Gold, also a Defender, had previously suffered such grievous injuries, not because of physical wounds, but because his mind and will had fallen under the control of the Joyous Desire Witch, allowing her to toy with him.
Strangely, this time the Ether did not help the Silent One reduce his injuries; instead, the faint light at the wound quickly faded, and the stopped blood oozed again.
The Silent One felt countless venomous snakes burrowing into his body from his wounds, wantonly gnawing at his flesh and blood, devouring his Alchemy Matrix, and for a moment he even found it difficult to maintain the Ether.
"Only a part of you is not enough."
Nesanel said as he grasped the Silent One's throat, applying slight pressure, causing the ethereal radiance on the Silent One's body to completely extinguish, as the sounds of twisting and breaking echoed throughout his body.
