"You should have never imagined that I never needed you... From the very beginning, I didn't need any counterpart."
The voice of the Skeleton Duke was very calm.
It was as if an elder was chatting with a junior, yet his words made Elle feel such panic.
"Father, don't..."
"What I needed was just another demigod bearing the 'Betrayed' mark, to bear witness to this scene."
The Skeleton Duke continued to walk slowly forward.
That was originally the place where the Grandmother Bones statue stood. But now, it was empty.
In the illusionary, witch-barrier-like abstract world, numerous graves with crowns atop them materialized with a rustling sound before the Skeleton Duke.
With a forceful step, the Skeleton Duke caused all the graves to collapse, turning into bottomless pits.
There was nothing inside them.
And all the other "houses," which were the "tombs" of the giants, also cracked and fell apart.
All the graves beneath the land of the Dirge Principality collapsed at once.
