Chapter 190: Harribel
Hueco Mundo felt different today—extraordinarily so.
The pale moon bathed the land in a soft glow, the white sands stretched endlessly like silk, and small Hollows scurried through the underground forests. A gentle breeze swept across the desolate expanse...
It was a scene both mysterious and strangely serene.
Yet, nothing was more striking than the woman before him—Harribel.
Her beauty was breathtaking, so much so that Masatsuki Aozaki found himself unwilling to look away.
"Harribel, let me help you."
He gazed down at her, kneeling on the ground.
His expression turned unreadable as his eyes fell upon her heart, still partially encased in the remnants of her shattered Hollow mask.
As a Vasto Lorde-class Hollow—one of Hueco Mundo's most powerful beings—Harribel naturally exuded the regal presence of a queen, commanding both awe and respect.
But now, stripped of her former dignity, she knelt bare before him. The commanding aura she once possessed was gone, replaced by an almost tragic fragility—like a fallen queen, her kingdom lost.
The sight of her in such a state made Masatsuki Aozaki's temper flare, an almost primal impulse rising within him—an urge to thoroughly dominate her.