When Kiana became a meteor from outer space and was shot down by Ometeotl into the Bubble Universe where Seele was.
Ometeotl manipulated duality, using 「Boundary Elimination」 to separate the souls and the material world within the Bubble Universe.
Its original intention was to separate Kiana's body and soul. Separated from her body, Kiana's soul would be unable to mobilize the Herrscher of the Void core within her to open spatial portals and alter space.
What Ometeotl didn't expect was that there was another soul within Kiana's body, which took the hit of 「Boundary Elimination」 for Kiana.
Seele, on the other hand, was affected because she was in the Bubble Universe.
Every grievance has its source, every debt its debtor. Ometeotl was only hunting the future god of the Imaginary side, Kiana, not Seele.
So after the first attack of 「Boundary Elimination」 failed, Ometeotl, in order not to harm the innocent Seele and the separated Dark Seele, waited outside the Bubble Universe for Kiana to leave.
But perhaps out of eagerness for merit, or fear that someone else might come to steal the credit, Ometeotl, after waiting for several days and seeing no sign of Kiana leaving, decided to act directly...
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Sirin and Dark Seele, who had taken the hit of Ometeotl's 「Boundary Elimination」 for Kiana and Seele respectively, appeared together in the 「Soul World」, the opposite of the material world.
As the primary target of Ometeotl's attack, Sirin suffered far more damage than Dark Seele.
When Sirin opened her eyes in the Soul World, she was dizzy and disoriented. Before she could figure out what was happening, she found a heavy crimson scythe pressed against her neck.
Upon noticing Sirin had woken up, Dark Seele's grip on the scythe tightened slightly. The sharp blade sank into Sirin's neck, and warm blood dripped down the blade onto the ground.
Sirin's first reaction was a pale face of panic, followed by an indescribable rage welling up in her heart.
Sirin's face contorted with fury as she looked up at Dark Seele, the culprit behind all this.
"A Herrscher... so this was all your doing?! Tell me! Where did you take Seele!!" Dark Seele glared fiercely at Sirin.
As a Stigmata whose origin was the belief in 「avenging Honkai」 and 「protecting Seele」, Dark Seele had a hatred for Herrschers that far surpassed that of an ordinary person.
"Human! You deserve to die!!" Sirin, who had never been so humiliated, roared in anger. Then, two giant Claws of the Imaginary appeared instantly above and below Dark Seele's head.
Dark Seele realized something was wrong. She pressed her left hand against the pommel of the scythe and her right hand on the blade, and with a powerful pull, she tried to decapitate Sirin.
But Sirin grabbed Dark Seele's scythe and pulled with her, following the direction of her force.
What is she trying to do? Commit suicide?!
Dark Seele lost control of her strength for a moment due to Sirin's compliance, but she was certain that the scythe had cut across Sirin's neck.
But why could Sirin still hold onto her scythe so tightly?
Dark Seele tried to pull the scythe back, but Sirin held it firmly in her grasp.
Boom...
The Claws of the Imaginary that Sirin had summoned slammed together from above and below, crushing Dark Seele between them.
Even the hardest Soulium, if hit squarely by the combined force of the Claws of the Imaginary, would be turned into a piece of scrap metal.
Let alone a fragile body...
The scythe that had cut across Sirin's pristine white neck also fell to the ground as Dark Seele was no longer able to hold it tight.
Sirin covered her just-severed neck with one hand and held her head, which had been cut off by Dark Seele, with the other.
Placing her head back on her neck, a purple light flashed, and her head was reattached to her body.
Sirin gasped for breath. The scythe slicing across her neck just now, a race against life and death, had almost scared her little heart to a stop.
Fortunately, she remembered some of the applications of the Herrscher of the Void and Herrscher of Death abilities that Ryn had taught her. Using the Herrscher of Death's immortal properties and the continuity of space, she disassembled her body.
So, at the moment Dark Seele's scythe decapitated her, Sirin separated her head from her body, dodging Dark Seele's attack while simultaneously grabbing her scythe to control her movements, allowing her own attack to land successfully.
"Phew..." Sirin patted her chest with lingering fear, then proudly put her hands on her hips and said with great confidence, "As expected of me! I resolved such a deadly situation with ease."
Sirin glanced at the clasped Claws of the Imaginary, which left no gaps, already certain that the Dark Seele who had offended her was doomed.
"Ant." Sirin glanced at the Claws of the Imaginary one last time, waved her hand to retract them into Imaginary Space, and then turned to leave.
"I need to find Kiana quickly..."
"Are you going to look for her in hell?"
"What?!"
Sirin spun around in surprise, looking in the direction the voice came from, but there was nothing there.
Having been defeated by Kiana's surprise attacks many times, Sirin had learned her lesson. Just in case, she immediately put up dozens of layers of shields around herself.
Sure enough, the next second, Dark Seele's crimson heavy scythe slammed heavily onto the shields behind Sirin.
Seeing that Dark Seele's attack had failed, Sirin immediately became cocky again. She raised her chin high, a smug look on her face, unable to contain the mocking smile on her lips.
"Hahaha, that stupid Kiana has used up all these tricks. Mortal, do you still expect to ambush me like this?"
"Is that so? Then what about this?"
Through quantum entanglement, Dark Seele instantly teleported to the scythe next to Sirin. Then, her arm instantly quantum-decomposed, passed straight through Sirin's shields, and punched Sirin in the face.
"This... Oof—" Sirin, still wearing a smug expression, was sent spinning in the air three times by Dark Seele's punch before falling to the ground.
Dark Seele rotated her wrist, lifted the scythe stuck in the ground, and rested it on her shoulder. Then she gave Sirin a thumbs-up, before turning her wrist and pointing her thumb down.
"Now, shouldn't I also say, 'As expected of me'?"
"How is that possible! I clearly saw you get smashed into... a meat paste..." Sirin, lying on the ground, shouted before suddenly freezing. She realized she hadn't actually seen Dark Seele get smashed into a meat paste with her own eyes.
"Heh, ever heard of quantum state? Ever heard of phase-shifting? You don't look too bright, so you probably wouldn't understand even if I told you."
Dark Seele shrugged. It didn't matter if Sirin understood or not; Dark Seele herself didn't understand either, as long as it worked.
Sirin looked at Dark Seele with resentment. What do you mean I don't look too bright! If I weren't in Kiana's form right now, but my original form, Sirin would definitely have retorted.
"Alright, now it's time to send you on your way!"
Dark Seele raised her heavy scythe, gathering power for a strike that would tear space itself. She didn't believe Sirin could escape this time.