After giving a simple farewell to Dunke—a temporary enemy, an eternal friend—Kadeci let out a sorrowful sigh, then turned to look at the blood-soaked corpses strewn in every direction.
Aside from Fente, Oko, Ding Moluo, Ye Chen, and Sainsai, whom Jietisikoki had taken away earlier, everyone else who had originally escaped from the Cube World had now, like Dunke, been sent entirely outside.
Thus, with the Maze Cube's power lifted, this chaotic deathmatch that had unfolded across the vast battlefield of another dimension finally came to a complete end.
On the Clown's side, the Clown group led by Dunke—a total of seventeen people—had all met violent deaths.
On the Hunter's side, the Smoke Squad led by Dusarien—a total of six people—had fallen in glorious sacrifice.
As for Ye Chen and the other four, their whereabouts remained unknown.
For the time being, the overall outcome could be called a pyrrhic victory for the Hunters.
As she lowered her head to gaze at the mangled remains of Dusarien and the others, another shadow of grief fell over Kadeci's face.
If the Smoke Squad had not descended from the sky as their final reinforcements, the severely wounded Kadeci would never have had the chance to lock the other twenty Clowns inside her Maze Cube.
Thus, it could be said that the outcome now laid before Kadeci's eyes had only been possible because of Dusarien and the others' sacrifice.
"At the very least, you did not die in vain."
"So rest in peace."
"My comrades."
Kadeci paid Dusarien and the others her highest respects in her heart, then turned and staggered away.
At the other end of the ravine beneath the cliff, Xiya still knelt halfway on the ground, both hands extended as she continuously released an emerald radiance, doing her utmost to treat