Chapter 31
"Futility"
As I slightly lifted my head and looked in the direction the window had flown from, I saw Sagitta leaping back into the crowd of madmen.
So it was Sagitta.
I stood blankly, staring at the headless corpse.
They say revenge is empty—I've read that somewhere before—but is it really supposed to feel this empty?
I didn't expect an epic, grand conclusion, but I certainly didn't expect it to end so hollowly either.
But... did he really die?
Suddenly, the thought struck me. I quickly reached out and grabbed Riberkel's corpse, shouting,
"Mother! I offer you this one's corpse!"
I prayed as I always did, but Riberkel's body didn't transmute into divinity. As I suspected, he might still be alive...
Just then, a flood of divinity, tangled and overflowing, burst out from Riberkel's corpse.