490: Dawn (Abyss Layer Arc Complete)

490. Dawn (Abyss Layer Arc Complete)

"Whew, that wasn't easy. To think I'd run into a high-ranking Entropy Annihilation Apostle here... Is that lucky? Or unlucky? Either way, the outcome was already decided, wasn't it? Humans can't kill something like you."

Her legs trembled as she gradually overcame her instinctive terror and forcibly straightened them.

"I've been dead for a long time already. I don't know which kindhearted person suddenly pulled me out of hell one day."

Nomi muttered to herself, mocking herself as she slowly rose to her feet.

"You know, humans are really boring creatures. Even when we're about to be destroyed, we still have to find a good way to die for something called dignity..."

She bared her teeth, straightened her back, and faced that enormous, terrifying being with a contemptuous smile.

"Come on, hit me here. I, Nomi, have died more times than I can count, and I've lived for nearly sixty years after coming back. If I can take down this many Entropy Annihilation Apostles with me, heh, then this life of mine was worth it."

The shapeless Entropy Annihilation Apostle stood silently. Countless strange colors swirled across its body, and its surging aura continued to rise. It was clearly gathering some terrifying power.

The earth shook without end, and the magnetic field was thrown into chaos. Nomi could imagine that the force of that strike would be enough to erase a major city—or even an entire province of Frostplate.

Oh my, using a skill this powerful against a nobody like me.

"Of course, that's what I say—but there's one thing I believe."

Nomi grinned and stood upright without fear. "I won't die."

Faced with the ever-rising power, Nomi felt no fear. She stood tall, neither calmly awaiting death nor giving up resistance, because she