The Ring of Radiance and a long-renowned Legendary Mage.
Their combined power cut off the Divine Kingdom's contact with the outside world, effectively trapping it inside the Ring of Radiance.
Ilyst hugged Sage Miya from behind. Blood-red chains extended from her body, binding her tightly to her mother.
"Ah."
"My child, I am a soul who is certain to die."
"Binding yourself to me like this will only drain your own life."
Sage Miya sounded helpless.
But Ilyst was all smiles. "I specifically learned this magic from an Ancient Beast in the Astral Plane to deal with a situation like this. My beloved mother, the person I admire most, Sage..."
Her voice carried unmistakable resolve. "You will never escape me again-just as I could never accept you abandoning me to merge your soul into the Ark."
"..."
Watching from the side, Kroya couldn't help taking a step back.
Oh, hell. Isn't this a yandere?
That's terrifying.
A Legendary Rank yandere, at that.
But judging by her words, had she run away back then because she couldn't accept Sage Miya using her soul to build the Ark? That wasn't what Sage Miya had said earlier.
Kroya quietly moved beside the Ring of Radiance's Miya and whispered, "What's really going on?"
"I don't know either." The Ring of Radiance's Miya spread her hands helplessly. "When all this happened, I was still floating at the top of the Ark. I had no idea what was happening."
"I didn't even know Sage Miya was still alive, let alone living in the Earth Mother Goddess's Divine Kingdom... Wait, what's that on your arm?"
She noticed the blue scar on Kroya's arm, and her expression immediately changed. "An aether rift. Why did you contract this disease?"
It was a terrifying illness, almost impossible to cure. Even