The audience's brains were already overloaded.
And on screen, Acheron was staring indifferently into the camera as she asked:
"Do you (Sin Thirster of Nihility) still remember what happened?"
The camera pulled back along with her words, allowing the audience to see where Acheron was.
But in truth, they couldn't make anything out at all. There was only white in the background, distorted white, empty white.
All these colors blended together, and the only things that could barely be made out were the outlines of several planets.
"I saw a spot of light..."
A slightly trembling, elderly voice sounded: "that dimmed the star..."
As the words fell, a dazzling streak of white light shot out from the camera and plunged into the stars!
The planets along its path, whether planets or stars, were all pierced through by this white light.
The white light continued forward without stopping. Cracks began spreading outward from the points where the planets had been pierced.
Then, at the exact same moment, they violently exploded!
Thanks to the top-tier special effects, the audience could clearly see every detail of these planets exploding.
First, they saw light spilling out from the cracks before gathering together.
The enormous planets began rapidly swelling. Along with the continuously expanding white light, once they reached their limits, accompanied by flames and violent tremors, they exploded into countless chunks of rock!
This was perhaps the most shocking explosion countless viewers had ever witnessed.
This was the death of planets. Yet the white light did not lose even the slightest bit of its momentum, continuing to pierce toward the end of the universe!
Within the white light, everyone saw a blurry figure standing there.
But even though it was merely a silhouette, it made the audience feel as though they were seeing the most perfect form in the world.
The music and sounds became almost completely silent at this moment.
The camera pulled back.
A white hole appeared at the center of the screen.
The feeling its appearance gave the audience was actually somewhat similar to IX.
"Then existence itself was torn leaving only a despairing white..."
"Enveloping both entropy and time."
The elderly voice sounded at just the right moment.
Opposite the white hole was Acheron's back.
She stood upon a land flowing with magma, quietly gazing at the white hole not far away.
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: A white hole, Acheron... and that mysterious figure's shadow...
: What does all this mean...? It feels like they're talking about something unbelievably important, but I can't understand any of it!
: The imagery is too powerful. Even though I don't really understand it, just from the imagery alone, you can tell that none of the people appearing in this PV are simple.
: After all, Acheron is in it too...
: A white hole, a black hole, and Nihility. This feels connected to another Lord Ravager again.
: What does that mean? Is everyone coming to Amphoreus to join in on the fun?
...
Although it was somewhat difficult to understand, the audience could still use some of the elements within it to distinguish which Paths were involved.
And it was precisely this feeling of half-understanding that made them even more curious and made watching it even more exhilarating.
After all, no one knew what might suddenly appear next.
After Zephyro, Phantylia, a hat-wearing man who looked human, Acheron, and the mysterious figure within the white hole appeared one after another, no new characters appeared on the screen.
Instead, everything turned pitch-black.
Within the brief darkness, a golden halo cut out a ring.
Immediately afterward, more golden rings began revolving around the central circle, arranging themselves one after another.
The camera fixed itself on the center of the rings and began pulling back. More and more rings appeared on the screen.
One... Two... It did not stop until the seventeenth ring appeared.
These concentric rings, one layer within another, visually formed something resembling a passageway.
At the edge of the outermost ring, vast amounts of golden light overflowed like water and blood, beginning to flow downward.
This flowing "golden blood" then gathered into a river below. Following the flow of the river, the audience saw a massive black lotus streaked with gold.
Filthy black liquid wrapped around an exquisitely perfect bare foot as it entered the frame, dripping onto the center of the black lotus.
"We salute thee, Blemished One"
The owner of the foot, Phantylia, stood smiling atop the lotus platform. She slightly raised her right palm toward the air, making a gesture that might have been an invitation, or perhaps an acceptance.
Although black mud covered her perfect form, it still could not conceal her alluring charm.
Combined with that mature, exquisite, perfect face, no matter who it was, they couldn't help but sigh at just how beautiful she was.
Black mud. A beauty. Destruction. Abundance.
With so many different elements layered together, anyone whose will was even slightly unsteady would develop the thought of defecting to the enemy just from looking at this scene.
But immediately afterward, they would awaken with a start upon remembering the true nature hidden beneath that beautiful exterior, breaking out in a cold sweat.
Appearing in such an incomparably beautiful manner, Phantylia gently parted her red lips and finished the words she had left incomplete:
"In defiance of the cosmic roots (Paths) that bind all."
"We offer a magnificent ruin."
...
: Even so... she's seriously too beautiful.
: Holy shit... what kind of genius came up with this scene and composition...? Fuck, this is incredible...
: Dangerous yet beautiful. It makes you unable to resist wanting to get closer...
: If I didn't know Phantylia's true identity, just looking at this face would make me think someone like her should be an extremely gentle and kind person...
: Is this scene using imagery like this to represent the Abundance elements within Phantylia?
: Exactly. The most obvious manifestation of Abundance should probably feel something like this... It makes people instinctively develop a favorable impression and want to get closer.
: And then, as long as you approach this beautiful woman, what awaits you is Destruction... My god! With this kind of feeling, I seriously want to defect to the enemy...
: How did they even think of blending these elements together? Coming up with a scene like this is incredible.
: True art!
...
Phantylia's voice had only just disappeared when the screen instantly transformed into an unfolded puzzle.
Piece after piece of the puzzle was lifted away, revealing the darkness deeply concealed within.
Celenova's voice sounded immediately afterward.
"Together, beneath your gaze..."
"...we bear witness to a colleague's end."
"Be it coronation or collapse, the end of their yearning is the same."
Within the darkness, a pair of humongous mechanical palms spread open.
A long-haired woman whose entire body was pure white stood there, bands of light resembling planetary rings circling her head. Her entire presence felt incomparably sacred.
She stood between the two palms. Countless white ribbons extending in from beyond the frame merged seamlessly with the pure white dress on her body.
This was the first time the audience had seen Celenova's true form.
The same intense contrast also appeared on Celenova. Judging only by her attire, it was difficult to associate such a holy woman with a Lord Ravager.
The next moment.
The camera zoomed in, giving a close-up of Celenova's face. Because her eyes were blocked by the star ring, the audience had no chance to see Celenova's eyes.
They said the eyes were the windows to the soul, yet precisely at a time like this, the audience was unable to see her eyes, and naturally couldn't glimpse even a little of Celenova's inner thoughts from her face.
But the more this was the case. The more mystery it brought to Celenova.
Although the audience didn't know what kind of Lord Ravager Celenova was. Just seeing Celenova herself was already an enormous information overload.
This was also one of the feelings the audience loved most.
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: I don't understand it, but it's insanely shocking!
: Bombshell after bombshell!
: Did it have to be this exciting before Amphoreus Episode Four? Holy shit! This is awesome!
: Celenova's design is seriously so well done!
: As a Lord Ravager, doesn't Celenova look a little too sacred?!
: Phantylia's body came from the Abundance's Ambrosial Arbor, so it's understandable that she became so seductive, but Celenova looking like this, is there some explanation for it?
: I don't know... I only know there's something even bigger coming next in this PV!
...
After Celenova appeared, the music also began to become even more solemn.
Although it was showcasing a Lord Ravager, judging purely from the music, it wasn't using the oppressive atmosphere used to portray villains.
Instead, it was more dignified, serious, and magnificent.
A horn sounded.
Another pair of enormous mechanical hands suddenly pierced through the screen and violently pulled it apart toward both sides.
The screen shattered like a mirror. Through those shattered mirrors, one could see a distorted gigantic robot, along with flickering obstructions.
Before the audience could clearly see what was inside the shattered images. That teasing male voice appeared uninvited once again, suddenly sounding out.....
"Just to witness?"
The man in the hat strolled through one shattered world after another and teased:
"That feels like formalism."
Compared to the destruction displayed with the man's appearance.
It was much calmer. There were no shocking scenes. Yellow sand, remains, shattered clusters of buildings.
Everything was completely silent. There was neither the magnificence before destruction, nor the commotion during destruction.
It looked more like the dull emptiness after completely accomplishing one's goal?
The man in the suit and hat walked a few steps through this silent destruction with both hands in his pockets, then stopped.
He pulled his hands out of his trouser pockets and began adjusting his hat and the tie on his chest.
Seriously, this guy was pretty proper.
Just as this inexplicable thought appeared in the audience's minds. The man in the hat took off his hat.
A horrifying scene appeared!
Underneath the hat wasn't a human head at all, but a pair of purple hands!
Even more bizarrely, they could move! Too weird!
But there was something even weirder. This hand... suddenly snapped its fingers, and a die appeared out of thin air before being firmly caught by the hand.
Just like that, this suited man became someone whose entire body was dressed elegantly and neatly, but from the neck upward was nothing but a single hand.
"Even if every genius in the cosmos dropped dead, what's that got to do with us?"
The suited man spoke indifferently and started walking again. Only this time, what appeared beneath his feet was no longer yellow sand, but brilliant colors.
"Still not enough for you?"
Phantylia replied with a laugh:
"The fools will only flounder in tears after the wise have been buried."
Us? Us?!
The audience had still been shocked by the suited man's bizarre appearance when they suddenly heard these lines, and their minds immediately buzzed.
Who could refer to themselves as "us" together with a Lord Ravager?
Only another Lord Ravager.
In other words, this strangely shaped man was also a Lord Ravager!
And there was Phantylia's response to him. Something about the wise, fools... The audience completely lost it.
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: Not one, not two! THREE!! And this PV isn't even over yet! Holy shit!
: What's this guy called?! Aaaaaah! My curiosity is about to explode!!
: Three Lord Ravagers! Counting the one on Amphoreus, that's already fucking four!!
: Holy shit shit shit! My brain is going numb! It's really going numb!
: My brain is seriously overloading right now aaaaaah!
: So many clues, so many implications! Celenova's holiness, Phantylia's Abundance, and this teasing Lord Ravager, the characteristics they display are all so obvious. They don't look like they follow one unified style of Destruction at all. I feel like I've grasped something!!
: Is it related to the Paths?
: These Lord Ravagers completely look like people from different Paths!
: What do you mean? What the hell are you guys talking about?! Why can't I understand any of this?!
...
Under the violent bombardment of information.
The audience had very little time to think. They could only vaguely sense the connection between all of this.
But this information-packed PV didn't give the audience even a moment to breathe!
As Phantylia responded to the suited man, an indescribable "phenomenon" was occurring.
The reason it could only be called a phenomenon was because the audience had no idea what exactly was appearing in this scene.
They only saw a cloud of mist, along with purple light enveloped within that mist, swallowing the surrounding planets.
It even swallowed the image and the light itself. Everything once again sank into deep darkness...
One second... Two seconds... In an instant!
A trace of white light exploded from the darkness!
Accompanied by a dull, heavy impact and increasingly complex music.
A white hole was born!
Its appearance illuminated everything around it once again!
"Cease your chatter."
"The Sun has risen from the end of time."
An unfamiliar male voice spoke calmly.
The flashing light of the white hole was obscured by a black blade. The camera followed the blade upward, gradually revealing the figure holding it.
It was an existence with an utterly perfect physique, with sharp features!