"Was that just now... a coincidence?"
Scattered raindrops fell through the breach onto the corridor. The Long-Haired Man crouched down again, leaning against the railing. It sounded as though he was asking He Ao, but also as though he were talking to himself.
"Do you think it was a coincidence that it hit once, then reduced someone to dust a second time?"
The Irritable Man could not help saying.
His voice was still rough and loud, but perhaps because the Long-Haired Man had just pleaded for him, it was no longer quite as sharp as before.
He smacked his lips and glanced at the chunk of iron on the ground. "If you ask me, this was Divine Punishment! Those disgusting evil believers finally angered the god and received the retribution they deserved!"
The Long-Haired Man opened his mouth, seemingly about to refute him on instinct, but in the end, he said nothing. His beliefs seemed to have suffered a tremendous shock. He lowered his head and muttered, "So they never received K's favor..."
"That was K. I'm certain of it,"
the Old Man with a Beard said hoarsely beside them. He raised a hand and gestured through the air. "I will never forget that radiance for the rest of my life—that dazzling, sacred radiance."
He lowered his head, his gaze sweeping across the metal on the ground. "That greedy beast could summon a similar radiance, but it was nowhere near as sacred and pure as the one just now. That was definitely K."
He raised his head and looked at the enormous hole overhead. Something devout flickered in his clouded eyes. "The god is watching over us."
"But that radiance,"
the Irritable Man pondered, "didn't seem as powerful as the one in our memories that pierced through the Blood Sun."