At that moment, two streams of Divine Power in different colors wound around the Goddess of the Night, trapping her inside a spherical barrier. She still struggled, unleashing burst after burst of Divine Power. Cracks spread across Akara's body, which housed her Divine Soul and consciousness, and golden light shone through them. She looked like a shattered piece of porcelain glued back together, ready to break again at the slightest touch.
"Let me go!" the Goddess of the Night screamed hysterically, but she could not budge the barrier.
"Mora! You lowly insect! You dared scheme against me! You'll regret this!" the Goddess of the Night suddenly called out Grand Duke Mora's name. "I can sense that you aren't a believer in the Holy Light. Your Contract with him is only temporary. Send him back now, and I can release Akara. Otherwise... if I fall, she'll die with me!"
Grand Duke Mora shuddered. The light in his eyes receded, revealing his own pupils, but the aura of Holy Light emanating from him did not weaken in the slightest.
"Goddess of the Night, spare me the sweet talk. The moment you forced Akara to become your Fanatic Believer, she died. What remains is just a shell," Grand Duke Mora said coldly. "And stop plotting to buy time until someone comes to save you."
The Goddess of the Night's aura trembled. She had not expected Grand Duke Mora to see through her so easily. Buying time was exactly what she wanted. She had already sent a distress signal. If her ally arrived, she still had a sliver of hope. Otherwise... she could only follow the God of Nature to his doom.
Unfortunately, no one present would give her that chance, Grand Duke Mora included...
Meanwhile, at the edge of the Number One Void