While Nephis, Slayer, and the Puppeteer engaged the Nightmare Swarm in the vast darkness of the sky, Sunny faced the Deathless Sovereign, Azarax, in the heart of Hell.
The blade of the Soul Serpent endured the devastating blow of the cursed tyrant's fearsome glass axe, but just barely. The world itself seemed to crumble from the harrowing force of that blow, and the dunes around them collapsed, shattered by the violent shockwave.
The hurricane wind raised countless tons of sand into the air, obscuring the sky — just like the vast swarm of the Nightmare Butterflies obscured the cold, distant stars. It was as if a great sand storm had suddenly descended upon Ariel's Hell, veiling the world.
Sunny, who had been caught in the epicenter of the cataclysmic impact, was thrown back by the ferocious blow.
'D—damn…'
