Volume 4, Chapter 18 – End

“I’ll have to refuse that. Because right now, I also… hate you, very, very much!”

Held in Seles’ arms, at some point unknown even to herself, Tianyin’s eyes, which should have been dazed and unfocused, had already been completely flooded with crimson.

Through those blood-red eyes, Seles could not see even the slightest trace of emotion… not only that… in Seles’ perception, Tianyin in her arms was now radiating an overwhelming aura so strong it made Seles’ own body start to tremble uncontrollably…

“Xiao… Xiaoyin?”

Seles looked at Tianyin in shocked confusion, but what met her gaze was still those emotionless eyes.

“I am not her. But you, someone who actually dared to defile Xiaoyin’s existence… I absolutely, absolutely will not forgive you!”

Just as that voice fell, before Seles could even react to what had happened, she heard the shackles she had used to restrain Tianyin let out a grinding “creak, creak” sound.

Then… in Seles’ line of sight, Tianyin in her arms broke free from those special shackles that even a Legendary could not break…

“Xiaoyin… you’re not Xiaoyin! Who are you? Why have you taken over Xiaoyin’s body?!”

“You are asking me? I am the one who has always stayed by Xiaoyin’s side. Not only that, I also consider myself Xiaoyin’s guardian. But you, Seles, I really never imagined you would turn out to be this kind of person!”

Right now Tianyin’s crimson eyes were wide open, her face filled with intense killing intent.

“No matter who you are… you actually took over Xiaoyin’s body, that is absolutely unforgivable!”

Seles was also the type who did not listen to reason. After hearing the words of Samael, who was controlling Tianyin’s body, she immediately chose to attack.

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Not only that, she struck without warning in the middle of talking, clearly intending to catch Samael off guard.

However… behavior like that, from the perspective of Samael, who was manipulating the power of the Seven Original Sins and unleashing it to the fullest, was nothing more than a cheap, laughably inferior “little trick.”

“You think a surprise attack will let you beat me? How… naive.”

Speaking in that offhand way, before Seles had time to react, a sword suddenly appeared in Tianyin’s hand.

It clearly looked like just a golden longsword, but it was wrapped in a strange layer of blood-red light. The instant she saw that sword appear, an ominous warning flared in Seles’ heart.

The next moment…

Indescribable agony burst from her abdomen, and that longsword which had just appeared in Tianyin’s hand had, at some point unknown, pierced straight through her stomach…

Scalding blood flowed down.

All that remained was indescribably… searing pain.

“Ah…”

Her lips parted weakly, and Seles lowered her head in silence, looking down at the sword that had stabbed through her abdomen.

“S-So… so fast…”

“I did not use my full strength. If I did, then even with Legendary power, you would have died from a single strike.”

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Samael looked at the Elf girl staring blankly at her own wound with a cold, merciless gaze.

“Why… why not just kill me?”

The pain from her abdomen was undeniably intense.

However, for Seles, who had been suffering pain all her life, this was only the kind of pain she had often felt in the past, not much different at all.

Even so… although she could ignore the pain, her body, because of the constant loss of blood, had already begun to turn limp and powerless.

“I am not killing you because you are still useful. Tell me where the teleportation array is. For this one thing, I can spare your life.”

“Teleportation array? Even now, you are still thinking of asking about the teleportation array for Tianyin?”

Hearing Samael’s question, Seles gave a somewhat weary, mocking smile.

“Xiaoyin has already been broken by me… she’s already like this, and you still want to send her to Inferno? What kind of guardian is that supposed to be?”

“I admit that this time even I was fooled by what you did… but once we reach Inferno, I absolutely will not let anyone have the chance to take Xiaoyin out, and I absolutely will not allow Xiaoyin to be hurt again!”

“Ha… ha… how nice, how nice. So… So Xiaoyin has always had such a powerful existence guarding her. That is really, really wonderful…”

Seles seemed to be laughing, yet also seemed to be crying.

No tears flowed, and that stunningly beautiful smile no longer appeared on her face.

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What remained was only a Dark Elf, clutching her wound in pain, looking at Samael with something like envy in her voice as she said these words.

“But even if you can always protect her, this time the victory is still mine. I have already destroyed the teleportation array, so no matter what, even if you deliberately spare my life now and I tell you where the teleportation array is, in this underground city you can forget about taking Xiaoyin to Inferno!”

“Is that so?”

Samael stared hard at the gradually weakening Elf girl, her gaze growing more and more vicious.

“You have succeeded in angering me, Dark Elf!”

“What, are you planning to kill me?”

Even though she was unbelievably weak, Seles still glared back with all her might.

“Kill you? Even if it will dirty Xiaoyin’s hands, an existence like you really has no need to keep on existing!”

After saying that, Samael directly controlled Tianyin’s body, gripping the longsword that was still stuck through Seles’ abdomen.

Then, very simply, she pulled it out.

The instant the sword left her body, scorching hot blood gushed out like mad, and with that much blood lost in a single moment, the Elf girl Seles went deathly pale.

Then, ever more weakened, the Elf girl could no longer support herself and collapsed to the cold floor in a very pathetic posture.

“Ah… so at last… I’m going to die?”

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Staring blankly as “Tianyin” put away the sword and disappeared from her field of vision without even looking back, the world in the Elf girl’s eyes slowly grew blurry.

Even so, her consciousness still remained clear.

Clear enough that she could feel her blood still flowing.

Clear enough that she could feel her heartbeat gradually weakening.

Clear enough that she could feel her body slowly growing cold.

Yet… despite that, the girl’s awareness remained incredibly sharp.

And on the girl’s chest, a necklace was emitting a faint glow… the color of blood.

“Ah… I remember now. This item is the one I prepared to use on Xiaoyin before, isn’t it?”

Her thoughts drifted back to the moment when she had been preparing to charm Tianyin, and Seles remembered that the necklace on her chest was a special item obtained through special channels, one that could enslave a person’s mind.

“But… Why is it reacting… at a time like this?”

After that final doubt rose in Seles’ remaining consciousness, it too fell into eternal silence.