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.

the circle, it seemed to align itself, 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

countered her

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 her unborn child, Percival's eyes darkened with

protect them

exactly what was at stake. They had come to end Abigail's reign of terror, not to fall

and their future child,

"don't worry, she won't succeed. We'll capture her and hand her over to the

"Alright, Vivienne wants her alive, we'll take her

glory? You'll have plenty of time for that in the

moved to capture Vivienne with her

moment, a figure threw themselves at Abigail,

a brutal counterattack from Abigail, refused to let go, "You took

aback by Delilah's sudden intervention and

Aegis unleashed a beam

and Mr. Wolf, in unison, directed all their power

emergencies, destroy the artifact to buy time, if nothing else. Nobody expected Delilah to

her recently healed

circle's destructive retaliation, consuming both within, leaving behind

circle returned everything to reality, leaving no

instinctively grabbed Percival's hand, "Mr. Wolf,

unharmed, checked Vivienne for

touched by his concern, reassured him, "I'm protected by my powers. You should have held back; using

Vivienne was safe, nothing else

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

living, breathing people had

Wolf, do you think Abigail just disappeared, or is she... gone for

spine, "People don't just disappear into thin air. But given what we