Rubia was still imprisoned in the northern tower as an experimental subject. I had to save her! Collapsing here wasn’t an option. Isaac snickered as he wandered around me.
"You freak out just from running into those small fries, yet you’re still interested in Ember?" Without waiting for my answer, he went on. "Don't think it'll be as easy as snatching some tiny altar like this."
It’s not like I ever said I’d go.
Still, I had been piqued. Corpses of powerful beings were bound to lie around, ripe for essence absorption. Isaac seemed to read me like an open book, or maybe because I was one. Both Rena and Rubia seemed to understand me far too well, too.
Whik!
I threw aside the blade that had pierced a thick iron plate. Then I picked up another longsword that had been abandoned by its former owner.
Uuuung…
Dark aura pulsed from the blade. It was as if a deep, chilling darkness had slowly stained the blue sky. Purson’s...
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