Chapter 54: Battle of the Gods
Chapter 54:
Battle of the Gods
Battle of the Gods
T
HE KAJI-VESSEL HAD SAID
that over one hundred Eva had once fought here in the Valley of Human Bodies. The silent forest of giant, statue-like rocks seemed to shout out in unison, though it was just a trick of the ear.
Each time Armaros and Super Eva clashed, a great noise thundered, and a gale rushed through the canyon, between the stone giants and the rocks that looked like spilled viscera, raising a cry to the skies above. Every time that happened, several giant pillars crumbled to dust, as if waking from a terrible dream.
As Misato fled, pounded by hail, buffeted by wind, and dragging along an injured Kensuke, she hardly felt alive.
Had that apocalyptic battle between giants really happened here in another time? If so, then the extraordinary battle behind her was starting to seem like history repeating.
Shinji’s baleful wail thundered across the canyon, a voice that wasn’t a voice. A signal, not a sound. Shinji’s cries filled the Earth, and all who were present listened.