Monster of Existence & Empress Who Reigns

The monster roared--

But... when Soga Toyura faced those scarlet eyes, she froze in place.

Her heart throbbed as if someone had seized it.

Her chest felt so heavy that she could barely breathe.

"Sister!!!" The invisible monster roared out broken syllables.

"Toyura!!!" Soga Lie shouted a warning at Soga Toyura, calling her back from those suffocatingly heavy emotions.

The man who had descended like a demon god swung his fist heavily toward the monster.

Surging mental power condensed into almost-substantial lightning.

But... in front of that invisible, unknown monster, such terrifying might seemed to not exist at all.

Bloodlight tore apart the lightning surrounding the Thunder Wolf.

The monster slammed into the ground, leaving a large spiderweb of cracks across the white floor of the Holy Royal Court's royal city.

It ignored the Thunder Wolf Soga Lie had summoned with his powerful mental strength, and the surging Bloodlight rushed toward Soga Toyura, who had just been standing there in a daze.

"Sister!!!"

Looking at the sole scarlet eye with which the beast appeared in this world, Soga Toyura once again felt her throat constricted and her heart gripped. The heavy sensation of suffocation left her at a loss.

Did the monster's message mean... sister?

But why?

Or was it... merely her own illusion?

Facing the invisible monster rushing straight toward her, she took a deep breath--

Soga Toyura made the greatest struggle she could.

A terrifying Mental Storm fully erupted in an instant.

The Mental Storm seemed capable of tearing apart thunder and even destroying the world. It sent visible, shapeless ripples through the surrounding air—or perhaps space itself.

Although... before that invisible monster, those terrifying ripples from the Mental Storm still had no effect whatsoever.

But--

Soga Toyura had completely struggled free from that helpless state.

She was