Channing, who had just died on Pigsyâs back, stood back up on his feet, visibly shaking. Although his
clothes were still on, under them was nothing but a skeleton.
Despite this, his soul was still attached to his body. Now, his skeleton was starting to fade, to the point it
was now translucent.
âChanning! What happened?â Daya yelled.
âYour highness, I⦠I feel likeâ¦â
âIt feels like⦠Iâm going to another realmâ¦â
His voice was becoming softer as if he was slowly getting further and further away from them. His
bones were turning more transparent by the second. It didnât matter if he used the divine eye or the
saintly eye. Alex still couldnât see him.
His clothes then fell to the ground, the bones were nowhere to be found.
âWhat is this?â
âWhere did he go?â
Alex and Daya were horrified, but it seemed a tiny sliver of hope remained in their hearts.
Pigsy, who had just fainted, was at its limits as well. Howling with despair, it was dead. Moreover, it had
to suffer quite a lot. Before dying, it wanted to curse Alex. It went as far as to curse the Mystic Maiden.
Hence, it died while being punished by the contract. Alex and Daya hugged each other as if candles in
the wind, possibly extinguishing at any time.
âMy beloved, please wait for me in your next life.â
âDonât be too quick to marry another woman. I hope Iâll be your one and only in our next livesâ¦â
No woman would want to share the love of her life with another. She was just helpless in this lifetime,
and she had to keep quiet about it. Thatâs why she decided to tell him before passing.
Alex sobbed as he called out to Shelly and the Mystic Maiden, hoping they could help him out. He was
willing to give up anything he had too. In the end, both women showed themselves and used their
ultimate tool, bringing out Persephoneâs Folly Bridge.
Despite this, it was all for naught. Dayaâs life force was drained out of her body. She died with her hair
turning entirely grey.
âAh..!â
âHow could this happen to us?â Alex knelt on the ground in great despair. Eventually, he drew his last
breath as well.
âOh no, theyâre actually all dead. This place is just too weird, Iâve never heard of it before,â the Mystic
Maiden said.
Shelly replied, âEvery land under the Dairaionji Temple is known to be dangerous. Since ancient times,
countless odd and horrifying things have happened. This is nothing. Itâs just a pity, is allâ¦â
Treating the Mystic Maiden as a youngling, Shelly acted as if she had seen it all.
She then spoke up again. âIt took you a lot to achieve a human body using the Chaos tree. Now that
youâve left his mind palace, your life force is getting drained too. Why donât you check and see if you
could go back in?â
The Mystic Maiden shook her head. âI can sense a mysterious force within this place, it dictates life and
death, but thereâs just something about it⦠I can sense something sentient. So Iâd like to experience
this entire process.â
That indicated that she did this on purpose. She didnât use mystic arts to fight this force, letting her
perfect body age, allowing her hair turn completely grey.
Shelly was the only one who didnât change. She was just a soul without a body, after all.
***
âAh, did⦠Did I die?â
Alex regained his consciousness, feeling rather weird. His eyes were dry and itchy, so he tried to blink.
Yet this only led to a weirder feeling. He couldnât blink a I all, as if he didnât have eyelids.
Reaching his arm out, he was utterly shocked. âHuh? Holy f*ck!â
It was no longer a normal arm. It was just bones!
All his flesh and veins are gone, and all that was left was a whitish bone. However, he sensed that his
soul was fine. It wasnât damaged, nor did it get detached.
He wanted to blink again but started shrieking in shock. Not only did he not have eyelids, but his
eyeballs were also gone.
âThis is way too much.â