Chapter 476: The Ones He Saw (2)
"How much strength... does one need to survive in a world like this?"
Was survival only possible by becoming a monster like them?
Selene didn’t want that.
"I’m going to die today..."
There was no doubt in her mind. This was her final day.
But even so... she didn’t want to become like them.
Like those monsters... who dared call themselves the heroes of the Empire.
Snow Lionheart. Phoenix Sunlight. Raphael Bloodmader.
All of them ..
"They didn’t even look at us..."
When those so-called heroes passed by, they didn’t spare them a glance.
They simply obliterated everything in their path, then marched forward in search of the next enemy.
To Selene, there was no difference between them and the Ultras. Both sides were the same ..
"Monsters. The kind the world would be better off without."
In the end, Selene closed her eyes.
The Empire was about to fall.
The Ultras had completely surrounded them ..annihilation was only a matter of time.
They were just waiting to deliver the final blow.
Unlike her despair earlier... after witnessing the deaths of hundreds of soldiers just like her...
She closed her eyes this time... at peace with her fate.
She was ready to die... while still holding onto her humanity.
This was the end.
But sometimes... the end is just the beginning.
A beginning of something entirely different.
In the darkest moment of the war, when all hope had faded...
Everyone in Shizklar Bay heard his voice.
"Ten Thousand Steps of Shadow: Frey Starlight’s Style : Nameless Judgement!"
When Selene opened her eyes again... she didn’t understand what she saw.
What was that thing?
That overwhelming force?
Power strong enough to shake the heavens and turn the world upside down.
Before Selene’s celestial gaze, the entire Shizklar Bay was split in two.
The strike known as Nameless Judgement was like divine punishment .. unleashed upon every sinner and every fool who dared stand against that man.
It was an apocalyptic slash that consumed everything in its path, erasing the entire front fleet of the Ultras in mere seconds.
Fifteen thousand men.
That was the number Frey Starlight killed with that single strike.
But Nameless Judgement didn’t stop there.
It kept going .. its path of destruction threatening to engulf the Empire’s forces as well.
Faced with such power, Selene could only stare in awe, silently awaiting the divine judgment to claim her life too.
And the violet flames did reach her.
They engulfed her... and every other Imperial soldier nearby.
Every last one of them.
But somehow ..miraculously .. despite being caught in the very heart of the blast that had destroyed Gavid Lindman, Gvardiol, V, and fifteen thousand Ultras...
Those violet flames didn’t harm the Empire’s side at all.
Not a single wound.
Not a hint of pain.
Instead... they felt cool.
Gentle.
So strangely comforting that Selene could only sit in disbelief, waiting for a death that never came.
And then .. he appeared.
The man who caused that calamity.
The man who split a space the size of a nation in two.
She had heard him clearly when he called out his name.
That was Frey Starlight . the most terrifying being on the battlefield.
And yet... Frey Starlight didn’t frighten her at all.
His eyes glowed with a violet light. Selene didn’t know what exactly he saw in her.
But she knew one thing ..
He was looking at her.
He didn’t ignore her.
He saw her.
The same terrifying power that had wiped out thousands in an instant... now felt warm and kind.
That young man possessed a strength unmatched by any of the monsters who had ignored her and the others all this time.
And yet, despite all of that...
He did not ignore her.
Frey walked quietly past her.
Then gently placed his hand on her head .. his touch calm and kind.
From that single touch... Selene felt it.
Her aura ..broken and weakened by the chaos of war .. was suddenly restored to its peak condition, as if healed by some divine force.
Her wounds began to mend on their own.
In that moment... Selene understood.
Frey hadn’t just looked at her.
He had seen every single soldier of the Empire.
After training his senses to the very limits of perfection, Frey had become aware of everything happening around him.
He could perceive it all .. every wound, every cry, every flicker of life.
That was why he had endured all those past injuries on purpose.
Because he had been trying to find the perfect method.
A way to save as many as possible.
A way to save the soldiers who had struggled so desperately to survive.
He had burned alive... for them.
Endured countless wounds... for them.
Bled... for them.
And most importantly ..
He had seen them.
He had acknowledged their existence.
He had given value to their lives.
He had seen them.
Realizing that truth, Selene’s eyes filled with tears.
Her cheeks flushed red as she stared at the hand that had gently touched her head.
That man ..who didn’t even look much older than her ..suddenly felt so distant... so far beyond reach.
And yet, she tried to raise her hand toward him, as if to hold him back.
She didn’t want him to leave.
She wanted to reach him the man who had carried the burden of war on his shoulders alone.
The true hero of the human Empire.
If it was him...
Selene felt that she could keep going.
That she could survive this nightmare.
But he was already too far ahead. Her injured legs wouldn’t allow her to catch up.
And yet, in that final moment ..
From the very spot where Frey’s hand had touched her head...
A strange violet spark burst across Selene’s body, making her flinch in surprise.
And then... she saw it.
A vision unlike anything she had ever seen.
A world swallowed by fire and ruin.
And in the heart of that devastation...
She saw a masked man in black, standing tall .. after bringing death to millions.
It was Frey.
Beside him stood others.
Figures who had followed him.
Each of them unique. Each of them powerful.
But among them ..
There was a girl with soft, sky-blue hair and a gentle face.
She stood close to the masked man, quiet but resolute.
She looked stronger... older... different.
There was no mistaking it.
That girl... was Selene.
A future version of herself.
In a bleak and desolate future where many had died...
And yet ..
A future that felt strangely warm.
A vision so gentle...
It brought a quiet smile to Selene’s heart.
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