Lorenz Riel: Divine Descendants, and the 'Father' They Would Ultimately Hunt

As Su Wen's words fell, time itself seemed to freeze at that very moment.

Against the backdrop of war and flames, a boundless Deep Azure Sword Light flashed forth magnificently,

passing through the bodies of the two men before either of them could utter a single word.

Then, in their daze, the two Zero-Sum Game overseers suddenly saw their own bodies for some unknown reason.

But in the next second,

they finally realized the horrifying outcome of their own 'deaths.'

As the storm-like sword light swept past, even the life threads linking the Zero-Sum Game members to the Bronze Grand Gambit Theory were utterly severed.

Mythical Trait: Rhine—Watcher's Sword—Tear Storm

"Now,

tell me.

Who exactly did you make a deal with, what exactly was that deal, and how much do you know?"

A faint golden glow quietly blossomed, the sign that the lantern's dim light was beginning to emerge.

Immediately afterward,

the Mythical Relic: Branlyte's Lantern hung silently in Su Wen's hand.

He let the outline of the lantern, beneath its faint glow, resemble a forgotten star quietly breaking free from the shackles of night.

And so, behind him,

a massive, indifferent figure wearing a black hood also raised that faint light, as though it reflected the stars.

I mourn the dead, just as Helen Lena swears blessings for the living.

Only through silence are words born; only through darkness comes light; only through death is rebirth attained. Fireflies fall into the void, shining brilliantly.

I remember everything in this world.

It burns to ashes in fate, yet takes root and grows in memory.

I listen to their voices,

carry their loneliness,

and then watch the will they left behind bloom through the long passage of time.

I am the ferryman of the forgotten—'Glimmer of Lamplight'—Branlit.

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