The moment she opened her eyes, Angel knew she had won this gamble.
Of course, when she had charged without hesitation at a High Sequence Demoness, she had not thought that much. She had only wanted to stop the ever-spreading Deadly smog and buy enough time for Arianna to reach the East Borough.
But it was hard to say whether she would have faced death once more so decisively if she had not experienced her "resurrection" after the Tingen Divine Descent Incident.
The only question now was whether she was lying in a coffin or had once again been taken to the "Holy Cathedral" in Winter County.
Forcing her eyes wide open, Angel turned to look around, only to find that something seemed to be blocking her vision. Everywhere she looked was pitch-black.
"My eyesight hasn't recovered? Or have I been affected by some kind of Beyonder power?"
She tried to raise a hand before her eyes, only then realizing that she was still lying on the ground. She hurriedly scrambled to her feet and steadied herself.
The ground was soft earth, carrying even the fresh scent of rain. Yet when Angel rubbed a little dirt between her fingers and brought it before her eyes, she could barely make out three fingers and the patch of black soil caught between them.
There was nothing wrong with her vision... so Dark Vision was not working?
Had she ended up, just like when she first arrived in this world, in some utterly lightless basement? And this time, even Dark Vision was gone?
Remembering her first night in Tingen with lingering fear, Angel tried to summon Cursed Black Flame. Her spirituality did not respond at all. There was not even a spark around her, much less Black Flame.
It was as though she