The lightning, an electric blue so pure it seemed white, struck Diavolo full force in the solar plexus. The impact was not only physical; it was a discharge of elemental mana that instantly overloaded his nervous circuits.
His body was torn from the ground and hurled with unimaginable violence across the clearing, shattering three giant trunks before crashing into a mass of mossy roots.
Diavolo spat a mixture of saliva and blood, his chest burning.
"Norah... stop!" he shouted, his voice broken by pain and incomprehension.
But the woman facing him was no longer the Norah he had loved. Her mother-of-pearl eyes were empty of all human warmth, shining with a cold glow. In front of her, the translucent hologram continued to pulse, displaying in golden light letters: [Main Quest: Kill Diavolo Star Giovanna.]
"What does this mean? This quest?"
