Death… And Me

Chapter 2515 Perhaps We Should Leave

?As Rean flew through the skies, he suddenly noticed a change in Kentuckyʼs behavior. ”Hum? Heʼs coming in my direction?” He pondered a bit and wondered if Kentucky found some way to cross the Chasm. ”Iʼll better check it out.”

Rean and Kentucky were quite far from each other, but with their cultivations, they only needed one day to arrive in the Chasm. Naturally, Kentucky got there first since he was faster while flying. As for Rean, he arrived around three hours later.

The Chamsi was very weird. Obviously, it went deep down to the point one couldnʼt see the end of it. However, the main point was the power flowing from it, rising to the skies. The Space in the Azum Dimensional Realm is extremely sturdy. Yet, it seemed to be completely different in the area of the chams.

Both Rean and Kentucky could see countless space cracks, spatial storms, and powerful waves of space power and laws. The most impressive thing wasnʼt that chaos, though. It was the fact that as soon as the Chasmʼs power tried to exit the Chasmʼs range, everything simply disappeared. Even that huge Spatial Chaos wasnʼt able to cause a single change in the Azum Dimensional Space itself.

Rean then ignored that and began to follow the Chasmʼs border, using his connection with Kentucky to find where he went. Kentucky had arrived somewhere around this area some time ago, but after that, Kentucky began to move in the direction of the Dimensional Realmʼs depths.

Finally, a few hours later, Rean felt Kentucky stopping again. Only when he arrived in the same place but on the other side did Rean understand what Kentucky wanted. ”Hey, Kentucky! Can you hear me?” Rean shouted while filling his voice with Divine Energy, finally being able to see the huge Minokawa on the other side.

Kentucky excitedly shouted back. ”Yes! As I thought, it is still possible to at least talk as long as we arenʼt too far from each other.” Naturally, Kentucky used the same method as Rean to shout back. ”Rean, why are you on the other side?”

Rean shook his head. ”I donʼt know. When I crossed the eleven-kilometer range, I was sent to this side. Aelrie should be the one to answer that, not me.”

Aelrie quickly appeared on Kentuckyʼs back while shouting and using the same method. ”I truly have no idea. Everyone who crosses the border in that location was supposed to come to the same place as Kentucky and me. I canʼt understand why you appeared on the other side.”

Rean wasnʼt surprised by Aelrieʼs presence. She had agreed to meet him and Kentucky in the same place, after all. Itʼs just that Rean couldnʼt go, but Kentucky was there. ”Aelrie, have you ever died in this Illusory World?”

”Yes,” Aelrie answered. ”The first time I entered this place, I ended up dying and teleported outside. Why?”

Rean pondered a bit and asked. ”Did you feel something different in your body or soul after you appeared outside?”

”Something different?” Aelrie pondered a bit. ”Not really.”

”Think carefully,” Rean insisted. ”Even the tiniest details matter. If you felt literally anything different at all, you must tell me.”

Aelrie felt the urgency in Reanʼs voice and tried to recall the day she was teleported back to the entrance. ”Well... I felt somewhat sluggish... But I had just died in the Illusory World, and I didnʼt know that one couldnʼt really die inside, so I thought it was just the shock to find out the truth.”

Rean sighed in response. ”Did that sluggish sensation continue for long?”

Aelrie continued to think about it. ”More or less... Around three days later, it had completely disappeared. But I checked with the elders at that time, and they examined me. There was nothing wrong. If you hadnʼt asked me now, I wouldnʼt even remember this event anymore. Why? Is something wrong?”

Rean shook his head. ”No, everything is fine. Donʼt worry.” It was good that Aelrie and Rean were quite far from each other, and the Chasmʼs powers made it even harder to see the other side. Otherwise, she would have noticed Reanʼs not-so-good expression.

”Rean!” Kentucky called their attention. ”What do you want to do? I came here because I didnʼt know if you wanted to continue or if I should just kill myself and leave this place.”

”NO! DONʼT KILL YOURSELF NO MATTER WHAT!” Rean immediately shouted back.

Kentucky was taken aback. He didnʼt expect Rean to speak like that. ”Uh... okay, I wonʼt kill myself.”

Yet, the one who truly began to worry was Aelrie. After all, the way Rean spoke just now showed that something wasnʼt right about dying in this place.

Rean continued. ”If you truly want to leave, use the altars. You have seen them while following the Chasmʼs borders, havenʼt you? I passed by two of them on the way to this point.”

”Yes,” Kentucky answered. ”Aelrie told me to not touch them, though.”

Rean narrowed his eyes. ”Why is it, Aelrie?”

”Thatʼs what everyone always said. Itʼs kind of a known rule to never touch the altars,” Aelrie answered. ”I donʼt really know why, though.”

Rean then remembered the Light Beast mentioned that oneʼs memories were wiped out once they left this place so that they wouldnʼt remember the Soul Copying Devices. ʼPerhaps it also adds to their memories that they must not touch the altars. After all, the altar can teleport anyone out at any time.ʼ

[Have you noticed, Rean?] Sister Orb suddenly spoke. [If the Soul Copying Spheres and Cubes can copy souls, it shouldnʼt really matter if the angels leave this place through the altars. Yet, they are all told to never touch the altars. There is only one reason I can think of.]

Rean knew where Sister Orb was coming from. ʼTo have the souls copied, the original bodies must die. Simply put, their living bodies make it impossible, or at least very difficult, to copy the souls. So... the best is for no one to touch the altars.ʼ

[No wonder the system didnʼt do anything,] Sister Orb continued. [Thatʼs because nothing has been done to your soul yet. Your body must be destroyed for the Devices to copy your soul. Only at that moment would the Soul Gem System intervene.]

Rean sighed. ʼSuch a messed up thing...ʼ Rean then thought about the altars he passed by. ʼPerhaps... it is time for us to leave this place and only come back once we have Roan with us.ʼ