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"You've got this, Surtr. No matter what happens to us, you must keep going. You must live."
Asmodeus smiled warmly and embraced him. Surtr closed his eyes, gritted his fangs, and fused with him.
FLAAASH!
"I understand, everyone..."
Surtr's eyes glowed—first bright red, then orange, and finally black and purple.
In the real world, his aura surged. The Kami raised an eyebrow.
"UUUOOOOHHHH!"
RUMBLE!
"What?! You had this much power hidden?!"
Surtr's energy erupted. The cursed sealing runes wrapped around his body began to melt into his scales, flesh, muscles, and bones.
"NNNGAAAAHHH!"
He screamed in agony, and so did the souls of his family. Yet they pressed forward, breaking through Ame-no-Koyane's sealing formation.
The power of the Heavenly Smith awakened. Surtr did the impossible—he grasped the accursed runes of his enemy and fused them into his own body, fueling himself with the strength to fight back.
"{Heavenly Smith}!"
