Sihe girl had learhe 'A Dragon Tongue,' some time had passed. During this period, Farkonia had imparted many dragon bat teiques to the girl—until today.

  "Are you ready?"

  Outside the castle, Farkonia stood before the girl. The gentle aura of an elder sister had faded signifitly, repced by the imposing presence of the Dragon King.

  "Yes."

  The girl, fully prepared, entered a battle-ready stance.

  It was now time to test the fruits of her bour, a rematch between Farkonia and the girl.

  As for Pupu, it had been safely sent out of this realm, entrusted to the care of the dragons in the Valley ons.

  "Well then..."

  The magic surrounding Farkonia began to stir, being so dense and potent that it was visible to the naked eye, enveloping her entire body.

  [ Roar!!! ]

  Like a dragon breaking free from its shell, a majestid dignified green dragon emerged from the magical energy.

  [ e forth. ]

  With these words, the battle officially enced.

  The girl jured various spells in the air, or more accurately, imitations oh. Farkonia had not only taught her dragon bat teiques but also the unique dragohs and other dragon-exclusive attacks.

  A barrage oh was uowards Farkonia , but...

  [ Deflect. ]

  Just as the dragohs were about to strike Farkonia , she simply uttered a single word in the 'A Dragon Tongue' infused with magistantly, all the dragohs were deflected, like light refracted, pletely missing her.

  [ Do not uimate me. ]

  In that moment, the sky darkened, and thunder rumbled through the stormy clouds above.

  Farkoended her dragon cw, and a bolt of lightning struck down from the clouds, passing through her d being caught within it.

  [ I am not limited to poison and wood attributes alone. ]

  The lightning in Farkonia ’s cw took the shape of a sword, which she slowly raised before bringing it down.

  The lightniended along the path of the swing, sweeping across the area in front of Farkonia like a bde of energy. Trees were charred to ash, rocks were split into rubble, and even the ground was scorched to bed earth.

  [ Detonate. ]

  A voice came from behind Farkonia . Suddenly, a powerful explosioed near her upper left wing.

  [ Did you dodge? ]

  Farkonia swiftly fpped her remaining three wings, distang herself.

  pared to when the girl was first defeated by a single word of 'A Dragon Tongue' infused with magic, she was noable of holding her own against Farkonia.

  Seeing the girl in the distahering magic, preparing to unleash an even more powerful and trated dragoh, Farkonia was not to be outdone and prepared her own dragoh in response.

  In the instant, deep green dragoh collided with deep red dragoh, f a massive sphere of light in the middle.

  However, the sphere, initially tred, gradually moved towards the girl.

  Farkonia was, after all, a pure dragon, and in the realm on-exclusive abilities, she was strohan the girl.

  Boom!!!

  In the end, the girl lost in this csh ohs. The sphere exploded in front of her, causing a catastrophic bst that even toppled the distant castle.

  [ Do you have any strength left? ]

  Before Farkonia y the girl, her entire body covered in severe burn-like injuries, with the left half of her body blown away.

  Despite her ghastly wounds, Farkonia khat as long as the girl had magic, it was only a matter of time before she fully regeed.

  Therefore, without waiting for the girl to recover, Farkonia swiftly lunged frabbing the girl and smming her into the ground.

  With a tremendous crash, dust and debris were sent flying, and a massive crater formed in the earth.

  Farkonia slowly rose, the girl within the crater. At this point, she was a bloody mess, teetering on the brink of being reduced to pulp.

  [ Sigh, there will be more opportunities. We shall fight another day. ]

  A faint light began to emanate from Farkonia ’s body, preparing to revert to her human form and take the bloodied girl back to the small .

  [ pared to st time when you were reduced to pieces, this time it should be harder for you to recover... ]

  Splish.

  Suddenly, a faint, sticky sound of footsteps drew Farkonia’s attention.

  [You...]

  At Farkonia ’s feet, the bloodied girl was f herself to stand, using a body whose bones were shattered and muscles had fused into a grotesque mass.

  "...I...won't stop...until I've avenged myself..."

  [ ... ]

  Suwaveriermination caused Farkonia to waver.

  [ ...At this point, I must tell you something. ]

  "...?"

  Despite maintaining her dragon form, Farkonia 's face clearly showed hesitation and pity.

  [ You... may not be able to exact your revenge. ]

  "...What are you saying..."

  [ Time flows very differently in this abyss, fluctuatiweeen-thousandth ahousand times the speed of the outside world. Even so, over a rge enough span of time, the average time flow in the abyss matches that of the outside world. ]

  "...So...?"

  [ You... have spey thousand years in this abyss. ]

  "!"

  This revetion caused the girl's thoughts to e to a screeg halt.

  Eighty thousand years in the abyss? The average time flow in the abyss is almost the same as the outside world? Does this not mean that those who betrayed her, causio fall into the abyss, are all...

  In that instant, all her memories, all her hatred and fury flooded the girl's mind.

  The se of beirayed and cast into the abyss, the struggle to escape from the jaws of monsters, the battles with fragments of evil gods, the relentless bat against swarms of creatures... Overwhelming memories aions bombarded the girl, or rather, Yverantheia's mind.

  "...Heh... Hehehe... Hahahahaha!!"

  With Yverantheia's ughter, an aura of dread and terror erupted from her, a presenalevolent that it could drive oo madness just by witnessing it, so corrosive that it could cause living flesh to disie upon tact. Even the very space around her began to crack.

  [ Ugh...! Damn it, has it e to this? ]

  Farkonia , resisting the horrific aura emanating from Yverantheia, flew high into the sky, where the pollution had yet to reach.

  During her versations with Misako, Farkonia had noticed that Yverantheia's mind was highly unstable, her only remaining goal being 'revehe harmless behaviour she had dispyed during this period was merely due to being trapped in the abyss, uo directly enact her vengeance.

  Farkonia had inally inteo stabilize Yverantheia’s mind as much as possible before she left the abyss and to reveal the truth to her. She did not want Yverao gain immense power only to colpse upon disc she could not fulfil her revenge, resulting in an unstoppable catastrophe.

  However, just moments ago, Farkonia had witnessed her unwavering resolve, and she could not bear to keep the truth from her any longer. So, she had finally revealed it to the girl at this moment, leading to this oute.

  [ I'm sorry, I couldn't hold back. ]

  These words were not only directed towards Misako and all the creatures within the abyss but also towards the girl—Yverantheia—before her.

  In Farkonia 's mouth, an immense amount of magic began to gather, more than she had ever amassed before. This was all her magic, meant to destroy the mentally shattered Yverantheia, who was on the verge of being a camity.

  [ May you find peace... ]

  With this prayer, the dragoh formed from the immense magic was unleashed downward, engulfing Yverantheia and everything around her in a blinding light.