The chef was the first to wake up. Having never experienced anything particularly traumatic, the illusion had little effect on him.
Unfortunately, he wasn't of any help to Eva, so he could only watch Julian and Ethan diligently, allowing Eva to focus fully on the fight.
The battle against the sunflowers was reaching a deadly climax.
Eva staggered on her feet, her face pale and her clothes soaked in her own blood and the green fluid from the sunflowers.
Her breaths came in heavy pants as she struggled to stay conscious; around her lay heaps of destroyed sunflowers.
The sheer number of corpses showed how brutal the battle was, but it did nothing to slow the sunflowers ahead.
"When... will they... stop? Haa... I can't hold on much longer," Eva murmured hoarsely, her hand numb from gripping her weapon for so long.
At that moment, she realized her powers weren't limitless. Although she could absorb energy to replenish what she had expended, she couldn't do so indefinitely.
