Chapter 599 She Had No Choice

    Jean’s gaze wavered for a moment.

    She was guilty, that much seemed true.

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    She had killed so many people; her hands were stained with blood, and she had nearly destroyed the entire world…

    Looking at it that way, she had unknowingly be the ultimate viin of this world–the chaos–bringer who had almost shattered the very fabric of its rules.

    Even the so–called main character, Sarah, had been taken out by her.

    “What if I refuse to atone?” Jean raised an eyebrow, suddenly asking in return.

    “You don’t have the right to refuse or choose,” the Genesis Root replied coldly.

    Well ithen/i, so I ireally /iidon’t /iiget /iia /iisay/ii. /iJean’s lips tugged down slightly, a trace of hopeless resignation surfacing in her expression.

    She didn’t even know where exactly this mountaintop was.

    Was it a real ce on iEarth/i? A ihallucination/i? iOr /iithe /iidwelling /iice /iiof /iisome /iidivine /iibeing/i? Right now, she was nothing more than meat on the chopping block, at the mercy of the Genesis Root.

    There was no point struggling.

    “You’ll be cast into a world I’ve created with my own hands,” the Genesis Root said slowly, “where you’ll live through a life of unbearablé suffering. This will be your punishment for all the wrong you’ve done. If you fail to survive in that tragic world, you will die for good. But if you endure it, if you live through it and redeem yourself, then I might consider giving you another chance.”

    As soon as it finished speaking, darkness swallowed Jean’s vision–she lost consciousness in an instant.

    At the same time, the bell–shaped leaves of the Genesis Root chimed once again, their crisp tones ringing through the air. In the blink of an eye, a man in a tailored suit appeared before the divine tree, stepping into the exact spot Jean had just stood.

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    “Your obsession runs too deep,” the Genesis Root said softly to the man.

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    The man lowered his eyes slightly, showing no surprise that a “tree” could speak.

    That man was Hector.

    He stood there–aloof andposed–his face utterly expressionless.

    Right now, the only thing on his mind was Jean’s whereabouts.

    Over the years, he and the Abyssal Choir had maintained a quiet, mutual understanding.

    The Abyssal Choir was like a sharpened de–taking care of the problems he couldn’t handle publicly.

    That was how he came to know Jean.

    Of course, back then she went by “Dusk,” and she never revealed her face.

    But during an urgent mission, he had identally caught a glimpse of Dusk’s true

    appearance.

    Only then did he realize, the mysterious, decisive leader of the Abyssal Choir was actually a young girl.

    He had been surprised–and strangely impressed.

    He figured he was probably one of the very few who had ever seen what Dusk really looked like.

    He even came to know the real name behind her codename,

    That kind of “exclusivity” stirred an odd sense of satisfaction inside Hector.

    Still, their rtionship didn’t change much.

    He and Jean had always kept a distant rapport, never stepping too deeply into each

    other’s lives.

    He simply watched, watched her grow stronger, more resilient, more full of life.

    It was hard to say what kind of feeling that really was.

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    But when he looked at Jean, something unfamiliar would always rise in his chest.

    He wanted to keep watching her like that.

    But he hadn’t expected that, while he was away on a trip abroad, Jean—and the entire Abyssal Choir–would suffer such a devastating blow.

    By the time he returned, the Abyssal Choir had been all but wiped out,pletely

    gone.

    And Jean, she had vanished without a trace.

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