Inside Gabriel's cockpit, Allen's consciousness calmly observed the final message relayed by Thanatos.
[Warning: Target's soul has self-shattered and vanished. Capture failed.]
This was Thanatos's first failure.
A Morning Star remnant who had merely touched upon a single Law—and whose spine had been broken by the Floating City a century ago—actually had the audacity to shatter his own soul and escape the moment it was seized. Witchcraft? Or had he prepared a Soul Splitting Container in advance?
Allen's mind whirred with calm precision. Whichever it was, it proved that these Black Wizards, who had survived in the darkest corners of the world, truly had some tricks up their sleeves. However, that was all they amounted to.
