บท 979: Descent Into Hell

Shaken to his core, Jake's eyes stretched wide as saucers, his arms trembling involuntarily as they held the lifeless skull of the android. Any hope he may have held for the safety of his friends, he now swept aside. He could not afford to deceive himself any longer.

'Such a damned foolish test... I should have never agreed to come here, let alone allow them to join me,' Jake lamented darkly, seething with anger at his own negligence for surrendering to Lucia's whims.

Before he could berate himself further, Xi succinctly interjected,