Five pairs of eyes locked onto each other until a sword sliced through the tension.
Sirius raised his weapon, now face-to-face with his opponent, thrusting straight for his heart. Meanwhile.
Lucy used her resonance to remotely steal the chest.
As for Iris, she took advantage of the fact that Sirius was holding off the Calamity to flee the room, sprinting up the stairs.
The truth revealed by the Baron left no room for doubt: the situation was dire.
Though she knew she could no longer save everyone, she wouldn't abandon the ones she cared about.
With Carla in her thoughts, Iris made her way to the surface, silently wishing her friends good luck.
...
Iris's departure surprised the other two only briefly. They didn't need words to understand what she was about to do. And so, Sirius and Lucy resumed their fight against Baron Mephisto.
"It's not working. It's locked."
