Though reluctant at heart, Fiona still reached out and gave Shade one last gentle hug:
"Then let's set off and finish the last stretch of Eternal Night City."
"Alright. Once we meet the god, I'll find a way to get you out safely, just as I promised from the start."
Shade took her hand.
He had discovered that the Fifth Epoch Witches perhaps all had certain personality issues, more or less, but these girls and ladies had all displayed extraordinary resolve and courage. That was also why Shade had always had a rather good impression of the Fifth Epoch Witches and Witch Emperors.
Are you sure that isn't because of their exceptional looks and figures?
"She" whispered softly in Shade's ear, but the sound was quickly drowned out by the noise of Shade pushing open the door.
The two doors of the "Twilight Place" were not locked, so Shade and Fiona did not need to rack their brains playing "escape room" to find the key.
No one knew what era the last mortal to visit this god had come from. The doors, unpushed for so long, were even heavier than they appeared.
Shade bent at the waist and leaned slightly forward, shifting all his weight to the front of his body. With one hand on each door, he activated the spell Red Dragon Force and, amid a teeth-grating creak, pushed the doors apart enough for himself and Fiona to pass through.
"Night!"
There was no light beyond the doors, only a night even deeper and more terrifying than the lightless streets of Eternal Night City. That thick darkness seeped through the gap into the "Twilight Place," while faint, blurry lights glimmered in its depths. Yet those distant lights were like the starlight and moonlight in horror stories, unable to protect