Aivier's piercing gaze snapped toward another direction. At another frontier of the First Abyss Plane, enormous demons hundreds of meters tall emerged from the Spatial Passages between planes and descended upon this place. As if sensing her gaze, they let out earth-shaking howls in her direction.
The Polluters lurking throughout the Abyss Planes had all sensed what was happening here and were being drawn toward it.
Aivier gritted her teeth, her blue hair whipping wildly as power surged through her. She said:
"Hurry! Go warn Lynn! Tell him what's happening outside! There's something wrong with the aura here... To gather all the Corrupted Ones here in such a short time... there's probably only one possibility..."
She felt an ominous agitation stirring within the power of Chaos inside her.
It was like a faint sensation of being watched.
As if something...
Something was turning its gaze toward this place.
"Hurry!"
A metallic ring rang out.
She drew her sword, and her slender body shot into the sky. Fine streams of Colors surged over her as she prepared to single-handedly fight the demons being drawn here from the various planes.
Yet at that very instant, her body shuddered violently. The power of Chaos within her seemed to spin out of control, lashing back at her consciousness.
Thump-
Thump-
It was like a heartbeat, yet also like an immense terror rising from the depths of her soul.
Her entire body went cold, and her pupils trembled violently.
She slowly raised her head.
On the distant horizon, in the chaotic, blood-red sky, an enormous black eye resembling a Rune seemed to be emerging little by little, turning toward her and the decaying Castle behind her.
It was watching them.
The sword fell from her hand.
Countless demons threw back their heads and howled beneath