Boom-
A deafening roar shook all of Dark Night City.
An immense surge of power suddenly shot out of the Summoning Magic Array connected to Hell and into the Self-Binding Angel's projection. Her power soared to its absolute peak in that instant, and six pairs of enormous, ethereal wings unfurled behind her.
[Ding! The Self-Binding Angel has burned part of her divine soul. Projection rank raised to Monarch!]
As the notification rang in his ears.
Lynn's expression changed drastically.
He finally understood what the Matriarch meant. She had mentioned before that, if they paid a sufficiently steep price, they could forcibly elevate their projections just like the Flesh Dominator. But the resulting deepening of their curses and devastating damage to their divine souls would also be unimaginable!
"Matriarch!!"
But it was already too late.
Because she knew that, if she told him, Lynn would never agree to such a dangerous gamble.
"It's all right. I've made it through thousands of years like this. Don't worry. Whether it's for my little sister or anything else, your Matriarch won't let Him remain in your homeland."
She smiled, so carefree and proud.
At that moment.
She ascended to her utmost limit.
Then, as Lynn and the others watched in shock, she spread those enormous wings and charged fearlessly at the giant tentacle sweeping toward the Boundary Gate once again.
Like a moth to a flame.
"Matriarch!!"
Lynn roared.
But her actions had already said everything.
Her body became a blaze of brilliant light, shielding Lynn and the others from that terrifying strike amid an earth-shattering collision. Like dazzling fireworks bursting in the sky, her Monarch-Level projection, elevated to its utmost limit, exploded into fragments.
Lynn was shaken.
But as she faded, she still left him one last message, calm and carefree.