[Rift]: ...
Something seemed to be wrong with her ears.
The Calamities: ...
Was this fucking thing edible?
Gong Jieyong: ...
Divine Status?
Eat it?
Ye Buyu was clearly speaking their language, so why couldn't he understand her? Was that stuff edible?!
Everyone's thoughts were in utter disarray as they stared in disbelief at the perfectly composed woman.
Stop acting like this was nothing!
Ye Buyu poked the withered branch above her head. "Let my four seniors out, would you? Otherwise, you won't get away."
For the first time, [Rift] had the absurd impression that she was the one being held at swordpoint, rather than this person who faced death at any moment.
"Aren't you afraid of dying?"
"You won't kill me." Ye Buyu stared into those invisible eyes. "You never intended to kill us in the first place."
For a moment, [Rift] actually felt as though the owner of that voice had already seen right through her, right through what she wanted.
But... they had never even met.
[Rift] had guessed correctly. Ye Buyu had indeed never met her, but she had seen the cause of her birth and glimpsed the outcome [Rift] desired.
"What you want isn't death or an end, nor is it conquest or creation. You want to mend-to mend the rifts that have formed between living beings."
Ye Buyu raised a hand to grasp the withered branch and slowly sat up, tilting her head to look at [Rift]. Her almost tangible gaze passed through those invisible eyes and into the depths of the other's soul.
[Rift] paused for a long time, then closed her eyes and raised a hand to release the Four Symbols Department ministers.
"You're right."
"You damned Calamity, take this!"
[Rift]'s voice and Gou Xiangwang's rang out simultaneously. [Rift] made a blade