âHow can I see, then?â
His surroundings had changed completely too. It used to be a dreary, endless pitch blackness, yet it
was now filled with greenery, ancient trees that were so tall that their leaves covered the skies. The
whole place brimmed with life.
âAlex!â
A voice came from behind him. It sounded familiar yet foreign at the same time. Alex turned his head
around, his neck crackling from the sudden movement.
The sight of a green skeleton running towards him made him jump.
âHoly sh*t! What the hell is this?â
Alex wanted to run, but he was rather slow. He used to move around with a fleshy body, so running
required muscles. Without them, his bones wouldnât move like he wanted them to. In just a few
moments, someone charged at him, and he fell to the ground.
It was the green skeleton, who had lunged towards him and pinned him to the ground, sitting right on
top of himâ¦
âOh sh*t, from its voice, this skeleton is definitely a woman. Is she going to assault me here?â
âButâ¦â He glanced at himself. âI donât even have that thing anymore!â
He wanted to struggle his way out, but his bones wouldnât heed his command. He panicked and started
screaming. âHey, donât⦠Donât be in such a rush. I donât even have the right tools to do that now.
Thereâs no use rushing me. Letâs wait till I grow back out and you⦠You can try again!â
The green skeleton used her boney hand to cover his mouth.
âDonât scream. Itâs me, Mystic Maiden!â
âHuh? Oh hey missy, why⦠Why did you turn out like this? Your entire body is green, and itâs kind ofâ¦
Oh, why do we look like this now? Are we dead? Are you dead too?â
âThatâs Miss Maiden for you!â Mystic Maiden corrected with a lowered voice. She looked around the
place to check if there was any danger around her. âDonât speak Itâs dangerous here. Thereâs a big guy
around.â
Alex was speechless. He couldnât see anything else except the green skeleton on top of him.
Thus, just a moment later, a roar filled the skies.
Roarrrrr!
It shook the ground, vigorously swaying the trees. With the violent winds brushing through his skeleton,
Alexâs soul nearly fell out.
He then noticed a dinosaur fossil⦠It looked like one at least or something that came out from a
museum. It rushed out of the vast forest, three hundred meters away from Alex and the others.
With an entire body pitch black, it stood dozens of meters. Each and every bone had tightly-packed
mystical talismans all over. As it continued to move, the talismans would move around its bones,
changing and shifting. It looked somewhat mysterious and complicated and brimmed with an unknown
law power. Its aura was absolutely terrifying. Being this close to it made Alexâs scalp go numb.
After that, another roar filled the skies, so loud that the air could potentially explode.
The dinosaur looked towards the sky, yet all it saw was a large area of shimmering gold that covered
the entire sky.
Alex tried his best to distinguish the large figure, but he noticed it was just the skeleton of a massive
golden bird. It loomed over the entire forest, spanning its wings that were thousands of meters wide. As
tall as a mountain, it flew straight down.
Thus, Alex could finally be certain that this fossil-looking guy wasnât roaring at them. It was roaring
towards that large golden bird in the sky.
Boom!
The Earth felt as if it was shattering, as though a volcano had erupted. Wormholes opened up
everywhere due to energy particles colliding with each other. As rocks and dust flew up from the
grormd, it seemed the entire world was ending.
Alex and Mystic Maiden were two insignificant skeletons compared to those beasts. Hence, they
minimized their conscience and energy, staying in the same position, not daring to move a muscle or
make a sound. They looked as if they were corpses of two poor paupers ditched in a deserted place
after their deaths.
With this, everything turned silent.
A hundred meter deep pit lay beside them now. The âliving fossilâ had been captured by a large golden
bird. The bird grabbed it by its scapula and swooshed into the sky, disappearing into the horizon.
âWh⦠what is this place?â Alex whispered, still shocked.
âWe call this place the Afterworld,â Mystic Maiden replied.
Alex took a while to digest all the information. âThen⦠Have you seen Daya and the others?â
âFollow me, theyâre all here. And weâve been waiting for you for two years.â
âWhat?â
âFor two whole years?â Alexâs eyes bulged.
âHow could two years have passed?â