The moment those words finished resonating, the instant that name settled across existence–
Envy's entire frame went rigid on the throne.
And inside his ancient awareness, buried beneath eons of schemes and conquests and countless victories...
A memory surfaced.
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[Years Ago – World of Humility]
The entire world had been drowned in blood.
Rivers of crimson ran through streets that had once held laughter and life, the liquid thick enough to reach past ankles in places where bodies hadn't created dams.
Mountains of corpses stretched across every horizon, Light Bearer forms piled so high they blocked the sun.
Wings torn from backs, halos shattered into fragments, divine blood mixing with mortal until no distinction remained except death.
Bloody rain kept falling from heavens that had forgotten what clear skies looked like, each drop hitting stone with sounds that built into a roar.
