It turned out that noon had reached its peak long ago.
But no one truly noticed.
All those events—the battle, the transformation of the male heroes, and the ongoing chaos—made time feel like it was just passing by.
And now
the sunlight began to change again.
Slowly shifting toward the afternoon.
The once-bright sky began to turn a dull yellow. Shadows stretched across the ground, filled with so many events.
The air felt tired.
As if even the world itself had run out of energy after seeing everything that happened today.
In the middle of that field,
Anna still stood.
Holding everything back.
Her golden sword continued to glow, ready to face it all.
Beneath her,
the half-human, half-monster creatures still moved wildly, their bodies changing inconsistently.
Meanwhile, behind her,
the surviving heroes began to move according to Hero Anna's orders.
Briefly,
they exchanged glances.
Tired.
Confused.
Afraid.
But one thing was finally the same in their minds:
this had to be reported.
One by one,
they began to retreat.
Slowly.
Turning their backs on Anna.
Their steps were heavy.
Some were still wounded from what had happened.
Suddenly, before they could truly leave, a slashing sound appeared. But this time, it wasn't like a sword slash...
Rather, it sounded like a cut.
One curious hero looked back toward Hero Anna.
Instantly, that hero was shocked and could only cover their mouth, but their voice was clearly heard.
Hmph!!!!
Because this time,
they saw Hero Anna's figure—
standing alone, but now around Anna's body, blood was scattered.
While the afternoon light illuminated her back, which still looked clean.
Hearing that, Hero Mia was confused, then turned her gaze behind her.
When she looked back, Hero Mia couldn't speak—her lips slightly parted.
Although it wasn't clearly visible now, obscured by the afternoon light, Hero Mia saw it from another angle.
Her shadow...
Because of what had happened to her,
her shadow fell strangely long on the ground.
Then, with a loud scream, Hero Mia shouted with all her might, her jaw tensed, with an expression that couldn't be described—so terrified was she by what had happened.
Everyone!!!!
Run!!!
Save yourselves!!!!
Instantly, as those words came out, Hero Anna wanted to answer, but what came out was different from what she wanted to say.
Hukkk!!!! Brrr!!!!
Blood...
Even though Anna had her back to them, it was clearly visible from behind her body—blood was coming out of her mouth.
Hearing that, other heroes glanced briefly, but before they could fully see—
A head rolled through the air, right after they decided to look away.
No body... just a head.
A head they knew.
Long hair all falling to one side.
Anna's head...
Meanwhile, a split second later, an object fell to the ground with a hard thud.
Bammmkkkk!!!
Seeing and hearing all that, the heroes fell silent, then could only scream hysterically.
Aaaaaa!!!!!
Hikssss!!!!
Gggggiiiigikkk!!!
Haaaakkkk!!!!!
Then, quickly, without caring about the others, the heroes ran away.
Everyone... including Mia...
Not a single one remained.
All of that happened so fast... that even Rena and Hero Claire couldn't fully process what had just happened and what had been shown.
And now, the object that had fallen was Anna's body, now surrounded by monsters.
Seeing that, Hero Rena could only be in shock.
Meanwhile, Rena could only scream.
What happened?!!!!!
Even so, what they now knew was that all of this was witnessed by Hero Tina—who hadn't truly disappeared when it happened.