“That’s the point,” Suleiman murmured. “Yes, Son of Man, Son of Man is the point.”

He could never forget the prophecy that drifted in the kingdom of God after his fall. That prophecy came from a poet and from his destiny.

The Son of God will be liquidated and killed by the Son of Man…Yes, he has verified it.

“…”

The bloodshot eyes in the mirror shattered into millions of pieces stared at Suleiman, and countless sighs came from the darkness:

“You are willing to be bound by the gravity of fate and remember your choice.”

“We can never escape our fate, can we?” Suleiman smiled miserably, “We can never escape…”

Under the glory of the ivory tower, He used His wings to shape the paper, allowing the frenzied composer to carve the inscriptions of fate on it and then tear it apart.

He betrayed his own destiny, and the end result was fall, fall, and fall again.

Eventually, his body drifted in low-Earth orbit, with dark matter filling the sky. He could neither return to the earth nor reach the starry sky.

“…”

Between the earth and the starry sky, Suleiman opened his eyes, and his gray pupils stared at the slowly spinning dust star wrapped in the [Tomb].

After being sent out of the [Eternal Wall] by Perlis and drifting all the way into space, he has been torn to pieces countless times.

But it’s time to end it.

It was a big detour, but fate always settled with the coin that flicked at his fingertips, just like every accurate prophecy.

“Become my wings,” Suleiman murmured, “my name is…”

“…【Immotaros】…”

“…【Destroying Angel】…”

……

“Space shock detected.”

[Inverted Sword] On a low-Earth orbit satellite, an assistant frowned and looked at the readings on the panel in confusion.

“This is a shock from the underworld. Why is it…”

Suddenly, the alarm sounded in the entire control room, and everyone panicked. The lights in the entire control room began to flash wildly, like the prelude to some crazy music. After more than ten seconds, all the lights went out, leaving only the light of the slowly spinning dust star outside the window shining into the hall.

In the chaos, only one figure did not move – Carly sat silently in front of the terminal. When the alarm sounded, she just sighed softly:

“Feel sorry.”

She had known it a long time ago and had made her choice a long time ago.

Just when no one knew what was happening, tiny dots of light shone in from the edge of the main control cabin, making the dark hall a little brighter.

That is starlight.

The originally dark universe slowly collapsed under some kind of cohesive force, like a curtain that was gradually retracted. The starlight behind the curtain was revealed. It was a strange light, and its color was not any color known to humans. No one could realize what color the light was at first.

Of course, they didn’t have the chance to think. When the starlight fell into their eyes, their brains exploded –

“Pfft-“

One headless corpse after another fell to the ground, with darkness gushing out from their necks like a frantic painter waving his ink brush wildly.

After just a dozen seconds, Carly was the only one left in the control room.

“…”

Carly stood up silently, her forehead throbbing with pain. The starlight was constantly eroding her consciousness. There were only two reasons why she still had the strength to walk: Perlis’s mental barrier, and the [God’s Essence] that had merged into her body.

But even so, she felt her legs were getting weak and she could fall down at any time.

“…sorry…”

Carly struggled through the pile of corpses lying on the ground, walked to a corner of the main control hall, and took out a space suit from the cabinet.

This is a suit worn during extravehicular missions. It has a complete life support system and propulsion system, and can also provide minimum defense in the event of insufficient energy.

Carly put on her space suit, put on her helmet, and turned on the mask filter, gradually dimming the light from the outside world.

She felt her spirits recover a little, but this was not the end, just the beginning——

“boom!”

There was a loud crash, and the entire [Inverted Sword] satellite was hit hard by something. Carly looked towards the huge floor-to-ceiling window, and saw a torn wing of light from the satellite flying towards the planet, accompanied by a rain of broken parts.

The satellite’s outline was tilted, something was climbing up the satellite, and Carly didn’t dare to imagine how huge it was.

The simulated gravity system went out of control. Wave after wave of shock waves blew up debris in the entire main control hall, causing it to float around in the air, bounce off the walls, and repeat the process over and over again.

Carly also slowly floated up. She flew to the center of the main control room, stared at the door, and slowly closed her eyes.

Her thoughts began to float around like the scattered objects.

……

“Carly, this will be your new home from now on.”

Edward opened the door and led Carly into the mansion. Carly lowered her head, her bangs wet by the rain stuck to her forehead, and her ice-blue eyes were dull.

Home? Carly’s home is gone…

In the morning, she waved goodbye to her parents with a smile. Gleason secretly poured half of his milk for her while eating breakfast. She walked towards school with a smile and a little warmth.

But when she got home from school, her father and mother were gone, her brother was gone too, and she was the only one left.

In just one day, a little girl’s entire world can be destroyed.

“…”

Carly stood stubbornly on the porch and didn’t go into the house. Edward looked at her and sighed silently.

Just then, light footsteps were heard, accompanied by a very gentle greeting:

“Dad, she is…?”

Carly looked up and found a little girl with white hair and red eyes standing at the corner of the porch, sticking half of her head out and looking at her.

“This is Carly, Carly Fellowes, she will live in our house from now on, with you,” Edward introduced, and then turned to Carly, “Carly, this is Perlis Hafurgard, my…daughter, you will live together from now on.”

Carly avoided Perlis’s gaze and lowered her head. She was in no mood to think about the future. Just imagining the future was enough to make people feel chilled, let alone walking into the future.

But at this moment, a burst of quick footsteps was heard, and then Carly felt herself being hugged tightly.

Pearlis hugged Carly.

“Welcome home!” the girl said eagerly.

Carly could not forget that hug. After being adopted by Edward, she often traveled between Wezel and Wilkin for school, and could only see Pearlis for one or two days a month. But even those one or two days were enough to become the chessboard for the girl’s survival.

She would never forget that at the beginning of everything, it was Perlis who took her away from the rain.

……

“Boom—boom—boom—”

The orbiting satellite was hit again and again, and the bone-shaking roar continued to penetrate and echoed in the dark hall where debris was flying.

Carly turned her back to the crazy starlight, silently staring at the door of the main control hall, waiting for that person.

She knew he would definitely come.

But she has no regrets anymore. After all, she has been preparing herself mentally since that time, and she is now prepared enough.

She is willing to risk everything to fulfill that wish, her last wish.

Pretending is tiring, and pretending in front of the person you love the most is even more tiring.

“Feel sorry…”

……

On the rooftop of the school, Carly stared at the erupting well in the distance with her eyes blank.

“The whispers in the well are real…” Perlis’ voice sounded nearby, but it seemed to come from far away, “Carly, did you hear it?”

She heard it. Not only did she hear it, she saw it with her own eyes.

“…I can grant your wish…”

A pair of ancient eyes opened at the end of the horizon, covering the entire sky, and the inky lines faced the world ferociously.

The earth crumbled under His gaze, and the oceans were swallowed by the darkness that rose from beneath the earth’s crust. The darkness covered the land and enveloped the planet.

Everything will be swallowed up, even the sea itself.

Above the dark land, Carly saw evil beasts running rampant, dancing around a tall cross.

Carly raised her head and looked towards the intersection, her heart trembling.

The one who was nailed to the cross was Perlis.

The girl’s fragile body was nailed to the rotten wood with four nails, two through her wrists, one through her chest, and one through her throat.

She closed her eyes and had a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth. She was obviously dead, but Carly could hear what she said before she died:

“Carly…”

“…”

The huge eye stirred up a storm at the end of the horizon, and the rolling black fog came and swallowed up everything in front of Carly, leaving only her and the giant eye.

“…I can grant your wish…” the voice repeated.

“I… don’t want Perlis to die…” Carly replied subconsciously.

She knew that this was a trap. Just as Shansen Ying had once stepped into this trap, leading to the destruction of the entire Lulintun, Carly was also stepping into the same trap.

But she didn’t care about that. She didn’t want Pearlis to die, even if it was fake.

“…That is very satisfying…” the voice said, “…but it comes at a price…”

“I don’t care,” Carly said, “I’ll pay any price.”

The shadows dissipated, and Carly returned to the school rooftop, tears streaming from her eyes.

“Eh? What’s wrong with you? Carly, you…”

Carly turned around and found that Perlis was looking at her worriedly, with concern on her face.

She rushed over regardless and hugged Pearlis.

“I…it’s okay…”

“It’s okay…little white flower…we will all be fine…”

That day, in the Black Dead Zone, Carly lied to Pearlis again.

She herself is the price of that wish.

……

“Sorry…Little White Flower…”

Carly took a deep breath. Something was approaching. Her senses, strengthened by the [God Essence], were very sensitive to that power.

She drew a steam revolver from her waist, and in the starlight in the darkness of the hall, she raised the revolver and aimed it at the door.

Pitch-black substance flowed out from the gaps in the door. The door weighing hundreds of kilograms was forcibly stretched open by the darkness, and flames burst out from the friction.

Then, a dark figure walked out from the dark curtain. Suleiman Agust was not wearing a top hat. Half of his face that originally belonged to Hermes had been destroyed, and the remaining half showed a crazy and elegant smile:

“Carly Fellowes…” Suleiman murmured softly, “You can’t escape from my hands a second time.”

He raised his hand, and on that hand, which had been corrupted by black matter, was a coin. The back of the coin was engraved with a lifeless eye.

Facing Suleiman’s head, Carly pulled the trigger without hesitation:

“Bam—”

The bullet shot out of the gun barrel, but was swallowed up by the darkness in an instant and disappeared without a trace.

“With your intelligence, you shouldn’t make such a meaningless attempt.”

Suleiman stretched out his hand, and dark tentacles sprang out from behind him and stabbed at Carly—

“Pfft-“

Carly’s eyes widened as she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. She lowered her head and found that the tentacle had pierced her abdomen mercilessly.