"This is..."
Eden, standing behind Aponia, did not notice Aponia's abnormality. At that moment, all her attention was drawn to the sudden light, and a look of astonishment appeared on her face—
According to Eden's understanding, the darkness beyond the gates of The Deepest Place was controlled by Aponia.
Yet all this time, anyone who came here had to pass through a stretch of darkness to reach The Deepest Place. No one had ever been able to illuminate this darkness by any other means—
Vill-V had tried many times, but every attempt had ended in failure.
And now, that ironclad rule had been broken—
Within the endless darkness, a river of stars spun into existence as though the universe had just been born. A ray of light leaped from the galaxy, forcefully illuminating the darkness that had to be crossed to reach The Deepest Place. Even the statue in the plaza deep within was shrouded by that light.
Under the gazes of many uncertain eyes and one pair of increasingly excited eyes, the light dimmed somewhat, allowing some darkness to return.
However, the Silver Giant that emerged from the light stood within that darkness, still illuminating a portion of it, allowing everyone to clearly see that light still existed within the darkness.
"Light..."
Aponia answered Eden's question, but her usually gentle and calm voice carried an almost imperceptible tremor.
SHUA!
Having transformed successfully, Gwen assumed a fighting stance.
"Ha ha ha ha ha..."
Yet, facing the giant who had illuminated this darkness that seemed destined never to disperse, Kalpas felt not the slightest fear. Instead, he laughed even more wantonly, the flames around him burning ever fiercer until even the light itself warped.
"Good, just like that!
Come on!"
The instant the flames around him burned to their peak, Kalpas