"Haha..."
Belle laughed as Sam's gaze fell on her after he cut down the last awakener still alive in the Tower of Fate.
Her lips curled into a knowing smile.
"I knew something was wrong with you."
Sam didn't reply.
He only kept his eyes on her, silent and steady, as though the world around them had gone completely still.
[10 seconds.]
The system's countdown ticked in his mind, but he gave it no acknowledgment.
Instead, he stepped forward.
His grip on the blade tightened, and his boots echoed against the ground, closing the distance between them one careful stride at a time.
"Oh well."
Belle sighed and brushed a strand of her dark hair back behind her ear.
"Let's just get this over with."
She knew what came next.
There was no way she could be left alive after this.
And after watching him effortlessly crush every opponent in their path, she also knew resistance would mean nothing.
Ten seconds?
Even one second would have been too long for her to survive.
