Crack, crack, crack-
With his blood-soaked hand, Lynn finally drew the still-beating heart slowly out of his chest.
Scarlet blood suddenly surged from his mouth, but he kept his eyes fixed ahead.
"If you accept this proposal, we can still be friends, because the Colossus Heart gave me my life."
"But if you refuse, then we'll drop all pretense here. Whatever I want to keep, I'll take by force. If I can't keep it even by staking my life, then we'll go down together."
Purple light pulsed.
It was like tiny violet buds blooming in the dark void.
Yet those gentle veins of light seemed to speak of lethal danger.
Those silver eyes stared fixedly at him. In particular, the moment the outline of the Pupil-less Eye appeared upon him, her entire body could not help trembling slightly.
"Just what..."
"Are you...?"
Lynn watched her just as he had before, wiping the blood from his lips as he panted.
"Lynn. Just a human who fell."
Those silver eyes trembled slightly, as though countless ancient legends had come to mind in an instant. The pulsing violets seemed to whisper that ancient name.
She did not know what connection existed between them.
But the rank of that presence sent waves of dread through even her.
At last, the turmoil in her gaze subsided. She looked deeply at Lynn and said:
"But do you know what you're doing? I can tell you that I do indeed have the ability to transplant her consciousness. But once you lose the support of my heart, even if you don't die, the pressure of two powerful consciousnesses will place an unimaginable burden on you. You must understand that a consciousness born of the Colossus is not something an ordinary vessel can contain!"
Lynn clutched his chest and