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"Alright, I'm ready."
Drake strode toward the dock, observing the barrier and cannons struggling to fend off the Yokai. They were fusing into larger, more resilient forms, becoming highly resistant to the cannons.
These Yokai differed from those he had faced before, overflowing with even greater Cursed Power. A portal to the Accursed Dimension, where the Wailing Goddess's Corpse resided, was nearby, amplifying their strength through her endless grief.
"Yuki!"
"Yes?"
Yuki joined him, gazing ahead.
"Tell me, where is the Tear Fragment?"
"Hmm…"
Yuki's eyes darted as she used her senses to quickly pinpoint the fragment's location.
"Over there."
She pointed east, toward a swirling, black hole-like formation of Curses and Yokai Specters, which also blocked their path deeper into the Singularity Vortex.
"I see. Did they place that gate to distract us or stop us?" Drake mused. "They probably don't know we can take those Tear Fragments at all."
