A heart imbued with the tranquility of night and the shifting nature of dreams fell into Saint Selena's Ashes.
As Megose's mutation slowed, Dunn unhesitatingly plucked out his own heart, where all his Beyonder characteristics had gathered, intending to use it as a medium to further activate Saint Selena's Ashes.
Klein froze at the sight. Of all the possibilities he had imagined, he had never expected things to turn out this way.
He had thought they would only have to face a Sequence 5 Beyonder, Ince Zangwill, who wielded "0-08."
He had thought the entire Nighthawks team could deal with Megose, who was carrying a god's child, but he had never imagined the captain would pay with his life.
He was only a Sequence 9 Seer. Fleeing all the way here had exhausted every last bit of his strength. His body had reached its limit, leaving him utterly unable to fight.
Just then, Klein saw a glimmer of silver-black light appear simultaneously in a nearby corner and on the captain's body.
But the light vanished in a flash, swiftly disappearing into the dark threads emerging from the box in Dunn's hands.
Klein merely assumed this was Dunn activating Saint Selena's Ashes. Helplessly, he searched his memory for any ritual magic that could transfer injuries, hoping he might find a way to save his captain, who had lost his heart.
Megose seemed to sense the threat coming from Dunn before her, and immediately tried to interrupt him with her Language of Foulness.
"-Captain!" Leonard's eyes were bloodshot, blood mingling with tears as it streamed from them.
His face suddenly flushed crimson. Under the influence of Beyonder power, his blood vessels writhed like venomous insects, while the Blood Vessel Thief in his hand rapidly swelled, completing a "theft."
At this most critical