The air seemed to solidify.
"Forget it."
Her eyes flickered, and Tohru slowly returned her head to the ground, speaking:
"I never thought that before my death, the last thing I'd encounter would be a human. It's truly ironic, I must say."
Her words seemed filled with a sense of helplessness and desolation.
Unable to accept her current predicament.
"My name is Lin. What's yours?"
Lin, however, smiled indifferently and approached Tohru.
Tohru: "..."
She was slightly stunned, looking at Lin who was asking her name.
The human and the dragon stared at each other for a while again.
Perhaps her death was imminent.
Or perhaps she felt no malice from Lin.
"Tohru."
After a moment of silence, Tohru slowly spoke her name.
"Tohru, a good name."
Lin raised an eyebrow with a slight smile, then pointed a finger at the Divine Sword impaled in her back, and asked with a chuckle:
"By the way, what's with that sword in your back?"
"Do you want me to pull it out for you? It looks quite painful, after all."
"Help me..."
Although Tohru felt a strange sensation about Lin wanting to help her, she still said disdainfully:
"Human, do you know what kind of creation the sword in my body is?"
"This is a Divine Sword, condensed from the power of the gods, containing a powerful Divine Will."
"As a weak human, even just touching it would instantly lead to death from mental collapse."
"Then I really want to try."
A confident curve formed on his lips, and Silver's Sanctuary subtly unfolded as Lin flew onto Tohru's back.
"Hm?!"
Lin taking flight mid-air surprised Tohru.
She had thought he was just an ordinary human, but it seemed she had misjudged him.
A mage or a warrior?
"Human, don't seek death."
Tohru turned her head to Lin.
Although Lin seemed to have some ability, as she said, what was impaled in her back was a Divine Sword.
Even she couldn't heal herself against the suppression of the Divine Sword, only able to wait for death here.
If even a dragon was like this.
What more for a mere human.
"Trust me."
Lin smiled confidently at Tohru.
Tohru: "..."
Lin flew up a little, level with the hilt, and extended his right hand towards the Divine Sword.
Tohru's eyes widened slightly.
She seemed to already foresee Lin's mental collapse and death.
Lin's right hand grasped the hilt.
The Divine Sword glowed with white light.
The next moment, a powerful, invisible will force entered Lin's consciousness space from within the Divine Sword.
It transformed into a tall figure.
As if formed from pure white light, its face unseen, enveloped by a faint red halo.
Solemn and noble, supreme, as if mortals could not look upon it directly.
This was the manifestation of the Divine Will.
At the center of the consciousness space.
Lin's soul sat cross-legged in the void with closed eyes.
Seven miniature Swords of Damocles stood upright before him.
A divine wheel, like one forged from gold, slowly rotated behind him, its outermost edge shimmering with a purple halo.
Streaks of purplish-gold light, like mischievous sprites, flew around his soul, trailing tails of light.
Vaguely outlining an infinity symbol.
Sacred, immortal, noble, mysterious, eternal...
These various qualities were engraved upon his soul.
Lin's soul slowly opened its eyes.
The Swords of Damocles, representing the Seven Kingships, vanished from before him, instantly reappearing above the Divine Will.
The seven swords merged into one.
And attacked in the longsword form of the 'Colorless Kingship'.
An invisible, powerful sealing force enveloped the Divine Will.
The Sword of Damocles descended.
It effortlessly pierced through the Divine Will.
As the Sword of Damocles returned to its original position, the Divine Will also dissipated into specks of starlight.
And all of this happened in less than three seconds.
In the real world.
After Lin grasped the Divine Sword, he paused slightly, then the Divine Sword dissipated into specks of starlight.
"How is this possible?!"
Tohru's eyes widened in disbelief at this scene.
The Divine Sword was just gone?
What about the Divine Will within it?
One must know, that was something that left even her waiting helplessly for death.
Meanwhile, elsewhere.
In a grand world existing within the main universe.
When the Divine Will was obliterated, the deity who had easily wounded Tohru frowned slightly.
A hint of doubt and curiosity emerged:
"Strange, a piece of my will has vanished."
"And not a single piece of information has returned. Interesting."
"That will was a Divine Sword forged from dragon-slaying intent. That little dragon couldn't possibly have removed it herself."
"Nor could it have been those guys from the Dragon Race; otherwise, at least some information would have returned."
"Who could it be?"
The deity thought of some beings comparable to Himself, then smiled dismissively and no longer pondered it.
Tohru's matter was merely a small interlude for Him.
In the main crossover anime world, Oborozuka City.
As the Divine Sword dissipated, Lin also received a prompt from the Codex of All Things, and a new entry was successfully lit.
His pupils slightly constricted.
Lin recovered from a momentary daze, turning to look at Tohru, who was staring at him dumbfounded.
He curled his lips, smiling as he asked:
"Tohru, are you alright now?"
As the Divine Sword dissipated, the wound on Tohru's back vanished instantly, as if it had never been there.
"Y-yes, I'm fine."
Hearing Lin's question, the somewhat stunned Tohru blinked, gradually regaining her senses.
The way she looked at Lin had changed slightly.
"That's good."
Lin descended from Tohru's back to the ground.
After Lin got down, Tohru cast her transformation magic, and a red light enveloped her entire body.
Her figure rapidly shrank.
Finally transforming into her human form.
She was wrapped in a brown-grey robe, with thick, silky golden hair cascading behind her, the ends fading to red.
A pair of dragon horns still adorned her head.
Behind her was a rather short and plump-looking green dragon tail.
In her human form, Tohru's features were delicate, and her skin was fair and smooth.
Her exquisite face had a hint of baby fat.
Beauty and cuteness perfectly blended.
Her crystal-clear eyes were golden-red, gold infused with red.
Her pupils were deep red vertical slits.
Compared to round pupils, they added a touch of sharpness.
"Quite tall indeed..."
Looking at Tohru in her human form, whose height was almost the same as his own, Lin couldn't help but feel a little impressed.
Tohru was about 1.75 meters tall.
With her dragon horns, she was nearly 1.8 meters.
The human and the dragon gazed into each other's eyes.
Tohru's expression was rather cold.
Seeing this, Lin smiled slightly and said:
"Want to chat with me?"
After speaking, he had a thought.
A pale blue barrier, resembling mosaic, formed into the shape of a backed bench behind him.
Lin sat on it.
"Sit, Tohru."
Tohru's eyes flickered slightly at this sight, and she sat down beside him.
Her robe swayed with her movement.
The scenery within was vaguely visible.
Lin turned to look at Tohru, smiling as he knowingly asked:
"Tohru, why were you injured by the Divine Sword?"
"..."
Tohru's pupils constricted slightly at his words.
Her gaze flickered subtly, and she remained silent for a moment before responding:
"Because I challenged a god... the kind where I overestimated myself."
After a brief pause, she suddenly added another sentence.
As her voice fell, she subtly raised her head.
Gazing at the night sky after the rain, a little lost in thought.
"Oh, is that so."
Lin smiled as if enlightened, showing no other reaction.
This surprised Tohru a little.
She couldn't help but withdraw her gaze, turning to look at Lin beside her.
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