Grand Bombardier: I'm the MVP of this volume!

She saw... herself, and her two older sisters.

No longer the twisted Gorgon and petrifying witch they would later become, but three beautiful, gentle goddesses beloved by the island's people—Stheno, Euryale, and... herself, Medusa.

Back then, she had not yet become the snake-haired monster who symbolized terror, but a local earth mother goddess who protected the land.

Her sisters had doted on her, and the islanders had praised them with flowers and song.

They had accepted offerings in the temple, strolled along the moonlit beach, shared amusing stories they had learned from humans, and laughed over tiny, trivial things...

Those had been... happy days.

A simple, pure happiness filled with sunlight and the scent of sea wind.

Tears slid without warning from Gorgon's eyes, mingling with the blood and dust on her face and leaving clear tracks behind.

It was as if only now had she truly "seen" Anna standing before her.

She was not some unfamiliar enemy, nor the other half she needed to devour to become whole. She was... the self she had once been.

The self who had not yet been twisted by the gods' curse, had not yet been wounded by humanity's fear and betrayal, and still believed in beauty and gentleness...

"Ah... yes... yes..." Gorgon's voice choked, filled with endless sorrow and longing. "Those... I still... remember..."

At that moment, Mo Wang also walked to Anna's side. He had released his combat stance and merely looked calmly at the dying Gorgon at the bottom of the pit.

Sensing Mo Wang's arrival, Gorgon's emotions surged again, even more complicated than before.

There was awe toward a powerful enemy, unwillingness over her defeat, but more than anything, a confusion even she herself could not unravel.

She looked at Mo Wang and rasped, "I... lost. Completely... utterly. My