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When he came to, Noah found himself floating in midair.
His body was insubstantial.
Darkness surrounded him.
It felt strangely immersive.
Yet his consciousness remained perfectly clear.
In that state, Noah witnessed, from a god's-eye view, a climactic battle unfolding within the dim space.
"Roar—!"
Inside the gloomy fortress, the Demon King, his entire body wreathed in pitch-black flames, let out a roar that sounded nothing like a human voice. He gripped a completely black Knight Sword in his hand as dense black mist surged around him, stirring whirlwinds that swept through the surrounding space before finally gathering upon his blade.
"Roar—!"
Amid that beastlike growl, the Demon King's sword arm, wrapped in ominous black mist, suddenly shook. His figure became a streak of black lightning as he shot forward in an instant.
Before the calamitous Demon King, the girl holding a gleaming silver steel sword—the Elf User later known as the Saint who Saved the World—fearlessly pointed her sword at the charging Demon King. Beautiful phosphorescence completely unlike the Demon King's, known as Shin'i, coiled around her as she unleashed all her power.
"Whoosh—!"
The black lightning streaking toward the Saint who Saved the World was terrifyingly fast.
Only a black line could barely be seen flashing past before the Demon King, shrouded in ominous black mist, arrived before the Saint. He mercilessly swung his black Knight Sword, accompanied by a sonic boom, at her head.
"Clang—!"
The next moment, the black Knight Sword collided violently with the gleaming silver steel sword, unleashing a powerful shockwave that rippled outward.
Then, the heart-stopping clash began.
"Clang—clang—clang—clang—!"
Accompanied by the Demon King's savage