In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

Brutal, resolute, fierce, yet calm.

Although the body is just a weak human body, it contains a power that even it fears.

From its perspective, Maria in front of it was just a simple outer skin. Inside her body, her kind, who were similar to herself, were torn into countless pieces and roughly sealed inside her body.

They were motionless, as if completely conquered, lying quietly in each other's bodies.

No more resistance.

This made it extremely frightened.

If I were killed by the other party, would I become a part of the other party's body?

It doesn't know that now it just wants to escape!

But the thing is, Maria just stared at it... stared at it with incredible determination.

This made it realize that it had absolutely no chance of escape.

As soon as it makes a move to escape, Maria will attack!

What awaits it then is complete death!

Can't escape...

There is absolutely no escape!

At this moment, both sides seemed to have entered an invisible cage.

Only the winner has the right to survive!

If I don't kill her...

If you choose to escape...

After realizing this, the three-headed dog's expression gradually became ferocious.

It stared at Maria intently.

A threatening growl emanated from his throat.

But this did not stop Maria from moving forward.

Trembling, the three-headed dog also went to extremes.

On the head in the middle, the red eyes opened!

"!"

Seeing that the other party finally opened the eyes of his last head, Maria stopped and silently raised her weapon.

"What is your final ability?"

Maria looked at the other person, her eyes gradually becoming alert.

At this moment, the heads on both sides of the giant beast began to droop.

Before Maria could figure out what was happening, the two heads began to shrink rapidly, and in just a few blinks of an eye, they completely disappeared.

At the same time, the opponent's body began to swell rapidly!

Three meters...

Four meters...

By the time Maria came to her senses, its height when standing was already over five meters!

Under the huge body, the originally dark skin now looks extremely strange.

It was as if its body didn't belong to this world, and it emitted a strange luster... Maria thought she was looking at a flat surface in a daze!

A surge of oppressive feeling came over me!

but……

“Sulfone——!”

The sharp blade chopped down.

but……

"Boom——!"

The metal collided with the ferocious muscles, and the final result was that the sword broke!

After all, the sword in Maria's hand was just an ordinary weapon, and it had suffered a lot of wear and tear during the long massacre just now.

This time it completely collapsed.

but……

It was on this giant beast... the place where Maria had just chopped it.

A little bit of blood gushed out.

Although it is rare, it does work.

"In other words, isn't there anything that can be done?"

As she thought about it, Maria suddenly laughed.

At this moment, she had no weapons and only one blood bottle left. The giant beast in front of her was obviously in a state of frenzy. No matter how you looked at it, she was at a disadvantage.

but……

She hasn't lost all her ability to resist!

Right in front of the giant beast, Maria pierced her chest with the broken sword without hesitation!

"!"

As she did this crazy action, the blood around her seemed to be guided by something and began to flow into her body frantically.

In the blink of an eye, the pierced wound began to heal, and as a result, a bloody energy began to linger around her body!

This is an ability that belongs only to her!

Blood for blood!

Staring at the giant beast before her, Mary discarded the broken blade and raised her hands...

……

Eyes slowly opened.

The first thing the girl saw was the bonfire that was almost extinguished.

The weak flame was still burning hard on the wood. Although it was not much, it provided warmth to the room.

She struggled to get up from the ground. The fatigue of the past few days could not be relieved by a good sleep.

The puppy girl trembled all over with sharp physical pain.

But she quickly recalled the last scene in her memory...

"Maria!"

She subconsciously turned around, hoping to see that familiar figure.

But there was nothing around except the gray and dilapidated buildings.

"what……"

At this time, the puppy girl noticed the note in her hand.

There were a lot of blurry words written on it... but unfortunately, the girl could only understand a limited amount.

But such words made her extremely frightened.

Each warning was like a bell announcing something, making her uneasy.

Subconsciously, she tried to run out of the door and chase her target.

But before she ran far, she felt her body beginning to feel weak.

This is caused by not eating for a day and a night.

Weak, she fell to the ground.

Then get up.

The wet ground showed that it had rained here not long ago, and she looked like a homeless stray dog ​​in the mud.

I could only hold the wet note tightly and cry...

"Maria..."

"Maria..."

She called out again and again, but in this silent world... no one responded.

"Woo..."

She lowered her head and kept wiping the tears from her face with her hands, but as if she had lost her support, she began to feel fear and terror.

She called out again and again, and even her voice began to become hoarse.

And this kind of useless appearance finally caused dissatisfaction among some people.

"If that's the case... you can't survive on your own..."

Under the rising sun, the woman in black slowly walked out of the forest.

She was still the same as the puppy girl had seen before, cold and arrogant, with no trace of a smile on her face.

But now that the familiar tricorn hat is gone, her white hair sways slightly as she moves, making her look more elegant and softer.

His skin is so white that he doesn't look human.

"Maria!"

Seeing the woman again, the girl's face suddenly showed joy.

She subconsciously wanted to chase after the other person, but found that Maria raised her hand.

This is a command to stop.

The puppy girl did as she was told.

"Maria..."

She called the other person's name again, eager to get a response.

But Maria just stared at the girl silently.

The silence made Puppy Girl uneasy.

So she called the other person's name again.

"Maria?"

"...Do you know home?"

Maria did not answer the girl, but turned her head and looked at the sunrise that Yharnam could never see, with a glimmer in her eyes.

“Home is a great place… There are people waiting for you to return, people who trust you, people who love you, and people you hate but will always believe in.”

“Every part of everyone’s life is inseparable from home…”

“It’s not fixed; it can be a person, an object, or a place.”

"And that place is your home..."

Maria moaned, then turned her head and looked at the girl.

"You deserve a home of your own too...puppy."

"Woo?"

The puppy girl obviously couldn't understand Maria's suggestive words. She just tilted her head, looked at Maria covered in blood, and stood there restlessly.

"I'm going to be gone for a while...puppy."

"No need to look so pitiful... I'm just leaving for a while."

"You can't hide in the forest your whole life."

"How about this, let's make a pact."