In the pitch-black hall, a figure stood at its very center.
At the top of the hall's center hung a crystal-made light source. Yet the light it emitted was suppressed by the darkness around it, unable to spread outward, and instead shone downward in a single beam.
Like the spotlight reserved for an important character in a stage play.
And at this very moment, that "spotlight" happened to be shining upon the humanoid figure, draping him in a thin rim of gold.
He seemed to be the only protagonist in this dark hall.
By the light's illumination, the figure's true appearance could be seen clearly. It was... Luigi.
Or rather, Luigi as simulated by the Light-Shadow Demon.
At this moment, the Light-Shadow Demon had his eyes closed, doing something unknown. He looked as though he were enjoying the only glory within this darkness.
Around the Light-Shadow Demon, the gurgling sound of flowing liquid could be heard.
Through the faintly glowing mist, one could vaguely see strange symbols covering the ground around the Light-Shadow Demon. All of those symbols were connected, with black-red blood flowing through them.
The gurgling sound heard earlier was precisely the sound of that blood coursing through the runes.
From the surface alone, it was impossible to tell where the flowing blood drew its power from. It was as if some invisible force guided it, making it flow of its own accord.
Countless bloody symbols converged into diagrams, and countless blood diagrams condensed into a blood array.
Yet it differed somewhat from a magic energy array. It resembled more the bloody shamanic array diagrams set up by primitive tribes.
And this special blood array was, in truth, a summoning ritual.
The one being summoned was Blood Calamity, whose true body lay within the Dark Mirror Domain!
The