Wei Ge, Shade, and the gentlemen from the Church had already tried the wall before them, but they too were unable to assist Ellie. Miss Feliana did possess the strength to do so, but expending too much power would shorten the puppet's operating time. Miss Puppet would still need to help deal with the core of the [Skin Object Hall] later, and Shade's strength alone would not be enough to complete such work.
"It's fine. I'll try out my new power. If I succeed, sir from the [Dawn Church], I'd like to ask you to remain here and guide those who come after us. Whether Witches or people from the Church, they should be arriving soon. But aside from the entrance we may open, I'm afraid other methods will find it difficult to penetrate into the core."
Shade spoke, then pointed in the direction the professor from [The Truth Society] had just departed, indicating that they also needed to guard against others. The gentleman from the Church agreed, curious to see what Shade intended to do now.
Wei Ge was also curious about what Shade intended to do. Only Miss Feliana had some idea. Shade handed [Night Watchman] back to Wei Ge, then walked to Ellie's side and placed a hand on her back.
The adorable pure-white holy beast turned to look at him, then suddenly understood.
"Do we need to connect?"
Maintaining her Unicorn form, Ellie summoned her Destiny Ring. The Core Ling Rune [Connection] shone, and the sacred white light around the Unicorn spread toward Shade.
Thus, the one selectable transformation opportunity Shade had obtained from the [Lord of Flesh Aberration] took effect at this moment.
The light around Ellie enveloped him, and his silhouette wriggled and changed within it. When the radiance faded, a brand-new Unicorn with