In the original course of events, during Tingen City's final battle, Captain Dunn had faced Megose with Saint Selena's ashes in hand. In the end, he had torn out his own heart and placed it in the urn, unleashing the ashes' full power.
The ashes had bound Megose completely. Klein had then struck with his Sun Flame Charm at full strength, drawing on Taiyang's power to destroy her.
Now Klein was stronger than Dunn. A little Heart Blood would be enough.
The difference was enormous. For a low-Sequence Beyonder, tearing out one's heart meant certain death.
That was, of course, barring interference from some power beyond the ordinary.
Taking a little Heart Blood would merely leave Klein weak for a while.
He had grown far stronger than he had been in the original course of events—not just at this point, but even when he had become a Demon Magician.
If someone as strong as Klein was still in such a wretched state, it was because his opponent was the vessel of Evil God's Brood!
Something connected to a True God!
After absorbing Klein's Heart Blood, the black threads surged with ferocity. They wrapped Megose tight, and even the continued cries of an infant could not drive them back.
"Light!"
Klein poured nearly all his spirituality into the Sun Flame Charm, then hurled it straight at Megose.
Neither Saint Selena's ashes nor the Sun Flame Charm could truly deal with Megose alone. Only together did they stand a chance.
If Klein had opened all Nine Apertures now, or had already reached Outer Scenery, he could have cut Megose down with a single slash.
Being the vessel of Evil God's Brood would not have saved her. Unfortunately, at this point, Klein was only Sequence 7 in the Sequence system and had opened