chapter 160: The Crystal Scream and the Shaking of the Shadow Throne
The shadows could no longer find a place within the courtyard, for the white radiance emanating from Diyari's mangled body was tearing through the fabric of Grandmother's universe. The black rain suddenly turned into a rain of fire; every drop that struck the ground echoed with the sound of a shattering mirror. Grandmother, trembling like a hungry demon upon the high balcony, realized that the "Curse Knot" spell was collapsing under the weight of a "foolish" love. It must be understood that Rina—the compassionate girl whom Grandmother used as a bloody puppet—had now reached a turning point within her spiritual whirlwind; she is an innocent victim who no longer wishes to strike a dagger into the heart of her true life.
With a voice full of fear and fury, Grandmother screamed: "No! This is impossible! How can an 'ugly' and insulted human withstand my thousand-year-old magic?" Grandmother raised her staff with both hands, gathering all the energy of the shadows to deliver one final, fatal blow. But at that moment, Diyari, whose body had become a red map of blood, pulled Rina into his arms and spoke with a voice like thunder: "Your beauty is in your eyes, but my eyes are within my heart! Witness your own destruction!" Suddenly, a massive golden light exploded from Diyari's heart, snapping every purple chain that had imprisoned Rina.
In that split second, held in Diyari's arms, Rina opened her eyes for the first time. But this was no ordinary awakening; Rina's eyes were no longer black—they had become two springs of white light that scorched away all of Grandmother's sorcery. When Rina looked at Diyari's fragmented body and saw the many wounds she herself had inflicted under Grandmother's spell, she let out a scream that shook the celestial throne. That scream was not just a sound; it was a devastating wave that rattled Grandmother's balcony and turned the courtyard crystals into dust. Rina felt the "imaginary power" within her that Diyari had left behind—a power meant not only for protection but for a merciless vengeance.
Grandmother, seeing the terrifying transformation in Rina's eyes, nearly lost consciousness. She knew that when a victim turns into a leopard, no sorcerer can stand in their way. Diyari, though his breath was failing him, smiled at Rina and said: "Now... it is your time." With trembling hands, Rina touched Diyari's wounds, and a green light flowed from her palms—not to fully heal him, but to grant him the strength to stand together against the devil who had ruined their lives.
The courtyard had become a battlefield where two worlds collided: the world of Grandmother's shadows and the world of the light of two lovers reborn through blood and pain. Grandmother tried to flee into the dark rooms of the palace, but with a single gesture of her hand, Rina sealed all the doors with a bolt of steel-like light. Here, the reader sees how the Rina who was once an unconscious girl has become Grandmother's Angel of Death. The excitement reached its peak as Diyari and Rina took each other's hands and rose together toward the balcony, while the entire courtyard turned to ash beneath their feet.
Grandmother is now nothing more than a cowardly old woman before that great radiance. Diyari and Rina, despite all their wounds and agony, had become one soul in two bodies, ready to show the world how heavily the vengeance of "foolish" men falls upon tyrants. Everything is set for a massive explosion in which history will be rewritten with Grandmother's blood.
Written by: Dlin_myth