As the two fell through the darkness, Alice tried her best to stabilise herself but it was futile. The darkness clung to her like thick viscous liquid that refused to budge no matter how much strength she used.
"Arg! A-Alice!" Ria called out, wanting to find out where Alice was within this sludge so that they didn't separate.
Gritting her teeth, Alice mustered up as much strength as she could and unsheathed her blade.
Bright red flames erupted out in an attempt to illuminate their surroundings but the darkness snuffed out the fire in an instant.
Reaching out to try to grab onto Ria, Alice could feel them falling deeper into the Abyss…
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The rhythmic footsteps rang out through the dusty mansion as Lord Andrius arrived at the spot where Alice and Ria disappeared.
Narrowing his eyes at the corpse of the beast in front of him, he scoffed with a smile before tapping his foot against the floorboards.
