Chapter 28: Resurrection of Darkness

The transformation wasn't gradual. It was instantaneous.

Nehellenia absorbed the supernatural essence of Heather's heart - the dark crystal pulsing with impossible potential - like a living cosmic conduit.

Her fingers traced the crystalline organ. Not with compassion. With pure, calculated consumption.

The dark crystal inside Heather's heart wasn't just an object. It was a living artifact of supernatural potential. Each molecular fragment became a building block of Nehellenia's ultimate resurrection.

Her absorption of the children's blood was systematic. Haru and Sora's crow supernatural energy. Yuki's crimson potential. Shizuka's fox magic. Akihiko and Kazuki's crystalline power. Akira's divine fragments.

Each droplet rewrote her molecular structure.

Wrinkles dissolved.

Aged skin became luminescent.

Her body reconstructed itself - not just younger. Perfected. Each supernatural child's essence becoming a precise component of her ultimate form.

The boyfriends' blood - Tomoe's yokai energy. Kurama's crow magic. Prince Demand's royal crystalline potential - became the final catalyst.

Resurrection," Nehellenia breathed, "requires absolute sacrifice."

Her fingers traced her new form. Younger. More powerful. A supernatural being that could rewrite reality with a single thought.

The children - still pierced, still suffering - watched her metamorphosis with eyes that understood their own destruction was part of a larger cosmic design.

Their sacrifice. Her resurrection.

The Dead Moon Circus trembled. Dimensional barriers fractured. Reality itself held its breath.

A new queen had been born.

Something beyond human. Beyond supernatural. A being that could consume entire realities.

And in this moment, transformation found its perfect, most terrifying expression.