The green glow enveloped the space, pletely obsg the blood-red aura.

  [ So... it's over... ]

  Not only the life of that girl but also the hope for all beings in the Abyss to return to the mortal world—everything had e to an end.

  This was the oute no one wished to see. No one could attain freedom or happiness.

  ‘What’s happening!? I sense a powerful ford e over. What has occurred?’

  [ Is it Misako? In the end, we have failed... ]

  ‘...’

  After all, there had been ongoing unication about Yverantheia, and with just a single phrase from Farkonia, Misako uood the situation.

  ‘...It's alright. It’s not your fault. Let’s keep pushing forward. One day, we’ll turn this Abyss into a paradise that rivals or even surpasses the outer world.’

  Perhaps anticipating the current situation, Misako had long been developiertai aed pursuits, as evidenced by the state of the bck demoory.

  ‘Don’t be fixated on leaving the Abyss. For many, this pce is home.’

  [ ...You’re right. Thank you. ]

  ‘...Hmph! o thank me; just admire my wisdom.’

  [ Yes, Misako, you’re impressive. ]

  ‘Hmm!’

  [ Dragons, or rather, I think it’s time for me to leave here. May we e to your pce? ]

  ‘Of course, I’ve already prepared...’

  Boom!!!

  Suddenly, a tremendous explosi out, drawing Farkonia’s attention.

  Below her, the space bathed in green light began to colpse, with all the surrounding energy trag towards its tre.

  [ What is... happening... ]

  Farkonia’s gaze was fixed on the figure below, which, like a bck hole, was abs the nearby light, raising her alerto its peak.

  [ Could it be... you... ]

  Before Farkonia could finish her sentence, a beam of light pierced through her left lower wing. With only her remaining twon wings, she momentarily lost band began to fall.

  “...Sorry to keep you waiting.”

  As Farkonia adjusted her posture and used magic to stabilise herself in mid-air, the figure appeared before her.

  It was a girl with golden hair streaked with bck strands and golden eyes, appearing around fifteen years old. Beh her severely damaged white sleeveless dress was a slender, graceful figure, revealing a peculiar charm despite her youthful appearance.

  [ Wait... your hands... ]

  It was then that Farkonia noticed the girl had two hands.

  “This? I’m not quite sure. After all this time, I’ve bee somewhat unaced.”

  Having lived fhty thousand years with only a left hand, even if she was inally right-handed, she had grown aced to using her left.

  “Hmm, just some rehabilitation needed.”

  In that instant, Farkonia felt areme danger and quickly dodged to the side.

  Before her, a tunnel-like expanse of shattered space stretched into the distahis was merely the result of the girl’s freshly restored right hand’s punch wind.

  Seeing this, Farkonia was stuhis was her structed subspace, which, although not as solid as normal space, should not have been so easily destroyed.

  It appeared that the girl’s power was at least on par with her own.

  ‘What’s going on? What has happened now?’

  In Farkonia’s mind, Misako’s voice tio echo.

  [ Perhaps, our hope is not yet lost. ]

  ‘...What?’

  [ She... has returned. ]

  Farkonia looked at the girl, now seeing reason in her eyes, and the previously frenzied, eerie aura had vanished.

  [ Let the battle begin anew. ]

  In the high sky, the gigantic drago out an unpreted roar. Now, she would fight with all her might, a mark of respect for a formidable oppo as a dragon and Dragon King.

  Meanwhile, the girl gathered all her magical power. She was determio prove her strength once more.

  In the moment, the rge and small figures collided, causing a powerful impact that shattered the already fractured space further. In the y subspace, the two energies locked in a fierce stalemate, her yielding.

  [ Hmm... ]

  Despite her rger size, Farkonia felt tremendous pressure.

  Uheir previous dragoh 'ter', Farkonia was at a disadvahis time, gradually being pushed back.

  ‘No, this won’t do.’

  To escape the current predit, Farkonia reduced the enha on her body and began to trate her magi her mouth.

  This a caused her to be pushed back a siderable distance, but she repared.

  [ Roar!!! ]

  With a dragon’s roar, Farkonia unleashed her breath attack. This sudden assault mao break the collision.

  [ Looks like it’s not that simple. ]

  The girl, having taken a dragoh at cle, showed only minor burn-like marks, a stark trast to the previous time when half her body was blown away.

  “Is it about time?”

  [ ? ]

  The girl spoke slowly.

  “Let’s settle this with one final blow.”

  [ ...Uood. ]

  The girl’s strength had subtly surpassed her own, but Farkonia aowledged that she had little magic left. Despite the recovery from her severe injuries, her magic reserves were neariion.

  Farkonia’s flowed and then began to shrink, returning to her human form. To others, this might seem like a sign of weakness.

  However, for her, the human form allowed for more precise trol of her power. While the dragon form excelled in durability, the human form was better suited for a final, decisive strike.

  In respohe girl also enhanced herself with a multitude of buff spells, trating the magic that had enveloped her body into her hands.

  In an instant, a colossal shockwave and light, as if the very heavens were being split opeed betweehe shattered subspace could no longer bear the strain and colpsed pletely.

  “Huh!? What’s happening!?”

  In Dragon Valley, where she was g for Pupu, Veridith suddenly felt a powerful tremor, causio excim in surprise.

  “This is truly...”

  Meanwhile, in a shrine in the bck demoory far off, a small girl in a shrine maiden outfit sat in a dim room, gazing towards a distant location.

  The aftermath of the csh reverberated throughout the entire Abyss. Whether dragon, bck demon, merman, giant, or serpent, all beings felt the csh of this immense power.

  Eventually, at the innermost edge on Valley, amidst the chaotic space, a mature woman and a smaller girl emerged, their injuries and tattered clothes telling the tale of their ret ordeal.

  “This time, you won.”