"Diana, I'm fine..." Robert looked at Diana, who was embracing him, and instinctively comforted her, then suddenly remembered something Diana had been very concerned about and repeatedly mentioned. He smiled happily.
After signaling for Diana to let go, Robert, despite his injuries, changed into a new set of clothes and pointed at his body with a hint of boastfulness in his soft voice, "Haven't you noticed yet? I've grown taller! This is my true form. How do you like it?"
"Huh?" Diana hadn't noticed this before, but now seeing Robert's tall and handsome form, her eyes lit up. The worries that had been plaguing her finally began to dissipate, and she stared directly into Robert's eyes, satisfied, "Not bad, really good!"
At that moment, Diana was very pleased, especially since Robert was happily talking to her and not looking at Kara, which eased some of the crisis she felt inside.
Moreover, Diana found Robert's new appearance very pleasing to the eye, and she no longer had to worry about going out with Robert and people saying she was robbing the cradle...
"Crack! Crack! Crack!" While Diana and Robert were gazing affectionately at each other, Kara's fists cracked, finally drawing Robert and Diana's attention.
"Hmm?" Robert, hearing the noise, instinctively looked towards Kara, who was clenching her fists. He suddenly felt an odd sensation but couldn't immediately discern what it meant.
"Has the battle ended? Saiyan, come over quickly and check; these people are not going to make it!" At that moment, Constantine's anxious voice shouted from a distance toward Robert.
Even with Constantine's protection, Claire and the guardians, along with other shadow hunters, had not been further harmed by the battle between Robert and Valentine. However, they had been drained of their abilities and a great deal of vitality, making it hard for them to hold on.
You see, Claire and the others were not much better off than Valentine had been before. If Valentine hadn't undergone a demonic mutation, he would have died long ago and wouldn't have been able to fight Robert again, let alone fail for the third time and ultimately die at Robert's hands.
Now, the shadow hunters were gradually walking the same path to death as Valentine had. Constantine didn't want to be blamed for their demise, so he hastily shouted towards the battlefield, knowing that Robert was not dead and that there were two unknown reinforcements nearby...
"Hmm?" Hearing the call, Robert momentarily set aside the situation with Kara and Diana and rushed towards Constantine and the others.
"Hmph!" Kara glanced at Diana with some dissatisfaction and snorted coldly, but Diana ignored Kara and turned her attention to the dying shadow hunters, especially Claire.
Kara came to her senses and also looked at Claire, then fell silent, her heart slightly stirred.
Although Kara and Diana had mistaken Claire for a competitor because of Robert's previous words and reactions, now seeing Claire's condition, their antagonism faded, recognizing a fundamental respect for life. They also didn't know how Robert would react if Claire truly died...
"Fortunately, they can still be saved, but their abilities probably won't return..." When Robert reached Constantine's side, he had already changed his demeanor and spoke softly. When Kara and Diana saw this transformation, they were both startled and exchanged hesitant looks.
"Buzz!" At that moment, Robert began to heal Claire and the other shadow hunters.
His healing magic started restoring the large amount of vitality lost by the shadow hunters. Their pallid complexions began to revive under the influence of the healing magic.
While the conditions of the animal warriors and shadow hunters were similar in terms of the loss of vitality, the causes were different. The animal warriors had leaks in their life forces, like sieves, rapidly draining their vitality. In contrast, the shadow hunters had suffered a sudden and external depletion of vitality, which didn't continue but was a shock their bodies struggled to handle. A recovery was possible.
Aside from the guardians, everyone was young, which is why they had survived so long without dying. As for the guardians, perhaps their strong will to live had kept them going...
Of course, Robert couldn't restore the shadow hunters' abilities since he hadn't granted them and his healing couldn't replenish the angelic blood in their bodies. As his healing rained down on the shadow hunters, they gradually regained their vigor, thanking Robert profusely: "We really don't know how to thank you. If it weren't for you, we probably would've been dead..."
"So this is what death feels like. Honestly, I was scared just now, how embarrassing!"
"You are a benefactor to our lineage of shadow hunters, and we will forever hold your kindness in our hearts!"
"It's nothing, just lending a hand!" Robert waved it off. His healing didn't drain his own power, functioning more like a natural ability. Otherwise, with his current state, he wouldn't have been able to help the shadow hunters recover. If only he could use this healing on himself, he would be even more satisfied.
"What kind of magic is this?" Constantine, watching incredulously, asked Robert about this powerful magic, admitting he was tempted by such a BUG-level ability, thinking that if he had it, he wouldn't have to worry about death.
"It's not magic, it's an ability," Robert explained, shaking his head softly.
"True, if it were magic, the cost would be enormous!" Constantine realized, nodding thoughtfully. Even simple tracking spells required a sacrifice; a method that could revive the dead would be like stealing souls from hell. If it were magic, the source of power would be incredibly strong, and the cost would be significant.
As Robert and Constantine conversed, Kara and Diana kept their eyes on Claire. They initially thought they were wrong about their suspicions, but seeing Claire's gaze toward Robert, they believed they were right after all.
Kara felt that even if Claire couldn't pose a significant threat like Diana, she was definitely a potential enemy with the same motives as Lorna and Susan Stone.
"I really can't regain my abilities?" As Diana and Kara pondered, Claire, gazing at Robert with reluctance, asked.
Claire was not only upset because she had lost her newly awakened extraordinary abilities but also because she felt hopeless about not being able to witness the extraordinary world and its people again.
Initially, Claire didn't have many thoughts about Robert, but after experiencing trust crises with Luke, the guardians, and Jocelyn, Robert's reliability had made a deep impression on her, an impression that only grew deeper over time.
"It seems impossible to recover, at least not by me," Robert spread his hands and spoke softly. "After all, the source of your powers was that angel. Once he took back the angelic blood within you, it's very hard to regain those abilities... Huh?"
"Crack! Crack!"
Before Robert could finish, the entire subspace began shaking. The damage from Robert's continuous energy blasts was hard to estimate, and that it had held up until now before starting to collapse was a testament to the subspace's resilience.
"It seems we've lost not only our abilities but also our home..." The guardian, watching the collapsing subspace, couldn't help but smile bitterly. They had tried their best to protect this place, but it was still destroyed in this battle. The guardian felt
a mix of regret and helplessness.
In a way, the shadow hunters' lineage had been born from the angel's gift of angelic blood and now was destroyed because the angel had taken it back. It was all a cycle.
Perhaps when Rachael created the shadow hunter lineage, this outcome was already destined because they were essentially a hidden measure of heaven, a pawn to be used and sacrificed at any moment.
"Buzz!" Seeing the subspace collapse, Robert's thoughts spurred him to envelop Claire and the others with his telekinesis, escaping through a crack in the subspace and placing them in the real world, while Constantine, who didn't need Robert's help, also left the subspace.
As for Kara and Diana, they had flown out of the subspace when they saw Robert's actions and now hovered in the sky, looking down without any intention of greeting the shadow hunters, keeping a sufficient distance.
"I never thought I'd achieve freedom in this way..." Watching the subspace completely collapse, the guardian showed a bitter smile, lamenting that they didn't even have time to take their belongings from the magic school because the collapse was too rapid. Everything from their past was destroyed there.
At that moment, the shadow hunters felt as if their past was just a dream, especially since no trace of their existence remained, leaving no evidence of their past experiences...
Despite having achieved the freedom they had long desired, the guardian felt no joy because what he had sworn to protect was gone. After many years, he had forgotten his own name but never expected such an end...
"Maybe it's better this way. Otherwise, a group of people without extraordinary abilities living in subspace, were you planning to never come out? That banishment spell would have affected you too! Better than starving to death in there, being alive now is not bad!" Constantine, watching the complete collapse of subspace, comforted the shadow hunters and the guardian with a laugh, though his method of comforting might not be accepted by many.
And while Constantine could laugh, the shadow hunters could not; they were immersed in a sorrowful atmosphere, feeling lost and unsure where to go next. The guardian, who should have been guiding them, was also lost, as he knew even less about the outside world than the shadow hunters...
"Please help settle them. If there's another attack by a powerful foe, remember to contact me..." Seeing the shadow hunters' condition, Robert didn't know how to console them, especially since he had his own issues to address. He looked at Constantine, said his piece, and prepared to ascend to join Kara and Diana in the sky.
"Wait!" Just then, Claire called out to Robert, catching his puzzled look. Taking a deep breath, she asked, "Will we see each other again?"
Claire could feel everyone's gaze on her as she spoke, and she even sensed two particularly sharp looks, though she couldn't pinpoint their origin.
But Claire ignored these distractions, focusing intently on Robert, hoping to hear the answer she wanted from him.
"If you encounter an extraordinary event you can't handle, you can ask Constantine to contact me," Robert paused, then nodded, smiling at Claire.
"Contact him..." Claire fell silent for a moment, took another deep breath, and asked, "Then can I see your true form?"
"Let's talk about that another time," Robert waved his hand, not committing this time, and glanced at Constantine, who had brightened up, thinking he might see Robert's true identity, and said with a smile, "I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be going now..."
"Whoosh!" With those words, Robert vanished from the spot, leaving Claire staring silently at the place where he had disappeared.
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