He wrote on the script with a soft scratching sound:
"-Moonlight spilled down, dazzlingly bright, sublimating a love faithful unto death, while tragedy, too, gave rise to strength...
Hirna took a fatal sword strike for her student and lover, allowing Talleyrand to survive...
Overcome with grief, this Executioners captain unleashed tremendous power and escaped from Bayers...
He would ascend to sainthood, retrieve Hirna from history, and take revenge on Bayers..."
The slender black snake on the black fountain pen's cap slithered out, finally signing the words "Howard, tragedian."
The blond middle-aged man capped his pen and said calmly:
"What a failed script, ending with a 'deus ex machina'..."
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Chapter 233: Fate Serpent
The deep-purple, brilliant sword light plowed across the ground!
A massive, curved curtain of energy swept forward, heading straight for the two figures fleeing through the air.
Having transformed into gargoyles, Hirna and Talleyrand had eyes of clear, translucent obsidian, which reflected that curtain of sword light resembling moonlight.
"Talleyrand, live on."
After speaking softly, Hirna shoved Talleyrand hard in the chest, breaking free of his embrace.
Talleyrand's pupils contracted. He instinctively reached for Hirna's hand, but caught nothing.
She beat her tattered wings, barely gliding a short distance before heading straight toward the enormous purple curtain of sword light.
"Hirna! Come back!"
Seeing what his lover was doing, Talleyrand knew she wanted to sacrifice herself to buy him time to escape, and could not help crying out urgently.
As quickly as she could, Hirna tossed an alchemical potion into her mouth, crunched the glass vial, and swallowed the