Meanwhile...
Ding!
[You have died.]
Fwoosh!
Leon opened his eyes and found himself in the dark void once again, with the [Altar of Life] standing before him and pulsing with power.
Around the altar were the ten souls he had defeated during the first God-Rank assessment.
But unlike before, when they had watched him with seemingly neutral expressions, they now appeared almost hopeful as they looked in his direction.
One of them opened its mouth, "Keep... going..."
Leon blinked in surprise. That was the first time he had actually heard them speak, and he had never expected them to be capable of communicating with him.
Still, he grinned at their words.
"I won't give up anyway. It's just that I have no way to actually harm him, and also, why the hell did [Celestial's Might] not activate?"
Nier had almost double Leon's Combat Power after all.
But...
