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Floating Base
The brilliance of the stars spilled over the silver metal platform, with scattered clouds undulating at the edges of the colossal machinery.
Bang—
The bloodied girl violently tore open the tightly closed hatch from the inside, lifted her head, and looked at the stars in the sky.
"Have we come out?"
She clutched a folded metal 'scythe' in her hand, casually tossing the remaining half of a monster back into the cabin.
The flesh of that monster decayed in mid-air and vanished rapidly.
The girl turned to glance behind her.
The corridor illuminated by bright lights was covered in fresh bloodstains, but there were no complete corpses.
She looked down at her blood-covered pale palm.
Those corpses had ultimately all become her strength.
The girl's gaze finally fell upon the closed 'coffin' floating not far behind her.
In this moment, she finally understood where her power truly originated.