Perhaps there would be a sudden reversal at the very end: the personality they killed would actually be Ariehogg's, while Ankewelt's remained.
Then Edward and the others would really have to fight the Dragon of Imagination.
At that moment, the color began to drain from Ariehogg's pale golden eyes, leaving them gray-white and lifeless, and his entire body slumped onto the stone pillar.
Almost simultaneously, a savage, terrifying aura came from behind the massive pillar suspected to be the Dragon of Imagination's seat. A pitch-black passage leading downward had appeared at some point in the wall that had originally been covered in murals.
Then a pure, gentle light shone, illuminating the interior with extraordinary clarity. At the deepest end of the passage stood an ancient, double-leaf Bronze Gate.
Countless indescribable symbols covered the gate, resembling chains extending behind it, as though sealing something away. It gave a direct impression of weight and mystery.
This gate...
I've seen it before!
Edward's mind suddenly flashed back to the Bronze Gate he had seen long ago beneath the Sanguine's Ancient Castle in the outskirts of Backlund. Some said the Abyss lay behind that gate, while others said it contained the Chaos Sea!
But whichever it was, it meant the gate was extremely dangerous!
Creak!
Suddenly, the Bronze Gate opened to either side. Boundless, profound darkness flowed out like liquid, spreading in every direction and pouring straight into the Mind Dragon's body.
Immediately afterward, a powerful heartbeat rang out, thump, thump. It sounded like both the heartbeat of the Mind Dragon invaded by darkness and their own heartbeats.
The three of them immediately blanched, each preparing to fight or flee.
Soon, the gray-white pupils of the Mind Dragon submerged in darkness abruptly turned pitch-black, covered in deep blue cracks.
The next second, Edward felt