Equa: "You forgot to coat it with Aegis Mantra."
Orimo exhaled, his aura flickering like a living shadow around him.
Orimo: "No… I wanted you to fight seriously."
He chuckled—then slammed his head against the ground. THUD!
Equa's eyes narrowed.
"Flames. Engulf him."
Black fire surged from all directions, swallowing Orimo whole.
Orimo: "My… body—"
His energy drained instantly. His lifespan burned away. Needles of agony stabbed through every vein and every bone.
His breathing shook. His muscles trembled. His vision dimmed.
Equa: "You will die soon enough."
Orimo's thoughts spiraled as darkness crawled across his vision.
"I can't die here—"
"No."
"Get up."
His fists hammered against his own chest in desperation. His knees quivered.
But he did not fall, even as the pain dragged him toward death.
Equa smirked:
"Estimated… twenty-five years taken already."
Orimo's heartbeat slowed—then spiked violently.
Horns curved out from his skull.
His eyes ignited into a burning red glow.
The floor beneath him cracked.
And he smiled—
a demonic, fearless smile of someone ready to die and destroy everything at once.
THUD—!!!
BLACK ENERGY ERUPTED OUT OF HIM, exploding like a demon's pulse.
Walls shattered. Rooms collapsed. Half the facility was blown apart in an instant.
THUD.
THUD.
THUD.
Equa's eyes widened in pure horror.
"The effect… it's been removed."
"My saviour…"
The entire island trembled violently as if nature itself couldn't withstand Orimo's unleashed power.
But then—
BOOM!
Orimo's body dropped lifelessly to the ground, completely unconscious.
The black energy faded into silence.