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When Kireina and everyone else reached the surface, only silence greeted them.
Kireina had temporarily lost contact with her Heart Avatars after being hurled into the depths of the Sea of Emptiness.
Now she realized they had all been destroyed. Frank had noticed the same.
They had expected the surface to be even worse, but that wasn't the case at all.
The chaos, the battles—everything had fallen eerily quiet.
The sun above burned with unbearable intensity, so bright and searing that even Amaterasu felt her skin blistering.
The ground scorched and steamed toward the sky, yet the heavens remained completely clear—not blue, but a blinding gold.
"W-What's happening?! This scorching heat…!" Kireina muttered through clenched teeth. "This is…! YOU?!"
Then she saw something utterly bizarre and terrifying.
The sun suddenly opened a pair of glowing blue eyes, staring down at them with absolute, overwhelming authority.
