Guardian (Mi)

(Miluno)

I could hear extremely faint, distant sounds of fighting.

It was also the only sound coming from the other side of the tunnel... so I wasn't hearing things.

Tumult, roars, collisions, wind from blades, shattering.

The battle was fierce and had been going on for quite a while.

"It sounds like we still have some distance to go, get ready for battle."

It seemed Sirius had heard it too.

"Our enemies aren't just 'Guardians', but also A-Ji! Since she had the guts to come down here, she won't just surrender quietly. Maybe she originally had this kind of plan and just went with the flow... Don't forget, her ultimate goal is to lead the witches in rebelling against the authority of the 'Great Will'."

I nodded in agreement.

"There's only this single passage down from the hall above, so it's impossible for us to take a fork in the road. The one fighting down below is definitely Sun Ji... Sirius, can your incandescent bulb be a bit brighter? We can't even see the road clearly."

Her light could only illuminate a small area around her; any further and it couldn't pierce through.

"I've already done my best! The density of the darkness in this air is too high, my light can't penetrate this kind of black fog... But it seems fine around us?"

The concentration of darkness in the air was high—so high that the crystal fused into my heart had even begun to pump faster, uncontrollably absorbing the darkness like a high-powered water pump. With me at the center, the darkness within a certain range had been sucked dry, so of course the air quality here was decent.

"Miluno-chan, return this to you first."

"I have one here too~"

Seeing Sirius toss the "Future Moment" over, Ceruno, who