This had instinctively caused her to fear the powerful beings hidden within Paradise. But now she had learned they were all Orion's wives, and they had ascended to divinity because of him.
Zera looked at Orion with complex emotions swirling in her eyes. Even the two goddesses within her displayed a similar mix of conflicting feelings.
The Devourer's bracelet on Evaline's hand suddenly began to unlock piece by piece. A black, beating heart emerged from it and disappeared into her chest.
Meanwhile, the metallic casing and other remnants of the system vanished into countless specks of light, dispersing into the air.
A surge of Vylkr energy erupted from her body, but it appeared much tamer than before and was swiftly absorbed by the twelve-step stairs. It seemed as though the stairs were drawing in the diluted Vylkr energy, relieving her of the pressure.
