The Sword Blade wailed, emitting a piercing cry of steel.
Without any hesitation, he sprinkled the dust of Golden Amber on the spine of the blade, coating the sword's body with a dazzling layer of gold.
As Huai Shi struggled to shake off the tattered book covering his face, he saw Raven thrust a sword backhandedly into the crack in his own chest.
Huai Shi was startled.
"...Again?"
Without giving him another chance to speak, Huai Shi felt an intense blaze ignite within the deepest recesses of his shell, exploding from the inside out, engulfing him.
The slender Sword Blade penetrated the rift, inching into his body, but it did not emerge from his back, as though his body had devoured it.
Until the hilt, too, vanished completely.
TICK.
A crisp sound emerged from the pocket watch in Raven's hand.
Precise to the moment.
"A timely wind is all that's needed to send you to the Western Paradise."
Raven stepped back, a pleased smile on his face. "——Welcome to Hell, fool."
