Hypocrite

Lucas stopped him.

"You can't. Neo ordered me to make sure no one, especially you and Mars, try to rescue him."

"But—"

"I don't know how but the Shadow revived too quickly.

"Maybe there is another Shadow at their base and it fused your Shadow's elemental seed with another elemental seed to speed up the revival."

Lucas added,

"It means the Shadow is weaker than the last time you faced it.

"Still, are you sure we can win against your Shadow?

"Harrison used his skill to defeat his Shadow.

"I used mine to help Neo fight your Shadow, but we lost, and I had to escape while Neo shielded for me.

"Leonora is dead.

"You are tired.

"Mars is strong, but he is a poor matchup with your Shadow."

"There is no way we can win. If we don't use the time Neo brought us to close the Window and escape…"

Lucas clenched his fist.

He bit his lips until they bled.

"His sacrifice will be useless."

"I…"