"...Let the boy go."
"...?!" Theo's eyes snapped open violently the instant those familiar words reached him, and he immediately turned toward the source of the voice with such force that his entire attention shifted away from the death closing in around him. The moment he saw what had appeared there, a thin layer of tears quickly covered his eyes...
It was a Soul Shard... a golden-white Soul Shard floating there before them.
"Oh?" Helmor didn't release Theo from his grasp, but the power of destruction surrounding his hand stopped progressing after reaching a certain point, no longer continuing to destroy Theo's neck as Helmor shifted his attention toward the newcomer and began carefully examining the Soul Shard from top to bottom. "Fifty thousand soul units? Do you seriously think that's enough to stop me, Robin Burton?"
