The Million-Dollar Heart

Vivienne exchanged a knowing glance with Mr. Wolf by her side, silently communicating their shared resolve.

If it came to that, they'd have no choice but to destroy the Millennia Aegis.

Nothing mattered more than human life.

With the deadline looming, Abigail refused to wait any longer, launching a full-on assault on the two. To her, as long as they still breathed, they could serve her grand purpose; individual lives held no value. Success would absolve her of all past deeds, no matter how dark.

Percival's powers were constrained, yet the Millennia Aegis within him surged with endless energy.

Vivienne, with her powers channeled into her silver needles, joined forces with Percival to withstand Abigail.

Even within the magic circle, Abigail found no advantage.

One protected by the Millennia Aegis, the other unaffected by the circle.

Abigail's attempts to counter grew more desperate, but leveraging the circle's focal point, she narrowly evaded their attacks multiple times.

Seizing the moment, Vivienne and Mr. Wolf cornered her with nowhere to flee.

Suddenly, the sky darkened-an ominous sign.

Abigail Ephemeral ceased her attack, a strange gleam in her eyes. "Your time is up," she declared.

Vivienne and Percival, quick to react, prepared their defenses.

Percival reached for the Millennia Aegis, intending to destroy it, only for an invisible force to whisk it away.

Hovering above the circle, the Aegis radiated a soft glow.

mocking her adversaries, "Did you really think you could touch what the circle claims?" With everything in place, Abigail locked her gaze on Vivienne, aiming to harness the Aegis's power

countered her

their powers were diminished within the circle, he wouldn't let harm befall Vivienne, not with their first child on the way. Abigail raised an eyebrow, amused, "First, I'll kill you, then the child. Only then will she grasp the true depths of joy and sorrow." Hearing Abigail's threat towards Vivienne and

them

knew exactly what was at stake. They had come to end

together, and their

succeed. We'll capture her and hand her over to

her alive, we'll take

You'll have plenty of time for that

to capture Vivienne

a figure threw themselves at Abigail, clinging to

to let

Delilah's sudden intervention and her fearless stand

Aegis

Wolf, in unison, directed all their power

the final secret left by Vivienne's mentor-for emergencies, destroy the artifact to

began, Abigail spat blood, her recently healed wounds reopening. Delilah, lifeless yet gripping tightly,

could free herself, a blinding fight signaled the circle's

circle returned everything to reality, leaving no trace but

grabbed Percival's hand, "Mr.

checked Vivienne for injuries, "I'm fine. Did you get

by my powers. You should have held back; using

was safe, nothing else

stunned. Magic circles, it seemed, were not just the stuff of

an instant, two living, breathing people had

Abigail just disappeared, or is she...

witnessed, Percival felt a chill run down his spine, "People don't just disappear into thin air. But given what