"Noah..."
Damien's voice was unusually tense.
"...Do you remember the monster we fought in the dungeon? The one that suddenly started speaking?"
Noah never took his eyes off the giant. He gave a slow nod.
"...I remember."
His grip tightened around his sword.
"But that creature was different. It was being controlled by someone."
He narrowed his frost-blue eyes.
"This one isn't. It isn't under anyone's control... And yet it can speak."
Damien swallowed. A chill ran down his spine.
The creature before them was unlike anything they had ever encountered.
It possessed intelligence. Fragments of memories.
And emotions. That alone made it far more terrifying than an ordinary monster.
Damien slowly rose to his feet despite the pain coursing through his battered body.
Golden mana began gathering around him.
"...I'm using the full power of my Solar Core. If we're going to survive...We have to go all out."
Noah nodded without hesitation. "Yeah."
