Among the debris and crumbled walls, the monster's bloated corpse fills much of the karst cave. Its bizarre body, which had until now emanated a strange sense of beauty, begins to stiffen as it dreads its impending doom.
Gladiia
It is leaking water everywhere. Let's finish it off. We need to go.
Bishop?
Why do you blind philistines get to live, while I must fail when I have dedicated my entire life to this noble goal...?
Bishop?
You are mere pets of Ægir! Blind and stagnant... You are nothing but a nuisance to science and to the future!
Bishop?
I am... so close to the truth! Why must I die here while you... you get to escape the punishment you deserve?!
Bishop?
I've come so far! My will and my flesh were on the verge of exceeding the limitations of man! Why?!
Bishop?
Why? Why?! Why!!
Gladiia
Shut up.
Bishop?
......
Bishop?
Ægir... will fall. Nothing will be left of you... Nothing...
Gladiia
You fool. I'm Ægir. As long as I'm alive, Ægir is alive.
Bishop?
You... But...
Bishop?
Ironic... How ironic.
Bishop?
You are different. Huff... You are destined to be different...
Bishop?
You know it. Your destiny is all but set in stone.
Gladiia
Enough of your nonsense. Just die already. That's the only thing I ask of you, and I'm being plenty sincere about this.
Bishop?
Curse you... Curse you all... until the lands fall... You will flee the sea... only to find yourself dissolved in its waters like salt.
Bishop?
On the barren wastelands lined with your corpses, our ceaseless waves will engulf all of the world's land!
Gladiia seems to be trying to control herself. The last bit of her courtesy is merely a byproduct of the contempt she cannot contain.
The bishop whimpers as he reaches his limb out to Gladiia.
But before it could reach the hunter, the limb has stiffened, twitched, and curled into a ball.
The bishop is dead, and he will be forgotten completely.
Skadi, I need you to apply yourself here! You are the only one whose arms and legs aren't all scrapped up!
Skadi
What do you want me to do...? My hands are numb already. When was the last time you had to stick your hands into their mouths to tear them into two?
Gladiia
About three seconds ago.
Gladiia turns around and sticks her hand into the mouth of one of the monsters, piercing its entire body through its head. She quickly swings her arm, and, unable to withstand the force the hunter is exerting on its body, the monster is torn into two from the inside before being flung away.
Gladiia
Just now.
Skadi
No, as long as its body is still there... there will be no end to the Sea Terrors. It's summoning them. It's an anchor!
Specter
We'll need to destroy the body, then... Burying it won't quite be enough...
Gladiia
I'll do it.
Specter
When you have a huge hole in you?
Gladiia
You two—
A figure appears before the Hunters, surprising Skadi when she sees her face.
Kal'tsit
Get moving, Hunters!
Skadi
What are you doing there?!
Kal'tsit
We'll talk later! Mon3tr, do it!
Mon3tr crashes into the ceiling of the chapel. It tears the Sea Terrors apart with its sharp blades. A black sphere forms in its mouth before blasting away downwards.
It shakes the entire city and hill, sending what is left of the chapel crumbling down.
The bishop and its secrets have been destroyed forever, and no one will know any of it.
