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The cold raindrops hit Gray's cheeks, and her heart fell into the dust.

Countless pieces of information that had been known before but had been suppressed and ignored by Grey... at this moment, they burst out like an explosion, washing over her brain and leaving her mind blank.

Why was it that even though he had bypassed all the restrictions with the help of his sister Shadow Servant... the plan of the Shore Guards to sneak into the palace and steal the relics of the God of Death was still discovered, and they even had time to set a trap in advance?

Why was Brother Luster the only one on the summit, even though he had climbed the mountain with Queen Helen? And what about that bloodstain?

Why, according to the information passed back, the relic of the god of death, which should have been in the palace treasury, now appears in the hands of Brother Rast?

From beginning to end, Leader Sissel's judgment was never wrong.

It was Brother Rast who deliberately passed back the wrong information and leaked the plan of the Shore Guard team to the enemy in advance.

The entire Lost Paradise plan failed and all the team members were in danger. If it weren't for the timely arrival of Leader Cecil, the entire Shore Guard team would have fallen into an abyss from which there was no return.

In fact, Gray should have discovered it earlier.

It's just that I have been deceiving myself and unwilling to believe in this possibility.

Gray raised her head with great effort and looked towards the end of the cliff.

In the dark sky where the rain was pouring down, the young man's slender figure... seemed so strange at this moment.

"why?"

"Why did you pass on the wrong information?"

"Why did you leak the team's action plan?"

Gray's screams were mixed in with the raging wind and rain, becoming so hoarse and broken that even she could hardly make them out.

"Why... betray the shore keepers?"

"Answer me! Brother Luster!"

"Tell me, this is a misunderstanding caused by my own stupidity. It's just a coincidence, not your intention!"

"Tell me... you were coerced by that legendary gravekeeper, and you have your own reasons for doing this!"

However, facing the girl's question that was so hoarse that it even sounded like a plea.

However, Rast never gave Gray the answer she eagerly expected and longed for.

"Why...?"

The young man slowly lowered his eyes and stared at the dim, hazy chess piece in his hand.

That handsome and indifferent face… now held an expression that felt extremely unfamiliar to Gray: "Of course, it's for the Relic of the God of Death, the Remains of God."

"For the extraordinary, this is the key to unlocking the path to legend, the ultimate treasure that will take them to the next level."

"At the same time, for me, this also gives me the opportunity to become a gravekeeper..."

"To truly ascend to the divine realm, unconstrained by the end of the era, is the stepping stone towards eternity and immortality."

click-

Even though I had a premonition in my heart.

But at this moment, listening to the undisguised words spoken by Luster himself...

Amidst the frantic sound of the rain, Gray could clearly hear the sound of something breaking deep within her soul.

"Just for...that kind of thing?"

Under the dark sky and in the raging rain, Gray lowered her head.

Her voice trembled slightly, as if she was suppressing the emotions that were about to erupt like a volcano.

"The legendary road or something like that, can't it be achieved solely through one's own strength, without any external help?"

"Gaining immense power, becoming a god, living forever, achieving eternal immortality...are these things really that important?"

"Is it even worth betraying your companions who trust you and the life of your shadow servant sister who works so hard for you?"

She looked up suddenly, her long gray hair was wet by the heavy rain, and the wet hair fell down close to Gray's cheek, and the water droplets fell on the rocks, making a popping sound.

Her voice changed from a wail to a roar.

There was a blazing flame in those emerald green eyes, but the firelight reflected a fragile longing that was shattering.

"If this is what you wish..."

"Then what about the brother Luster in my memory who was so desperate, even willing to destroy his own eyes, to rescue me from the endless dream in Frozen Water Town?"

"What about that brother, Luster, who personally explained to me the true meaning of a 'shore guardian'... and who planted a longing for shore guardians in my heart?"

"My admiration for you, the desire to join the Shore Watchers that sprouted because of you, and all the sweat and hard work I put into it... all the pride and satisfaction I feel after joining the Shore Watchers."

"Because of my reunion with you, Brother Last, I began to look forward to the arrival of the next day. I began to look forward to returning to the Watchtower and resuming my previous life after this mission was completed..."

"What does all this mean to you?"

"In your eyes, what are we, the Shore Guardians, Sister Shadow Servant, and the others who trust and admire you...?"

……

The girl's roar penetrated the rain and echoed across the entire cliff.

However, facing Gray's angry questioning, Luster's expression remained unchanged.

He just silently raised the illusory chess piece.

The next moment, a blue light flashed in Rast's eyes.

The aura around him also suddenly changed.

The gentle and steady aura that was once like a "tower" disappeared... replaced by a gloomy and dead silence.

Cold, silent, pale...like eternal nothingness.

Just like Helen, the former queen of the underworld.

"The Fool's Library" is activated, and all the original texts are replaced with the original texts of the Death God Series' abilities inherited from the newly acquired "Death God Axia" card.

Six original copies of the Death God series were equipped at the same time.

In an instant, the air around Rast was filled with the color of dusk.

Using the "Library of Fools", he briefly transformed himself into a true transcendent being of the long order of the "Death God" sequence.

After completing the preparations, Rast finally held the Star Cup of Death.

Then, he raised the red-gold blade and pressed it against his left heart.

Blood splattered along with the knife light, and the sternum was pierced through by the blade of light without any hindrance.

Amidst the shattered flesh and broken bones...Last's bright red, beating heart was revealed.

If it were a normal person, even an ordinary extraordinary person... with such a serious injury to the vital part of the heart, he would probably have died suddenly.

However, at this moment, Rast still had no expression on his face.

【Death God: Pale Body (Unlocked)】

[As an apostle of the god of death, you have the ability to temporarily resist death]

[Your body has no such concept as "fatal weak points." Injuries you sustain will be evenly distributed throughout your body, making you immune to most common diseases.]

This is the fifth level of the long-term "Death God" sequence.

At this moment, the pale body was also protected by Last, so that after suffering a heart piercing injury, his face only turned pale and he still maintained the ability to move.

Then, he pressed the Death Star Cup in his hand, which looked like an illusory chess piece, into his living heart.

It was clearly a chess piece emitting light, but the moment it touched his heart, it merged into Rast's body without any hesitation.

The next moment, the damaged flesh at his wound suddenly began to twist.

The wound on Rast's body that was pierced by the dagger of light began to repair and heal rapidly, and soon returned to its original state.

After doing all this, he turned around again.

Through the pouring rain, across the gap in the cliff.

Looking down at the girl in front of him who was sitting in the mud, her fair and pretty face was stained with mud, and her emerald green eyes were full of brokenness, disillusionment and anger.

The red-gold blade light cut through the rain curtain and deftly changed direction at Rast's fingertips.

Then, the dagger, which was stained with the blood of both Last and Helen, was placed against the silver winged emblem with the pattern of the shore guardian.

"So, you still don't understand... Gray."

Indifferent words, accompanied by the harsh sound of metal friction, came through the rain.

The red-gold dagger of light burned the metal it touched and pierced through the entire badge.

A deep and distinct scratch, symbolizing betrayal, was left on the shore guardian's silver wing emblem.

“Yearning is the emotion furthest from understanding.”

Chapter 124: Do You Understand Your Weakness, Gray? (Two-in-One)

"Yearning is the emotion furthest from understanding..."

The cold words were like a sharp knife, engraved into Gray's mind word by word.

But even so.

At this moment, the disheveled gray-haired girl still held on to one last hope in her heart.

She regarded it as a life-saving thought.

Perhaps, Brother Rast was just hypnotized by someone using the ability of the "Shadow" sequence, or was bewitched by some special supernatural power.

He was brainwashed by a powerful mastermind, had his memory tampered with, his personality modified, and was forcibly injected with new ideas...he became a puppet.

At this moment, everything that Brother Last did and the cold words he uttered were all manipulated by the mastermind behind the scenes.

This was not his true feeling.

Therefore, what he needed to do was to find a way to awaken Brother Rast's original self.

However, as soon as such a thought arose.

next moment.

As if seeing through Gray's thoughts, the young man at the end of the cliff spoke again.

"People change, Gray."

"A long time is enough to change many things..."

"It's like a young couple in the throes of love, when they make their vows, their vows come from the heart."

"But when decades pass and people reach middle age, looking back on the vows they made, they can only scoff at their naiveté and immaturity... They mistakenly took a fleeting hormonal rush and a momentary emotional rush as the entire meaning of their lives, even going so far as to live and die for it."

Luster's voice crossed the cliff, penetrated the storm, and every word rang clearly in Gray's ears.

"From the beginning to the end, I was not under any mental control, nor was I hypnotized, corrupted, or bewitched by anyone else..."

"Whether it was leaking the Shore Guardian's plan, killing the Shadow Servant, or killing Helen to seize the Death Star Cup, these were all choices I made based on my own will."

"To this day, I still remember the scene when I first joined the Shore Watch, and the joy of celebrating with my teammates after completing those missions."

"I still remember all the memories we had together, from Frozen Water Town to the Watchtower... and the justice of the Shore Watchers, which I once believed in and was willing to sacrifice my life for."

"But that's all in the past."

"Life is the most fragile thing. If you don't become strong, if you don't reach the level of legend... those so-called ideals and emotions, no matter how brilliant they are, are nothing but illusions that burst at the slightest poke, just like Queen Helen, who has already passed away."

"Only by transcending the boundaries of humanity, ascending to the throne of God, and becoming a non-human being, can one truly reach eternity and immortality."

He looked down at the gray-haired girl who was kneeling on the ground not far away, distraught in the wind and rain.

"This is something you, as you are now, will never understand."

“I have never experienced that long, maddeningly long life journey.”

"I've never experienced the indescribable loneliness and emptiness of seeing those close to me grow old and pass away one after another, from a banquet hall full of guests to a devastated and empty ruin..."

"Nor have I ever personally experienced the despair of feeling my body, mind, and soul being worn away bit by bit by the passage of time, until even my very self gradually crumbles—"

"You are like this—"

"You have neither the ability nor the qualifications to understand my thoughts or what the 'eternity' I pursue is."