The Puppet Prisoner, who had haunted them relentlessly, was dead. Some of the Players below happened to witness it firsthand.
Leg Kicker, who had once been tricked by him, raised his fist and shouted, "Ha! You old bastard! Good riddance!"
"That's what you get for fooling me! Let's see you fly now!"
Mountain Dog looked up and said regretfully, "What a shame. That old bastard didn't drop anything!"
Bzzzt!
Just as the Players were lamenting their loss, a violent surge of psychic energy suddenly erupted from the soul-filled pool ahead.
Then, with a flash of dazzling light, Dora used the psychic energy within the Magic Array to complete her advancement into a Pure Spirit Goddess.
Dora opened her eyes, their blue flames brimming with joy and exhilaration.
Before she could gather herself, 108's shout suddenly rang out in the distance.
"Sis! Watch out!!!"
Hearing this, Winter abruptly looked up and saw that the Twins' Shadow, which had devoured the Shadow Puppet Prisoner, apparently had no intention of stopping there.
Now, it stretched out both hands at once and reached toward them.
When Winter tried to resist, she discovered, to her horror, that she had lost control of her body.
[Divine Gaze: Kneel! Obey! Kneel! Obey! Kneel...]
Those words, repeating like garbled code, filled Winter's status bar.
Then her body knelt on the ground against her will.
She felt her body slip out of control, her skin swelling and her form twisting.
Then Winter disconnected outright.
Other Players experienced the same thing.
When the Twins' Shadow spread its arms and reached down, that enormous being seemed to have shattered some barrier between gods and mortals for every Player.
The Players suddenly found themselves receiving vast amounts of information they could neither understand nor describe.
That information instantly flooded their