Chapter 619: The Hollow Sun ( PS Bonus - )

Chapter 619: The Hollow Sun ( PS Bonus Chapter )

Lian raised his head for a moment.

A few minutes ago, the sounds of small birds could be heard throughout the forest, but now there was no sound at all.

Even the birds sitting on the branches farther away had fallen silent.

Amélie noticed it as well.

"Why has it become so quiet?"

Rindo did not answer, he took his eyes off the pillar and looked at the surrounding trees.

The wind was still blowing.

Lian could feel the air moving across his face, but the golden leaves on the trees were no longer moving.

Not even a single leaf.

It was as if the entire forest had stopped in the middle of a moment.

He slowly stood up and looked at the sky.

The Hollow Sun was still high in the distance, the same enormous golden ring with an empty center.

But something about its light had changed, the glow inside the ring weakened for a moment, and then an extremely thin line of light moved along its edge.

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

Wait...

Something was taking shape in the empty center of the sun, at first, only a dark line could be seen.

Thin and vertical.

But the line slowly grew wider, and its edges moved apart, revealing a black structure inside the golden ring.

Rindo also raised his head, his hand remained on his weapon.

"What... is that?" Amélie looked at the sky in disbelief.

Neither of them had a clear answer, because at that very moment, the black line in the center of the sun opened, and something resembling an enormous pupil appeared within the golden light.

The Hollow Sun had turned into a giant eye.

The golden rings around it moved slowly.

Lines of light flowed along their surfaces, and the black pupil was so large that it could be clearly seen even from a great distance.

Lian remained motionless for several seconds, he had faced many powerful beings before.

He had even experienced the pressure of the presence of the Demon of End, but what he felt now was completely different.

It was neither anger, a thirst for blood, nor even the direct threat of a hunter, instead, it was the feeling of being watched by something that seemed to have control over everything around it.

He felt as if he were under the gaze of an indescribable being, something beyond his understanding.

An entity that seemed to have existed since the beginning of creation and possessed the power to judge everything.

It was as if all of existence, from the smallest particle to the largest star, meant nothing before its gaze, and there was only one thing expected of it.

To deliver the final judgment!

At that very moment, a voice spread throughout the land, a voice that came from no specific direction and did not need to be loud.

It was as if they could hear it directly inside their minds.

"The Judgment System has been taken out of suspension."

Lian frowned.

Judgment?

Rindo took his spear from his back.

Meanwhile, Amélie was still staring at the sky in disbelief.

A few seconds passed, and then the same voice was heard again.

"Unregistered presences have been detected."

The golden rings of the sun rotated slightly, and then a narrow beam of light appeared on the ground in front of Amélie.

She instinctively took a step back.

"What...?"

The golden light moved with her, and the girl stopped, looking down at the ground, but the beam was no longer limited to the stones in front of her and slowly began to spread around her body.

Rindo immediately moved his spear forward.

"Amélie, get out of the light!"

The girl took several steps to the left without hesitation, but the light continued to follow her, she quickly stepped back for a moment, but the same thing happened again.

It was as if the beam was no longer connected to a specific spot on the ground, but was directly connected to her.

Lian narrowed his eyes, and at that moment, the sun’s emotionless voice sounded again.

"Suspect identified."

It paused briefly.

"Identity: Amélie Moreau."

Amélie froze. ℴ𝗆

She had heard her own name.

For several seconds, she only stared at the sky, then she asked in a trembling voice,

"Me...?"

She received no answer, instead, the golden light around her body became denser.

Lian took a step forward.

"Rindo, watch our surroundings."

His friend gave a small nod, he had also realized that what was happening before them was different from an ordinary skill.

But neither of them knew what the light was actually meant to do.

Then the voice continued.

"First charge: Unauthorized entry into the domain of the condemned."

Amélie blinked.

The domain of the condemned?

"Second charge: Participation in the tampering with the containment structure."

Rindo looked at the old pillar and then looked at her again.

But before he had a chance to examine the connection between these two things, the third charge was announced.

"Third charge: Taking property belonging to the Mother."

She remained motionless for several seconds, the words she was hearing made no sense to her.

She had only collected medicinal plants and tried to reopen the path of a spring with two other people.

She had not seen anyone who was imprisoned, had not heard of any law that forbade entry, and did not even know that something called the Mother existed in this land.

Her hands slowly began to tremble.

"I’m... sorry."

She looked up at the sky.

"I really didn’t know, if I did something I wasn’t supposed to do, I can make up for it."

But the sun’s black pupil showed no reaction.

"Amélie, calm down, we still don’t know how this system works." Rindo said in a firm voice.

At the same time, Lian had activated True Sequence, the energy structure around the girl became visible to him, and what he saw made his expression turn more serious.

Several mana paths were connected from the surrounding light to Amélie’s body, but that was not all.

Part of the energy flow was directly connected to the structure of the girl’s soul.

He slowly breathed out for a moment, so this isn’t just an ordinary beam, he quickly examined the paths of these connections.

Some of them ran along her body, while others seemed to draw energy from somewhere much farther away.

But the main part of the structure was beyond the range Lian could analyze in such a short time.

He looked at one of the weaker paths.

Maybe if I cut this...

But at that very moment, the sun’s voice sounded again.

"Judgment: Execution."

Amélie held her breath for a moment.

Lian moved, two enormous black wings spread open behind him.

[ Wings of God ]

In one movement, he crossed the distance between himself and the girl.

Rindo also moved forward from the other side at the same time, he moved his spear along the path of the light and released concentrated force, trying to cut the connection between the beam and Amélie.

But the attack passed straight through the light, the tip of his spear struck the stones behind it and created a thin crack in the ground.

The light did not change, not even for a moment.

Rindo immediately pulled his spear back and changed his angle of attack.

But Lian had noticed something, the light was not attacking Amélie from the outside, the paths of connection had already been linked to her very existence.

He placed one of his black wings between the girl and the sky.

But at that very moment, golden points began to glow around Amélie’s body.

Not on the surface of her skin, but along the paths that had previously connected to her soul.

Vorhelm gritted his teeth.

Damn it...

He immediately released a small amount of Eclipse Energy, a thin line of corrupted light moved along one of the golden paths.

For a moment, part of the light turned dark and the connection weakened.

But just as Lian was about to send more energy into it, an enormous amount of energy flowed from the sun along the same path.

The golden structure stabilized again, and the line of Eclipse Energy scattered before it could reach the main part of the connection.

Lian narrowed his eyes for a moment.

"Even with Eclipse Energy, I can’t reach the core of its structure?"

The problem was not only power.

He still did not know how the judgment structure had been formed or where it was getting its energy from, and more importantly, he did not have enough time.

Rindo prepared his spear again, but Lian noticed that some golden energy still remained around the point where his previous attack had struck.

If Rindo got too close, he might be exposed to the same structure.

"Rindo, keep your distance!"

But his friend did not answer, he changed his angle and tried to get closer to one of the connection points.

At that moment, a short burst of pressure traveled from the path of light into his spear, his fingers went numb for a fraction of a second, and he was forced to pull his weapon back.

He took a step back.

But his eyes remained fixed on Amélie, the girl stood in the golden light.

Her hands were trembling, and her eyes moved between Lian and Rindo, she could see that both of them were truly trying to save her.

But at the same time, something deep inside her told her that this time, they were facing a danger far beyond what they could normally handle.

Amélie opened her mouth, at first, no sound came out... then she spoke with difficulty.

"Please..."

"Stay....away...."

Lian was looking at one of the last connection paths, he was still trying to find a point through which he could disrupt the flow of energy.

But the girl’s voice made him look up for a moment.

Amélie looked at both of them, tears had gathered in the corners of her eyes, and even so, amid her fear and confusion, she was trying to keep her voice calm.

"I don’t want you two to get hurt too..."

"It’s not over yet." Rindo tightened his grip around his spear again.

Lian also prepared to release another flow of Eclipse Energy, but at that very moment, the golden light grew stronger.

For a fraction of a second, everything fell silent.

Amélie remained motionless, her fingers slowly opened, and her gaze stayed fixed on Lian’s face.

The young man reached out his hand, he was only one step away, but before his fingers could reach the girl, golden lines appeared from within her body. ℯ𝕝.

The light did not pass through her skin and muscles, it was as if the very structure of her existence was directly coming apart.

Amélie’s lips moved for a moment, but no sound could be heard anymore, and then her body began to fall apart within the golden light.

There was no explosion, no scream, and not even a wave of pressure that could move the surrounding stones, for a moment, the girl’s image simply faded within the light.

Lian reached out farther, but his fingers passed through empty air.

The light went out, and Amélie was no longer there.

He remained in the same position for several seconds, his hand was still stretched forward, but there was nothing left to hold... he slowly closed his fingers.

Rindo also stood a short distance away, his spear was still in his hand, and his gaze remained fixed on the spot where she had been standing only a few moments ago.

The girl who had been talking with a smile about the future of medicinal plants just an hour ago.

The girl who had said that if she could not save everyone, she would start with someone she could help.

The girl who had been more worried about the two of them getting hurt, even in her final moments.

Amélie Moreau was now dead.