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I sprinted toward Pria’s location. Jenna was staggering in front of where Pria lay.
“......”
A sharp wooden plank had pierced straight through Pria’s chest.
“It seems... it’s too late.”
Pria smiled faintly.
‘It’s too ~Nоvеl??ght~ late.’
I could tell at a glance.
The jagged piece of wooden debris had punctured her chest, going straight through the center of her right lung. By now, her lung would be completely filled with blood.
“Potion... We need a potion...”
“We used it all earlier, didn’t we?” Velkist replied in a calm tone.
He was right. Every last potion we had was consud during the fight on the deck.
“Then... then what do we do?”
“Just say your goodbyes. She’s been through enough.”
Velkist muttered the words as if reciting an eulogy.
Pria made a faint motion to nod. Blood from her wound pooled beneath her, staining the ground a deep crimson.
“Goodbye? What the hell are you talking about? There has to be sothing we can do...”
“More than anything, I just want to return to the lounge.”
“I... can still manage that.”
Pria’s right hand twitched weakly.
A faint golden light radiated outward, spreading into the air. Within monts, a circular dinsional portal appeared.
“Phew... I’m glad I still had enough strength left. If you pass through that portal... you should be able to return to the place you ca from.”
“Thank you.”
Velkist bowed his head slightly, showing his appreciation.
“No, no! What are you doing?! We can’t just leave her like this!” Jenna shouted in disbelief. “We can help her! There has to be—!”
Before she could finish, Velkist grabbed her and slung her over his shoulder.
“Stop being stubborn and think logically for once,” Velkist said, looking at
before turning toward the portal.
Jenna, flailing in protest, shouted, “Wait! Don’t just leave her! We can still—!”
Without another word, Velkist stepped through the dinsional portal and vanished.
Now, only Pria and I remained.
“Haaah... haaah...”
Her breathing was shallow and labored, each exhale gurgling as blood bubbled from her lips.
I didn’t say a word.
“Han... I have one last request.”
“What is it?”
“I want to see... your smile.”
“...What kind of nonsense is that?”
“Just once... Please... smile for .”
I tried to smile.
At least, I thought I did.
But my lips didn’t move, no matter how hard I tried.
“You’re asking for too much.”
So, instead, I used my hands to pull the corners of my mouth upward into a crude imitation of a smile.
Pria, looking at , smiled faintly in return.
Then, she stopped moving entirely.
“...Hey.”
“......”
“Are you dead?”
No answer ca.
‘I knew it...’
I’d expected this.
From the very beginning, I’d known this was how Townia’s story would end.
I’d already prepared myself for it.
‘A smile? Really?’
I clicked my tongue in irritation.
Was that really the last thing she wanted to say?
‘Should I leave now?’
In any case, the system had registered the stage as cleared.
Townia’s 90th floor was over.
All that was left was to return to the lounge and prepare for the next steps.
Yurnet would likely already be readying everything.
“......”
So, this was how it ended.
What a waste. Why did you even co back here?
To get impaled by the wreckage of a broken airship and die like this?
What kind of pointless death was that?
‘I will go back.’
I refused to let this be how I died.
At least it served as a reminder, a lesson. Chasing after aningless things only leads to outcos like this.
I turned away.
The dinsional portal Pria had created shimred in the air, beckoning .
I began walking toward it, step by step.
Just as I was about to step through—
“...Goddamn it.”
My mind went blank.
“Goddamn it... Goddamn it... GODDAMN IT!”
BANG!
I slamd Bifrost into the ground with all my strength.
Crackle!
The crimson lightning of the Black Dragon coursed through the air, erasing the golden glow of the portal.
“I’m going to kill you.”
I raised my gaze upward.
I couldn’t see it, but I could feel it.
“I’ll kill you, you goddamned eye bastard.”
Shrrk.
The black dragon’s scales and wings erupted from my body, unfolding with a violent ripple of power.
My vision turned red.
‘I’ll kill you.’
I couldn’t think about anything else.
‘No matter who you are, no matter where you’re hiding—’
Whoosh!
I unfurled my wings.
[Fragnt of Chaos Lv.113] x 39,135,331,320...
[Fragnt of Despair Lv.108] x 13,023,643,919...
[Fragnt of Resentnt Lv.121] x 29,129,069,543...
In the darkness, countless fragnts writhed, squirming like a massive, endless tide.
But I didn’t care.
“Screw you!”
Nothing else mattered.
Nothing.
I wouldn’t die like this.
Crack!
The full force of my power surged into Bifrost.
「.......」
That thing—it was mocking .
Mocking
for daring to resist ‘fate’ as a re human.
“Don’t... give
that crap.”
I leapt forward.
A tsunami of fragnts rose before , blocking my path.
‘I’ll kill every last one of you.’
I gripped my sword tightly, ready to strike.
“Hyung-nim! Stop, you can’t!”
BAM!
Sothing suddenly tackled
from the side.
“It’s not the right ti yet! You need to leave!”
“Who are you? Get out of my way!”
“Don’t you recognize ? It’s , Aaron!”
“I don’t know who the hell you are!”
“Please, calm down and co to your senses!”
“Niflheimr? Aaron? How are you even here? Are you trying to trick ? What trickery is this? How did you—?”
Yurnet’s voice echoed from sowhere nearby.
A foggy dinsional portal appeared, materializing in front of .
Beyond the portal, Yurnet’s hazy figure stared at
with a soft expression.
“Shut up! Don’t give
that crap—!”
Yurnet’s eyes glowed with a bright, ethereal light.
“No, I... I still have to...”
FLASH.
A blinding light engulfed .
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