No matter how the enemies respawned or surrounded her from every direction, they all became scrap metal beneath her claws.
Time passed.
The puppets seemed to lose patience, their anger reaching its peak.
"It's not over! It's still not enough!! Take this!!"
Space warped, and countless pitch-black quantum shadows appeared out of thin air, blotting out the light.
Veliona licked the corner of her mouth, her eyes filled with greed.
"Hehe... what I love hearing most is your screams of despair!"
"Entertain me to your heart's content!!"
Without taking any defensive stance, she charged straight into the shadows.
Like a tiger among sheep.
Those seemingly terrifying quantum creatures were as fragile as tofu before her.
Her claws swept past, and black mist dispersed.
Moments later.
Not a single intact shadow remained on the platform.
Even the last puppet failed to escape and was dismembered on the spot.
Just then, a clear voice rang out.
"Wow! Your hair got longer!"
"So pretty! Long hair suits you better!"
Veliona paused and turned toward the source of the voice.
Her eardrums had already caught that shrill, grating tone.
Her brows knitted slightly as fragments of memory rapidly pieced themselves together.
"You again."
That rag doll that had chattered endlessly in her dreams like a broken recording.
Lili's voice emerged from the void, carrying a twisted delight. "Heehee... that's right! It's Lili!"
"Pretty lady, did you come here just to find me?"
Before those words had faded, Lili sighed to herself, her voice full of false regret. "What a shame, what a shame... you actually wanted to run away, didn't you? How heartbreaking-"
Smack.
A hand clamped down on that enormous cloth head like an iron vise.
Expressionless, Veliona tightened her fingers, her knuckles cracking faintly.
"Shut up."
Her voice was as cold as