His expression was grave as he declared, word by word:
"[12:00#I will soar into the skies and become the sun above. All living things will flourish fervently in my radiance, and no evil will have anywhere to hide.]"
Gradually, Gofemwood's final consciousness was fading, and his connection to that distant place was being severed.
Beneath the ruins of the immense stained-glass windows, within the curtain-like shadows of what seemed like an eternal theater.
He left behind one final sigh:
"Very well, child... let go and do as you please."
"Perhaps I was never without a choice. I simply indulged in seeking gain and avoiding harm. Even if I had never known it was impossible, I still should have done it."
"I, too, should become a Clockmaker. The Grand Symphony I recognized had only a single syllable, repeating endlessly, never once falling out of tune—"
Within Oak Mansion.
Surging energy condensed into a supreme finger, carrying overwhelming pressure and the will of Destruction as it crushed down upon Firefly, who looked as insignificant as an ant.
The space itself was squeezed into black cracks, and time seemed to freeze at that instant.
Rumble—
In an instant, the earth split apart, and the entire dreamscape shook violently, letting out a groan under the unbearable strain.
Just as that finger, seemingly capable of crushing the dreamscape and annihilating souls, was about to touch Firefly, the outer coating of Sam's armor began to collapse with a piercing, overloaded shriek. Inside the cockpit, Firefly clenched her teeth and gathered every last ounce of strength before her, preparing to withstand that incomparable blow head-on—
"Second Uncle—!!!"
A roar, carrying unprecedented urgency and fury, tore through the energy's thunderous rumble and the trembling of space!
A figure burst fiercely from a freshly shattered spatial rift at the