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A Bloody Showdown as an Offering to Annihilation Epsilon reveals she and the named Shadows personally brought into Shadow Garden by Cid were all girls experimented on by the Cult. Cid cured them of the demonic/cursed side effects, leaving their strength intact. They enter Sanctuary’s archive and steal the records of the Cult’s experiments. Cid and Aurora reach Sanctuary’s core. Delta reveals she possesses berserker level strength, allowing her to kill hundreds of Nelson copies even without magic. The core is sealed behind chains that can only be cut by a nearby magic sword, and though Cid tries the sword can only be drawn by a hero’s descendant. Nelson summons Olivier to fight for him but Epsilon appears with all the Cult’s research so all the Shadows abruptly teleport out of Sanctuary with Alexia and Rose, leaving the confused Nelson. As Cid is still inside Sanctuary Nelson orders Olivier to kill him. They duel but Cid is disappointed as Olivier is mindlessly obedient, mute and without personality, so he finds the fight boring. Aurora decides to protect him as payment for providing her first new memories in 1000 years. Cid is annoyed at the assumption he will lose, claiming he has been paying close attention and has figured out one of Sanctuary’s secrets. Olivier stabs Cid through the heart, but he smiles and reveals one of his eyes has changed colour.