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"Thud..."
With a clearly audible impact, Acnoella, whose entire body had been pierced through by the Light of Salvation and left riddled with holes, slowly collapsed to the ground. The blood flowing from her body had already stopped.
Staring at the night sky dyed crimson by the flames, the ferocity in Acnoella's eyes gradually faded into a daze.
Her vision had begun to warp.
Her heart gradually began to stop beating.
At that moment, Acnoella clearly understood one thing.
Her centuries-long journey of destruction had finally come to an end.
Before long, the existence known as Acnoella would completely vanish from this world.
Just as Igneel had said.
The era belonging to the Dragon King had truly ended.
Acnoella felt neither sorrow nor unwillingness, much less the slightest hatred. All she felt was a calm that mortals could never understand.
Even when she had still been human, Acnoella had been someone with twisted emotions.
While others enjoyed their lives, Acnoella thought only of destruction.
While others struggled desperately beneath the threat of dragons, Acnoella thought only of destruction.
While others forged alliances with the dragons who favored coexistence and fought alongside them against the opposing dragon factions, Acnoella thought only of destruction.
While others gradually marched toward death with the passage of time, Acnoella still thought only of destruction.
Zeref had once said that Acnoella clearly possessed the power to rule the world, yet all she wanted was destruction.
That statement could almost be said to have perfectly explained Acnoella's very nature.
Zeref had been