Everyone froze.
And almost in that same instant-
They suddenly felt a fierce, furious killing intent erupt from that world. The water in the pitch-black shallows seemed to boil, and black tentacles shot toward Lynn at the doorway like swords.
As though they meant to cut him down on the spot!
Everyone reeled in shock.
But before they could intervene, Lynn, who had been brimming with confidence just a moment ago, suddenly dropped to one knee, his strength failing him. Beads of sweat seeped from his face, and his expression showed the strain of suppressing his pain. Blood spurted from all over his body as he panted heavily.
"M-Miss Sea Spawn... I've come to take you home..."
Humm-
In an instant.
The sharp tentacles shooting toward him abruptly stopped when they were only about twenty centimeters away.
Everyone stiffened.
Lynn began coughing violently. Clutching his bleeding chest, he struggled to lift his foot and step into the shallows beyond the doorway. He panted heavily, as though every step meant carrying Mount Tai on his shoulders.
"Sorry... Miss Azephala... I'm late... but it's all right now... I can finally bring you out..."
"I'm so sorry I left you in this place all this time... but... it's all right... now there's..."
"No danger anymore..."
Lynn's gradually regrowing eyelids slowly drooped. He sounded as though he were talking in his sleep. The moment he finished those words, his body finally pitched straight forward and crashed heavily into the shallows, his lips trembling.
Scarlet blood spread out beneath him in widening rings.
"..."
"..."
A deathly silence spread through the entire hall.
Humm-
In an instant.
Everyone present stared blankly, their heads buzzing. Their mouths opened involuntarily, and they stood frozen as though time had stopped.
They had begun to grasp what Lynn meant.