Outside, the divine light receded just as those who had already died began to awaken once more.
Drake held tightly to Alden's body, which had started to turn translucent. In return, Alden kept patting his back, his voice small yet firm. "Don't worry. This time, we won…"
Asta could barely understand what had happened. He had felt himself die—but before that, he seemed to have seen something. Marax… turning into a man? And then going mad, killing everything?
Come on. He was still alive, so that must have been nothing more than some bizarre hallucination caused by the darkness.
But the moment Asta lifted his eyes, he immediately saw Cain.
His mouth fell open, words failing him. One finger pointed at Cain, then back at himself.
At that moment, Nick suddenly asked, "Was it you who saved us?"
Cain shook his head. "It was him."
Nick looked toward the two unfamiliar figures who had just appeared and asked, "Are they also friends of Silvanus?"
