(Thank you very much to 'Yan Ai Ai', 'Jian Jiao', 'A Fleeting Dream, Where Do I Go When I Wake?', 'Damn It, You've Got Some Nerve', 'Alone Again', 'Mo Yu Linshang', and 'Man Has Seven Sins' for their rewards!)
"Midnight?"
Angel's cry of surprise made everyone present remember.
That was right.
The person slowly emerging from the bushes before them was the final mage of Oracion Seis, whom everyone had always known as the figure sitting cross-legged atop a floating blanket, arms folded and head bowed in sleep.
At that moment, the mage named Midnight, whom Angel called Oracion Seis's trump card, was walking toward them step by step in a somewhat languid manner.
No one knew whether it was merely an illusion.
But as Midnight drew closer, everyone present felt the space around them dim slightly, as though they had been enveloped by a pitch-black moonlit night. It was silent and eerie.
"You..." Angel's expression was filled with uncertainty.
"You woke up?"
"Only just." Midnight did not stop walking. He merely turned his heavily shadowed eyes toward Angel and narrowed them.
"So you really betrayed Father, Angel?"
Under Midnight's fixed gaze, Angel felt a heavy pressure crushing down on her heart, forcing her to take an involuntary step back.
Seeing that, Midnight smiled—a smile that sent chills down one's spine.
"When Father woke me, he told me I could hunt as I pleased. It seems you're within my hunting range as well, Angel."
Angel's little face turned pale.
Among Oracion Seis, Angel did not fear Cobra, Liza, Hoteye, or even Brain. Only Midnight inspired an indescribable trace of fear in her.
There was no other reason. Brain had always regarded this man as Oracion Seis's final measure. Though he had always remained with the others in Oracion Seis, he