Tier had not been unconscious for long.
At least, when she woke up, the group had not yet left the area. She was still lying in Shien's arms, greeted by everyone's concern.
"Are you okay, Tier?"
"Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? If you do, you have to tell us!"
Lumya and Merika were the first to notice that Tier had awakened. Their eyes lit up, and they immediately rushed to her side, chattering away.
Tier had yet to process what had happened. She only looked at Lumya and Merika, who were gathered around her with worried expressions, then at Vivian, who stood on the outskirts with a relieved smile. Only then did she finally notice Shien looking down at her.
"Sleep well?" Shien held Tier as he teased, "It's fine. You can keep borrowing my arms and go back to sleep."
Hearing that, Tier finally became somewhat more clear-headed.
"I..."
Tier wanted to say something, only to realize that she could not get a single word out.
When she used the power of her "horn," Tier lost consciousness after falling into a berserk state. Naturally, she did not remember what she had done while in Oni Transformation.
But Tier still remembered being driven into a corner by Georido, and deciding at the very end to risk everything to awaken the forbidden power within her.
Looking at the surrounding ground, battered and ruined as though it had been bombarded by artillery fire, along with the shattered rocks and cliff walls, how could Tier not know what had happened?
"Was it you who stopped me?"
After falling silent for a while, Tier spoke to Shien in a rather complicated tone.
"You should thank me properly." Shien did not deny it. He merely shrugged and said, "And by the way, it wasn't just