Refusing to back down, one powerful step brought me closer, every movement meant to show my resolve. The key to my plan was to make her recognize my value.
"I can get you out of here."
She smiled in amusement. "Escape…? You must be joking."
"Do you even know what this place is? This dimension is unescapable. Twelve Higher Lifeforms forged it. Not even I, at my peak power, could tear it apart."
Her chains rattled faintly as she leaned back. "Do you really think a mortal like you can change that?"
"Not me… but the one backing me could."
She remained quiet.
"I'm not joking. You can test it—hit me with the strongest attack you've got." I raised both hands, open and ready.
This was a gamble. I was counting on the system to shield me.
"You're asking for it, mortal. I'll destroy that avatar of yours and your soul at the same time."
Her eyes glowed intensely, and her blood-red aura burst forth again, spreading upward until the dark clouds above turned bloody red.
