Pelois

"Miss Belle, Mr. Wise, come over here! There are more visions of your teacher!"

Deep within the factory, Jianshu led the way ahead. Hearing this, Wise and Belle immediately quickened their pace and followed.

After turning past a winding stretch of pipes, several translucent images formed from Corruptive Breath came into view. Compared to the previous ones, these were much clearer.

And besides Teacher Carole's voice, there seemed to be another voice mixed in.

[You... want to know the truth about the Azure Nether Sword? Or do you want to save her? I can help you.]

(So that was it. The price of using the weapon was this heavy...)

(No, I'm doing this for more people... for humanity's last Core Flame! Someone has to make the choice, at the smallest possible cost.)

[Whether it is the Demon Blade or the Azure Nether Sword, behind them lie sins beyond anything you can imagine!]

(Will what comes next be salvation, or destruction?)

[...]

(Wise, Belle... my beloved children, by the time you learn the truth, I should already be gone. But you will survive in the end.)

As they continued down the path, Belle and Wise listened through the information in several Corruptive Breath visions. By the end, both of them felt utterly dazed.

Belle held her head, struggling to calm herself before turning to Wise. "Brother, do you know what Teacher meant by those words...?"

"Sorry, Belle. I'm in about the same state as you."

Wise rubbed his temples, feeling equally miserable.

The more he tried to untangle it, the more tangled it became... his thoughts were a complete mess.

Still, a few things could be confirmed: Teacher Carole had indeed been here; Teacher Carole knew the Azure Nether Sword extremely well; and in order to save him and Belle,