A vast silence settled over their surroundings.
Even the nanomechanical flesh swarms fighting in the distance froze in place.
The girl held tightly in his arms listened in a daze. She did not know why, but an unfamiliar feeling suddenly seemed to flow through her heart.
It made her heart pound.
She did not know what to make of it. A human declaring that he would slaughter his way through them was so absurd it was laughable. Yet coming from his mouth, it sounded as though he truly would do it, as though he would put in all the effort it took and fight desperately to see it through...
Just as they had only met once before, and had even been bitterly at odds.
Yet he had still leaped up without a thought for his own safety in that consciousness space, dragging her away from what should have been certain death.
A sudden fluster stirred in her heart.
But she had no idea where it came from.
"You... you're only a puny human..."
The words slipped out instinctively, almost without thought.
But before she could finish, that voice rang out beside her ear again, so very clearly.
"Do you want to do it?"
Those firm, decisive words left her unable to voice what had been on the tip of her tongue. She stared blankly, feeling almost detached from reality.
It was as though he had suddenly become a different person.
His gaze was forceful and deep.
"If you want to do it, then do it. But on one condition: I go with you. I can promise you that before we leave Hell, I'll make them repay everything they owe you. But when you want revenge, you have to ask me first. I won't let you make reckless decisions on your