(Miluno)
"Miluno! Get out of the way!"
Ceruno's warning.
I watched as the Earth's darkness aggregate descended from the sky, took human form, leaped from the top of the Shuttle Tower, and came straight for me...
Tch, she could fly?
Whether in appearance or behavior, she was not much different from the Shadow Girls I had encountered before. The only difference was that she had color instead of being a purely black silhouette.
She moved nimbly and possessed incredible mobility, but against me, she had no advantage at all—because I. Was. Faster!!
Her combat intelligence was even lower. She had no tricks, basically just charging straight at me by the shortest route. She was not even as capable as the Virtual System set up by Great Blood.
Could I lose this? No way!
"Beep beep. Warning: avoid any contact with her."
Yet Great Blood's mechanical reminder surfaced in my mind.
"Beep beep. Her goal is to be absorbed by you. Once contact is made, she will merge into your body. At that point... if you cannot withstand the impact of the corruption, you will completely lose yourself."
I immediately turned and began running laps around the edge of City School with the newly born Black Mud chasing after me.
This situation seemed to have happened before. Though back then, I had been running laps with Great Blood... What was I, some kind of long-distance runner?
"Beep beep. But it is not entirely without a solution."
You had a solution and only said so after all this time?!
"Beep beep. Return the Master Control System's permissions to me. I will bear it in your place... and become the Great Will."
Thanks, but I would pass.
"I may truly be unable to bear it... but can you withstand the darkness Earth has