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It was not that Serafall had not tried countermeasures.
Just now, she had even used freezing magic to freeze Katerea.
But it was still useless. The trait of [Severed-Tail Sea Serpent Dragon] had been pushed to its limit.
Even freezing at the level of stopping space-time could not completely halt it.
Of course, with Katerea's own power, she absolutely could not have done this.
If not for the reinforcement and catalysis provided by Ophis's power, she would have already been frozen by Serafall into an eternal seal.
"Sona-chan... Sona-chan?"
Serafall knew that if someone on her level self-destructed in this situation, she basically had no chance of survival.
At the edge of life and death, the one she still could not let go of was, as expected, Sona-chan.
"Big Sister... Big Sister does not want to leave Sona-chan."
That emotion filled Serafall's heart.
However, the situation was already about to happen.
It seemed there was no longer any room to turn things around.
"It looks like you are in a bit of trouble."
A man's voice came from within the space.
"That voice is..."
Serafall recognized whom the voice belonged to.
It was Anos Kanzaki.
Among the Four Great Satans, only Ajuka and Sirzechs currently knew Anos's true identity. Serafall and Falbium did not know.
Otherwise, she would not have been misled by Grayfia into going to trouble Anos.
"Who is it?"
Katerea abruptly turned her head.
Who had entered this space directly without her sensing anything?
"Anos Kanzaki. You should have heard my name."
As Anos spoke, he tossed the bag of chips in his hand into the dimensional gap.
Both Serafall and Katerea noticed the chips in Anos's hand, and black lines seemed to appear over their heads at the same time.
This man...
Had he been watching from the beginning all the way until now?
"Red Dragon Emperor, this is a matter between devils. It should have nothing to do with you!"
Katerea said viciously.
She was about to self-destruct soon anyway, so there was nothing left for her to worry about.
However...
After hearing Anos's words, she truly did feel a little flustered.
If this person really had some method, would that not ruin everything?
"The matter between you two naturally has nothing to do with me. But matters concerning Sona do have something to do with me."
Anos shook his head.
Of course he understood what Katerea meant.
But sorry, he truly was not someone afraid of trouble.
If he did not possess the ability to resolve this matter, he would not have chosen to enter this space.
"Serafall, I have a solution here. Do you think you can accept it?"
Anos asked with a smile.
"Eh?"
Serafall raised her head.
What had she just heard?
Did he have a way to solve the current problem?
"What method?"
After hesitating for a moment, Serafall still asked.
She definitely did not want to show weakness in front of Anos, but she also truly did not want Sona to grieve because of her death.
Let it be for Sona-chan.
For the first time, Serafall lowered her head in front of Anos.
"It is actually very simple. Right now, she is only stuck to your arm, correct? You only need to cut off your arm, then freeze her or destroy her instantly."
Anos spread his hands and smiled as he spoke.
"Idiot! How could you say that method out loud?"
Serafall shouted anxiously.
That method was obviously not something that could be said aloud.
Why had he casually spoken it out loud?
Would it still work after he said it?
Sure enough, after hearing Anos's words, Katerea and Serafall froze at the same time. Then Katerea immediately twisted her body and wrapped herself around Serafall's whole body.
It had a faint sense of a magical girl falling into darkness.
The only question was whether Katerea had that sort of interest.
"Oh my. Serafall, if you had listened to me and cut it off directly, would things not have been settled? Why were you standing there in a daze?"
Anos spread his hands, indicating that it was not his fault.
Indeed, if Serafall had decisively cut off her own arm while Katerea was stunned, there would not have been so much trouble.
"But... but..."
"How could a normal person possibly react in time in that situation?"
Serafall frantically retorted in her heart.
"It is fine. I still have another method."
Anos comforted Serafall.
Could he say that he had actually done that on purpose?
"What method?"
Serafall and Katerea asked at the same time.
Serafall wanted to know how to escape, while Katerea wanted to know what the method was so she could prevent Serafall from escaping.
After sensing Katerea's thoughts, Serafall hurriedly gave Anos a look, telling him not to casually say it out loud.
That way, the method might not lose effect.
Seeing both of them staring at him with extreme concern, Anos smiled and said, "I know what you two are thinking. But this method is something you cannot break, so it does not matter if I say it out loud."
Anos smiled as he spoke.
"What method?"
Serafall became interested.
Was there really such a method?
In terms of age and experience, she was definitely far above Anos, but even she could not think of a possible solution.
"Mm, it is very simple. There is no need to worry about being blown to death. After all, once you are blown to death, you just need to change into another body, right?"
Anos smiled as he said something extremely terrifying.
"Are you sure you are not tricking her?"
"Are you sure you are not tricking me?"
Katerea and Serafall asked at the same time.
"Of course not. Serafall, your body data from last time is still here."
Anos smiled and pulled up Serafall's body data.
These were all data he had collected last time when he came into zero-distance contact with Serafall.
"As long as there is data, creating a body is a very simple matter."
Anos spoke while adjusting the data.
In fact...
Creating a life-sized body model directly was not impossible either.
He simply had no interest in that direction.
"..."
Serafall stared at Anos with lifeless eyes.
Right now, she only felt that everything around her was very noisy.
When exactly did he obtain her body data?
And...
Was he not basically telling her to go ahead and die without worry?
If she really died, would she not truly be dead?
She seriously suspected Anos's intentions.
If she died, would Sona not belong to him alone?
Fortunately, she still had reason and knew Anos probably did not want her dead.
Otherwise, he would not have appeared.
Thus, she kept all her complaints buried in her heart.
However, although Serafall did not believe it, someone else did.
"Since you, Red Dragon Emperor, have also come here to die, then I will take you with me!"
As Katerea said that, she charged directly toward Anos.
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