Death… And Me

Chapter 4170: Source

*Pin!*

[Congratulations, Hosts! You have set Aurethra free from her Energetic Burden.]

[Reward: 250000 Celestial Points.]

Sure enough, the moment the twins escaped, the system recognized the success of their quest. The only question was how to use it all now.

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Back in the Congral Region...

Dofrei was gathered with all his disciples, those who had broken through into the Celestial Realm. He often called them over to help them with their doubts about the cultivations of the Celestial Realm and such.

Within those disciples, there was someone the twins’ group would easily recognize, Havira, the Golden Crow!

Back then, when Havira also reached the Celestial Realm with everyone, Roan told Dofrei that their deal with Havira was concluded. That said, they would leave her behind so she could do whatever she wanted from then on.

Well, after Havira finished her breakthrough and found out the twins’ group was already gone, she didn’t really have a plan in mind. That said, she asked Dofrei if she could also join his disciples.

Dofrei was grateful for the twins’ group’s help with his disciples, and Havira was also part of the reason the twins eventually got to him. So, as his own way of saying thank you, he decided to accept her as one of them.

Havira got a place to stay, a master who could really help with her doubts about cultivation, and even had her son in her Pocket Dimensional Realm come out to train here as well. This was as good a place to cultivate as it could get, in an area kept out of the Werdlem Empire’s influence.

"Alright, that’s about it for today," Dofrei got up. "I’ve got some visits, so I need to leave now. If you have any questions, ask your older brothers. Sanga, Motiu, you are in charge."

Sanga and Motiu were the two disciples who were already in the Celestial Realm before the twins’ arrival. The twins even met one of them in the abyss near the lake where the breakthroughs happened. "Yes, master."

Dofrei left everyone, flying to a more private location. There, he saw a big World Swallowing Cedar standing tall, seemingly focused on training with his Celestial Laws of Wood and Absorption.

Obviously, that was Celis. This was the place Celis kept waiting in case the twins’ group needed someone to teleport to through the Celestial Soul Dimensional Realm. However, Celis wasn’t alone this time.

"So I didn’t feel it wrong. It’s you lot again," Dofrei said with a stern expression.

Rean waved at him. "It’s been a while, Senior Dofrei."

Rean wasn’t the only one, either. Roan, Kentucky, Hick, Soltrex... they were all there... including Aurethra!

"Aurethra, uh? I don’t even feel surprised anymore," Dofrei said.

Then, Rean sent him a Divine Sense message, explaining everything that had happened to that point.

Dofrei simply accepted everything and looked at Aurethra. "You don’t seem to be feeling well, though."

Aurethra bitterly smiled. It was harder than it looked to completely wake up. "The Werdlem Empire wasn’t exactly gentle, you know? I’m trying to organize my mind again. But it is fine. Everything is part of the experience of our existence. They had their reasons to imprison me, and considering we attacked them first, I’m not in a position to blame anyone."

Hick and the others sighed in relief. That was a lot more like the Aurethra they knew: Someone always calm, regardless of the situation.

"Hmph!" Roan looked at her, a look of disdain on his face. "Already back to the old and calm lady facade, uh?"

"You!" Hick got mad, and the other beasts did too. "That behavior was not the real Aurethra! It was because of the Werdlem Empire, idiot!"

Roan glanced in Aurethra’s direction, whose expression still looked a little painful, but didn’t seem to have reacted to his comment. "So be it."

Aurethra ignored Roan. "Dofrei, I’ve been made aware of everything that happened so far, too. From the looks of it, only Default remains."

"Yes." Dofrei nodded.

Hick took from there. "Master is being held inside the Great Void Black Hole of the Werdlem Empire. I contacted the other Primordial Beasts, and they are all ready to go to F974 at any moment."

Dofrei narrowed his eyes. "Shouldn’t they come to the Werdlem Empire to help with Master’s release? The twins’ group could use their relay ability to take the Primordial Beasts inside their Dimensional Realm and come back here in an instant."

Roan shook his head in response. "No. Hick, tell them to go to F974 and help Kentucky’s parents. They need to get rid of the Universe Owner of F974 and put someone from their own side there soon. It is convenient since they won’t have issues entering the F-Ranked Universe with their power at the moment."

"Hum?" Hick had his doubts. "If I do such a thing, wouldn’t the Werdlem Empire intervene once they find out about them?"

"I’m not saying they should make an appearance," Roan explained. "Tell them to do the same thing as Tharos. Do whatever they can from the shadows without revealing their presence. Tharos said he would have the Universe Owner killed and replaced by the time we return there, so he must have a plan already. The addition of more primordial beasts should help his case even more."

Hick nodded. "Very well."

"So, what do we do about Default?" Rean asked.

"How the hell would I know?" Roan answered. "I’ve never been to the Great Void Black Hole of the Werdlem Universe. In fact, I haven’t been to any Great Void Black Hole at all. We might be Peak Celestials, but I don’t think we can resist the destructive power of such an entity if we get too close."

"Forget about surviving an attempt to enter it," Celis commented. "Does the Werdlem Empire know Default is there?"

Hick quickly nodded. "You can bet they do."

"Hum?" Nyxara looked around. "By the way, where is Cloe? Didn’t you bring her as well, Roan?"

"She is in the Dimensional Realm," Rean answered instead. "She doesn’t know about our system and secrets. We didn’t tell how we removed her contract. We haven’t explained how the bracelet with the fake Werdlem Energy Signature was made with the system either. She might be on our side now, but it is not like we can trust her straight away. So, she is not taking part in this conversation."

Dofrei couldn’t help but sigh. "You guys are really something. To think you got Cloe, even if there is no guarantee she will be trustworthy in the long term."

Celis returned to the main topic. "Anyway... The Werdlem Empire isn’t entirely sure about how many Primordial Demon Beasts we really got. After all, they didn’t know where a few of them were located before, like Laiana. However, since Default is the last one, and they know where he is, that also means he is the last Primordial Beast they have any information about."

Roan could see where Celis was coming from. "There will be no need to spread their forces anymore. No Abyssal Paths to watch. Without a doubt, they will gather all their forces in BH1. Soza will likely camp there for all eternity, waiting for us to show up, and you saw that Soza wasn’t the only guy at his level."

"We have to go there and get past Soza and whoever is with him. Let’s not even talk about the fact that there will likely be several formations in place, just like there was in the entrance of the Reincarnation Path."

Rean was curious about one thing, though. "Before that..." And he turned to Aurethra. "Senior Aurethra, now that you are gone from the Reincarnation Path, what will happen there? What was that structure using all that Soul Energy for?"

Indeed. They still haven’t seen the point in all of that. There was so much energy, but it simply disappeared inside the rings structure’s core.

Aurethra looked towards the sky, her voice somewhat faint. "That’s what feeds the Werdlem Empire’s Bubble. Its source of energy."