He reached the top of the mountain after nearly one hour of running. He dropped the bomb at the lip of the volcano and wiped his nonexistent sweat from his face.
Someone beside him asked him, "What are you doing?"
The shadow turned sideways and noticed the woman standing beside him. She was naked, so the smooth porcelain skin covering her whole body was exposed completely.
There were no wrinkles or folds in her skin. But there were tiny lines of cracks across her skin. A light within her was shining out of her through those cracks.
Glory-4 already had an inkling of what she might be. But the complete and utter failure of Life Siphon to work on her confirmed his thoughts.
Not only did Life Siphon fail. It felt as if he was trying to push a mountain. To him, it felt as if there was another mountain on top of the mountain he was standing on.