Dr. Osborne, with a look of helplessness, performed a French military salute, then turned and left.
As he walked away, he still complained, "You talk as if I want to be at the scene eating dog food. I can't wait to leave."
Kael's gaze, as gentle as jade, turned toward Elanna. Suddenly he reached out, pulled her into his embrace, and spoke in a whisper:
"Hmm... let's watch the world's last sunset together."
Kael's murmuring voice filled her ears as Elanna, in his arms, quietly shed her armor, the guise of the Slime Girl, and nodded silently.
They fell back into silence, their gaze crossing the walls of Wandong City, looking beyond the clouds that enveloped the city to the crumbling edges.
The vast plains and the distant Black Forest were gradually consumed by colossal cross-shaped beams descending from the sky.
The erosion spread rapidly from the horizon.
A howling gale seemed ready to scatter everyone to the winds.
