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.

seemed to align itself, mocking her adversaries, "Did you really think you could touch what

countered

the way. Abigail raised an eyebrow, amused, "First, I'll kill you, then the child. Only then will she grasp the true depths

them

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

life together, and their future

she shouted, "don't worry, she won't succeed. We'll capture her and

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

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

to capture Vivienne with her

themselves at Abigail, clinging

despite a brutal counterattack from Abigail, refused to let

aback by Delilah's sudden intervention

Aegis unleashed a

danger, Vivienne and Mr. Wolf, in unison, directed all their power at the Aegis, shattering it

mentor-for emergencies, destroy the artifact to buy time, if nothing else. Nobody expected Delilah to appear

spat blood, her recently healed wounds reopening. Delilah, lifeless yet

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

circle returned everything to reality,

instinctively grabbed

for injuries,

my powers. You should have held back; using full force

Vivienne was safe, nothing

equally stunned. Magic circles, it seemed, were not just

people had

Abigail just disappeared, or

spine, "People don't just disappear into thin air. But given what we saw, even if she's alive, it doesn't