Miss Witch Doesn't Want to be a Diva

Chapter 1421 78: Star of Gloom

"I'll pave the way." Celestia turned and moved forward, the light gun in her hand transformed into a two-handed greatsword, crackling with electricity. In her charge, she cleaved through an Artificial Angel wielding a Light Saber, then swept the greatsword around, sending golden currents everywhere, briefly paralyzing and short-circuiting two Artificial Angels. She then spun and ripped the wings off two Artificial Angels from the side and rear, breaking open the core in their chest.

Taking advantage of this gap, Tilan swiftly advanced, like a stream of light, straight through the corridor, reaching the hall where she had been before.

There were still four Artificial Angels stationed here, their figures composed of dark gold alloy, their structural strength clearly superior to other Artificial Angels. The four wielded bronze-colored mechanical Gun Swords, blocking Tilan's approach, and together formed a powerful Force Field, which repelled Tilan's attempts to break through from behind, preventing agile movement.

Especially when the four Artificial Angels aimed their Gun Swords at Tilan, she felt the surrounding space seemed locked, extremely constricting. At this point, intense beams shot out from the four Gun Swords, focused on the girl at the center.

Intense sparks appeared on her body, despite being washed by such high-energy particles. But as Tilan, who possessed the Authority of the Healing Crystal, these injuries were not enough to destroy her body.

Just taking hits passively won't work, her eyes flashed with purple light, the space around shattering, her form vanishing from the hall. When she reappeared, she had pierced the chest of an Artificial Angel with a silver Holy Sword.

The dense components melted and disintegrated in electroplasma sparks, and when Tilan withdrew the Sword Edge, the Artificial Angel powered down and slowly fell.

Phew, it's somewhat strenuous. After finishing off this one, Tilan used a similar method to take care of the remaining three Artificial Angels, and only at this point did the hall finally quiet down.

Gazing at Olivia pinned high on the stone wall by the Holy Sword, Tilan's mood was slightly complex as she slowly levitated. She looked at the pristine Holy Sword, wanting to grasp it, but found this Holy Sword particularly averse to her, probably because she was not of the Silver Wings kind.

So she extended her hand instead, gently brushing aside Olivia's blocking hair, revealing the shattered face. The once beautiful Artificial Angel now has incomplete skin, exposing parts of metallic mechanical components, especially along the jaw and neck. From the wounds, one can see damaged mechanical parts and the electrical lines inside.

The once beautiful eyes now dull and somber, like a murky deep blue. When Tilan touched them, a beautifully cut blue crystal fell from the eye's position into her palm, containing emotions that, in the Songstress's perception, felt especially scorching, as if about to burn through time.

Holding this Blue Sapphire, countless images and scenes flooded over her, the fiercest battlefield two thousand years ago, the entire Milky Way shrouded in war, countless lives perishing and transcending here, all free wills gone, all brainwashed by the Black Sun.

It was the crystallization of humanity's wisdom and power, also the fruit of sin and pain.

If you wish to resist it, you must tread the same path, become part of the same darkness.

In that era, no one could see Hope, even the ρ Mechanical Council inheriting the will of the π Mechanical Council, only engaged in inevitably failing resistance. They knew, and their opponents knew as well.

The four researchers of the Mechanical Council ultimately chose to turn their backs on the organization, said they gave up because they saw no future, but in fact, it was because they saw the future and were thus so desperate.

No one can resist the colossal temptation of becoming Divine, that impulse to break all norms and wills is ever-present, even if you don't step in, those around you might slip into it, and if you wish to prevent all this from happening, you can only choose to walk the same path as them.

Flickering dim star, hidden in the Star Sea.