With Lumian vanishing before the crystal skull, the human skulls, already covered in countless cracks, lost their support.
They shattered with a thunderous crash, bringing down the shadows from above and splitting the grassy wilderness into fragments.
Oxyto's Paramita crumbled toward the cracked crystal skull, and everything there silently turned to dust.
The spirits dissipated, the light vanished, and the void of darkness swallowed everything.
No one knew how much time had passed before a gentle light began to glow in the absolute blackness, revealing a barren, dim, pale, and almost frozen wilderness.
In the center of the wasteland lay the tranquil and sacred Lake Dalsh.
The headless lady, draped in a dark-black dress and carrying four heads, swiftly appeared beside the lake, quietly gazing at its serene, transparent surface.
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