Under the radiance, it was like dawn, like the rising sun.
Sunlight stabbed like swords into the tangible darkness before them. Like a scorching blade cutting through butter, the darkness blocking Marquis K was split in two.
Marquis K, within that darkness, was likewise cleaved in two by a single strike.
However, this was not the end.
On the contrary, this was only the beginning.
The white radiance was not only all-pervasive, but exceptionally resilient.
Again and again, it cut through the darkness.
The severed darkness went from massive chunks to tiny fragments.
In the end, it vanished.
The darkness shrouding Edshire's night disappeared at a visible rate.
Marquis K's body vanished along with it.
Its body, split in two by a single sword stroke, seemed to have been soaked in concentrated sulfuric acid amid the white radiance, constantly bubbling and dissolving.
Pain.
The piercing pain made Marquis K let out a low growl.
Yet compared to such pain, it cared more about the white radiance before it.
Not the radiance itself.
But rather...
The person controlling that radiance.
Marquis K stared wide-eyed at the glow before it, utterly unable to understand why Qin Ran had made such a targeted arrangement.
It swore that its plans had been calculated over and over again and were incomparably meticulous in every respect. Especially when combined with its unique ability, they should never have been discovered.
But what was the reality?
Not only this time, but several times before, it had been the same.
As though Qin Ran had foreknowledge, he stayed one step ahead at every turn.
Could it be...
Suddenly, a thought appeared in Marquis K's mind.
Yet Marquis K immediately cast the thought aside.
Because it was impossible!
It had already grasped everything about that sort of existence. How could