(Heartfelt thanks to 'In Love With Anime,' 'Kaede no Chōrei,' 'Lei Xiang,' 'o0Mingxue0o,' 'Hope's Tiga,' and 'Soul Seeker' for their rewards!)
(Tomorrow will be the final four chapters. Thank you all for staying with me along the way. I hope you will witness the end of this book with Ru Qing and walk the final stretch together...)
"Freeze----!"
As that voice echoed across the skies of Giant Beast Forest and reached the ears of everyone present, everything in this world froze in accordance with its command.
Sound...
Gales...
Dark clouds...
Air...
And the enormous pitch-black bone spears descending from the heavens toward City of Different Eras—all of them seemed to have been solidified within space itself, suspended in place.
Within the stagnant, no-longer-spinning vortex of dark clouds, the Beast King's pupils contracted sharply at the sight. Then, he discovered that the space around him seemed to have solidified into something tangible, restraining his body.
"----!" At once, Black Aura around the Beast King erupted violently, crashing into the surrounding space. A bang rang out, as though something had shattered, and only then did the Beast King feel his body regain its freedom.
"Who----?!" Almost by reflex, the Beast King shouted coldly into the world below.
"Come out----!"
His cold shout rippled outward like an echo, drowning out every other sound in this world.
"Buzz----!"
The next second, space suddenly rippled in a corner above City of Different Eras, drawing the attention of everyone present.
From within those spatial ripples, a figure carrying a girl with short, slightly curly emerald-green hair slowly stepped out and appeared before everyone.
Seeing the person slowly emerge from space, the Beast King paused in surprise before speaking in utter astonishment.
"You?..."
Around him, Hinagiku, Mikoto, and the other girls also broke into delighted expressions.
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