Chapter 78: Rina Cortez (8)
Seoul Dino Park, drifting leisurely in its cozy shadows.
I was sprawled out on one of its soft sofas, poking at Agu’s plump little tail while the sound of the TV buzzed in the background like white noise.
“Kyuuuiiing...”
Every time I touched its tail, Agu twisted its body just slightly, letting out a groan of annoyance.
The TV continued to blast those con-artist-tier ads from the Babel corporations without a break.
Then suddenly, I remembered the corpse in chains I had seen in the warehouse at the Hexa Core Armory.
The blue mist, the grotesque webs, and the ominous voice that had echoed from within them.
“It shall become one.”
At first, I had dismissed it as just another hallucination brought on by the Erosion Domain.
But after hearing about Rina Cortez’s final words from Ember, that voice began to feel far more significant.
Rina Cortez had cursed, “If you interfere with us, the End cannot be avoided...”
And «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» that corpse had whispered, “The postponed annihilation shall arrive with the true advent of the universe.”