"You're beyond saving..."
"My father was a believer in the blazing sun, too. He taught me resilience and integrity, and set me on a path toward the light—"
"Because where there's light, there's hope!"
"Poor souls. I can no longer see any hope in you... Even the shadows hiding from the light have more dignity than you!"
The Sun People below looked furious at Seneos's rebuke.
"Even so, Daughter of Dusk! You still had no right to destroy our faith...!"
"Exactly! And it's more than faith! Aegle shaped the sky. Aegle is the sky!"
"If Aegle falls, who knows what will become of this world!"
Seneos looked down at them with even greater contempt.
"An oracle came from beyond the horizon... It proclaimed a new age."
"An age no longer ruled by Titan Gods, but forged by mortal heroes."
"I choose to believe! Every promise to break the chains the old world forced upon us, every sign that we can turn a new page... I have to believe!"
"If you want to stop me from slaying a god, you'd better find your courage and draw your bows."
"Let's see whether a thousand arrows pierce me first... or Sorabis's flames burn you to ash!"
The Sun People panicked at once.
Ordinary mortals stood no chance against a Chrysos Heir.
If Seneos meant to, she could slaughter them all.
"How are we supposed to fight you? You're the mighty Lightning Knight, the Valkyrie who can stand against all nations!"
"No. I'm not a god," Seneos said grimly.
"I'm just the only mortal in this prison with the courage to defy its jailer."
The Sun People fell silent.
Even beneath the blazing sun, their faces were dark as storm clouds.
"See? You really are cowards to the bone." Seneos looked down at them,