Return to the Overworld

"What... did you just say?"

Bakal instinctively glanced at Fang Mo, then at Little Momo in his arms, looking utterly stunned.

"Just kidding."

Fang Mo pulled Little Momo back into his embrace and said with a smile, "Anyway, welcome back to life, Bakal."

"Back to life?"

Bakal became even more confused, his brows knotting tightly together.

If he remembered correctly, he should have been killed by that group of adventurers who had traveled back from the future. How could a dead person possibly come back to life? So was this Hilder's scheme after all?

"...You were sent by Hilder, weren't you?"

At that thought, Bakal's expression suddenly darkened. A terrifying aura erupted from him as he let out a savage growl, apparently intending to intimidate them into giving him information. "Speak! What else does that woman want!?"

But before he had even finished speaking—

Little Momo across from him suddenly became unhappy.

"Roar!"

The little girl in Fang Mo's arms suddenly shouted without warning, then bared her claws at Bakal. Her beautiful purple eyes widened as she snarled fiercely, "Don't talk to my dad like that!"

"...Hm?"

Bakal froze at her words.

But before he could think further, Little Momo suddenly took a deep breath and attacked. "Roar!"

Little Momo opened her mouth, and a purple-black beam carrying an aura of deathly silence and annihilation—terrifying as though it marked the end of all things—suddenly erupted and shot straight toward Bakal.

"!"

Bakal's heart skipped a beat.

Before he could even think, his body instinctively dodged.

The Breath of Termination grazed past his side, carving a long, narrow fissure into the ground before piercing through Sky City's outer wall and vanishing into the clouds.

"..."

Looking back at the destruction caused by her breath, Bakal was somewhat shocked. "You..."

As the