Whispers of the Machine Age
Chapter 1974

Departure and the Soul That Chose Sacrifice

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The Edwardzes wore different expressions. The two pairs of twin brothers from the sixth generation were still struggling desperately, yet blood spikes still pierced their chests. Their bodies and souls then turned into pus and blood, flowing into "Edwardz."

Mr. Green, the old corpse ghoul of the fifth generation, embraced his mother Maria. Both were pierced through by the blood spikes.

Nadia Furen, the cultist of the Dragon Devouring Order, wore a helpless expression. But before her soul and flesh vanished, she still looked toward the direction where the God Summoner had disappeared.

Jarvis Edwardz of The Tyranny Club trembled all over, but still suppressed his urge to resist.

At the final moment, the Ghoul Three Brothers seemed to regain a trace of lucidity. They looked at their sons and daughters, yet still could not escape the destiny of being pierced through by crimson spikes.

Pride Edwardz, who had produced the fourth generation of the family, had clearly fallen completely, soul and all. Yet at the end, he still managed to speak—"Ancestor, you..."

Glatoni Edwards laughed loudly as she held her brother's hand, finally fulfilling her wish to be together forever.

Sloth Edwards, now a writhing mass of tentacles, had no ability to resist at all. He could not even return to human form before turning into blood water and vanishing.

By this point, aside from Megan and Audrey, the Green Siblings, and Envy Edwards, the eldest son of the third generation who had never appeared, only Lust Edwardz remained. She was the Diviner's first child, in truth the first descendant born into the Edwards Family, and the only one whose soul had not been absorbed by the crimson spikes.

But it was not that the father who had once killed her with his own hands was showing mercy. Rather,

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