“Guh...”

Dentaria spat blood as he plummeted from the sky, his heart pierced by Ereneth's arrow. The black energy that had once engulfed him desperately surged toward his heart, attempting to mend the fatal wound.

But no matter how desperately it tried, the shattered heart could not be restored. Even as the black energy tried to substitute itself for the organ, it was thwarted by the natural energy imbued in Ereneth's arrow.

“This... This power...”

The force emanating from Ereneth’s attack was not divine, yet it embodied the natural laws of the world, directly counteracting the corrupted energy Dentaria wielded.