In the age of apocalypse, people thought of cities as heaps of ruins teeming with monsters.
Yet now, as this perfectly intact city began to shatter from its very center, and a terrifying being capable of destroying them all appeared in the sky...
People felt no despair. Instead, countless thoughts began to stir.
Nothing in this world felt better than settling grievances and avenging wrongs.
Nothing brought greater satisfaction than taking revenge on the spot after losing your loved ones and home.
Love could be forgotten, but hatred never could.
As the enormous golden scales collapsed into ruin...
Enzo watched from afar, a smile of release spreading across his face.
Not long ago, he and Nicole had lost the new bonds they had worked so hard to build. Of course it hurt.
The best medicine for that pain was revenge.
The destruction of the scales meant the curse had crumbled. It also meant their vengeance was complete.
Not just Enzo and Nicole, but Cavintim, Elsa, Borg, Colonel Devin, and the others... all of them could freely remember the faces of those they had once known and since lost.
Those names were no longer mere "identities." They were irreplaceable beings with souls.
"The curse is broken!"
Someone finally gathered the courage to shout those words.
After the long stretch of astonishment and silence came a tidal wave of tears and laughter.
Grieving sobs, unrestrained laughter, and exultant roars at vengeance fulfilled and a god destroyed burst throughout the city like fireworks.
These were the sounds of victory.
Even Wen Xishu wore a rare smile, not because he had cleared this stage, nor because his overdrawn Tower Power had returned without any loss.
He simply wanted to smile, to become part of this vast collective of countless souls, each with their own