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The dark world, which had been filled with noise and cruel voices, fell silent in an instant.

Aiden pulled back his violent pressure and walked toward the trembling little girl.

He slowly crouched down in front of her, his eyes calm and gentle.

Then he reached out his broad, strong hands toward the wounded child.

“Rainn, come with me.”

Aiden’s voice was not loud, but it carried a firm strength that could not be questioned, a strength that seemed to pierce straight into the soul.

The little girl trembled and stopped crying.

She carefully raised her head and looked at the man before her through tear-filled eyes.

He looked almost like a god.

“Who… who are you?”

Her voice was hoarse and shaking, filled with fear and distrust toward the world.

“I’m Aiden.”

Aiden smiled faintly. His tone was steady and reassuring.

“The person you know.”

After saying that, Aiden did not wait for the little girl to lower her guard.

He gently placed his hand on top of her head.

Buzz—!

Pure, gentle golden soul power slowly flowed from Aiden’s palm into the little girl’s body.

This strength was like the warm sunlight of early spring, instantly driving away the bone-deep cold around her.

The endless darkness around them, which had clung to her like a disease, quickly melted away before the warm golden light, just like snow under the sun.

The cold despair faded.In its place came a warmth and sense of safety she had never felt before.

The little girl stared blankly at Aiden.Then the tears in her eyes finally broke free and streamed down her face.

She suddenly threw herself into Aiden’s arms, wrapped her arms tightly around his neck, and burst into loud sobs.

“Aiden… take me away…”

“Take me out of this hell…”

She cried as if her heart had been torn apart, as if she wanted to release decades of pain and despair all at once.

Aiden wrapped his arms around her thin body and gently patted her back.

“Okay.”

It was only one simple word, but it felt as heavy as a mountain and as firm as a promise.

The moment he said it, the entire dark world inside her mind was lit up by endless golden light.

Crack—!

The chains of the illusion that had trapped Rainn’s soul shattered at once.

Like broken glass, they fell apart and vanished into the endless void.

Rainn collapsed weakly to the ground, gasping for breath. The pure white vertical mark on her forehead, which had been flickering on and off, finally became calm.

Aiden only gave her a brief glance.After making sure she was no longer in danger, he immediately turned around.

His eyes locked onto Cheryl, who was not far away.

Cheryl’s condition was even stranger and more dangerous than before.

Her face was as pale as paper. Both of her hands were tightly gripping the charred black staff. Her nails had dug deep into her palms, and thin lines of shocking blood were seeping out.

A wild and terrifying dark magic, filled with the aura of destruction, was raging around her thin body.

“Damn it.”

Aiden frowned slightly.The terrifying soul power of a Great Venerable burst out from his body once again.

Buzz—!

Golden light turned into an unstoppable sharp blade and violently tore through the barrier outside Cheryl’s mind.

Aiden’s consciousness forced its way in without any resistance.

But Cheryl’s inner world was completely different from Rainn’s dark and depressing one.

Deep inside Cheryl’s soul was a vast, endless white space.

It was so white that it hurt to look at.

It was so white that it made the soul feel like it was suffocating.

And in the middle of that hopeless white space stood two identical Cheryls.

The girl on the left was wearing a spotless white Miko robe.

She had her arms wrapped around her knees and was trembling like a frightened deer. Her smile was gone, replaced by fear. Her clear eyes were filled with helplessness.

The girl on the right was wearing a Miko robe as black as ink.

Her face was full of hostility. A sick and strange smile curled at the corner of her mouth as she stared at Aiden with a look that was not quite a smile.

“You’re finally here.”

The black-clothed Cheryl tilted her head. Her scarlet tongue slowly ran across her pale lips, and her eyes shone with a mad desire to fight.

“I’ve been waiting for you. Waiting for so long.”

Hearing that voice, the white-clothed Cheryl suddenly raised her head and screamed in despair.

“Don’t come over… Aiden, don’t get close to her!”

“She’s insane! She’ll destroy everything!”

Aiden stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes as cold as ice.

He had already sensed that Cheryl’s hidden class, the [Battle Miko], was extremely unusual.

Now, it seemed this was the true form of that hidden danger—the bloodthirsty curse of the Battle Miko.

In exchange for destructive power far beyond others at her level, an extreme dark personality had inevitably been born inside her.

“Are you going to save her?”

The black-clothed Cheryl completely ignored the cries of the white-clothed personality. She walked toward Aiden slowly, her steps graceful and seductive.

“She’s too weak. She doesn’t deserve this strength at all.”

“If you want to save her, then you’ll have to kill me.”

She suddenly spread her arms wide, raised her head, and let out a wild, crazy laugh.

“Come on! Do it! Kill me!”

Violent dark magic boiled around her, as if it would tear the pure white space apart in the next second.

But Aiden did not move.

His deep golden eyes seemed to see through the false nature of this white world. He stared straight into the deepest part of the black-clothed Cheryl’s soul.

Beneath her mad, bloodthirsty appearance, Aiden clearly sensed a deep despair.

She did not really want to exist.

But as something born from the curse of the Battle Miko, she could not destroy herself, and she could not fully disappear.

She was using this madness to beg Aiden for complete release.

“I won’t kill you.”

Aiden slowly shook his head. His voice was calm, but it rang through the entire white space like a great bell.

The black-clothed Cheryl froze in place. The madness on her face stiffened at once.

“What do you mean?” she asked through gritted teeth, though a trace of panic flashed deep in her eyes.

“I mean exactly what I said.”

Aiden slowly took one step forward.

“Cheryl will not die. And you will not disappear either.”

“When I, Aiden, say something, it becomes the rule.”

“I will find a way for both of you to live peacefully in this body.”

The moment he finished speaking, Aiden slowly raised his right hand.

Boom!

A brilliant ball of Divine Golden Sunflame exploded in his palm, so bright it seemed able to burn the whole world to ashes.

A terrifying wave of golden fire swept through the entire white space in an instant.

This was absolute strength, powerful enough to make even gods look twice.

“Go.”

Aiden flicked his finger.

The ball of Divine Golden Sunflame instantly turned into dozens of thick golden chains. Like furious dragons, they roared toward the black-clothed Cheryl.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The sharp sound of metal chains clashing was clear and deadly.

The black-clothed Cheryl had no time to react. In the next moment, the golden chains, filled with holy pressure, wrapped tightly around her body.

“Let me go!”

She struggled wildly. Violent dark magic kept slamming into the chains, but it was useless, like stones sinking into the sea without a single ripple.

“Now, be quiet.”

Aiden looked down at her from above, his eyes filled with a force that allowed no refusal.

“Let Cheryl come back.”

Before this overwhelming absolute strength, the madness in the black-clothed Cheryl’s eyes finally began to fade.

She looked deeply at Aiden, as if she had given in, or perhaps had finally found peace.

Bang!

The next second, her body collapsed and turned into a thick cloud of black mist.

Bound by the golden chains of divine fire, the black mist obediently shrank back into the deepest part of the pure white space and became completely still.

Only the trembling white-clothed Cheryl remained in that space.

She stared blankly at the black mist as it disappeared, then looked at Aiden, who stood there like a god descended to earth.

Outside, among the ruins wrapped in Nether Mist,

Cheryl’s eyes were still closed, and her long eyelashes trembled violently several times.

Then, she suddenly opened her eyes.

In her beautiful eyes, which had lost focus from the pain, Aiden’s tall and familiar figure suddenly came into view.

“Aiden…”

She opened her mouth, but her voice was terribly hoarse.

All the grievance, fear, and relief of surviving came rushing into her heart like a broken dam.

Large tears poured from her eyes, ran down her pale cheeks, and fell onto the cold black stone floor.

The Nether Mist rolled away like a retreating tide.

Three figures slowly walked out of the thick black fog.

A cold wind from the Abyss blew past, lifting the dust from the ruined ground.

Rainn and Cheryl were already soaked in cold sweat, as if they had just been pulled out of water.

There was no color on their pale faces. Their thin bodies trembled slightly in the wind.

The backlash from the illusion, which had struck directly at their souls, had almost drained all the strength from these two powerful Mikos.

But Aiden, who walked at the front, looked completely different.

His black clothes were spotless, and his expression was calm.

The terrifying restriction, powerful enough to tear apart the soul of a Great Venerable, had been nothing to him. It was like a light breeze brushing past a mountain, leaving no trace at all.

Aiden moved his fingers slightly, and a silver ripple appeared in the air.

Two bottles of magic potions, glowing with a rich deep-blue light, appeared out of nowhere and landed steadily in front of the two girls.

They were top-quality recovery potions of Legendary Rank. On Earth, just one of them would be enough to cause a bloody fight.

“Drink them.”

Aiden’s voice was cold, but it carried an authority that could not be questioned.

“Rest here for a while. Once you recover, we’ll enter the temple.”

Rainn did not hesitate. She pulled out the cork, raised her pale neck, and drank the potion in one go.

The pure magic instantly turned into a warm current, rushing through her body and nourishing her dried-up meridians and weakened soul.

She took a deep breath, then looked up at the tall figure not far ahead, standing like the ruler of the Abyss.

In her eyes, there was less of her usual coldness and caution.And there was now a strange feeling even she had not noticed.