Ihe Divine Space, Cedric watched with his mouth agape as An fell and breathed his st.

  After a moment of silence, Cedric shouted. "I k! Although it's a few years te, this is defihe repercussions of my good luck before! I already said it before, being that lucky makes me feel uneasy!"

  After blowing some steam, Cedric sighed and silently stared at An's corpse.

  He has been stantly An as he practiced the trainihod. So, Cedriew An had taken a wrong step while cirg the mana in his body.

  Based on Cedric's experiment with his e, that kind of thing should only result in energy disarray and some internal injuries. So, he doesn't immediately intervene.

  But who knew why the damage caused by that small error suddenly became so exaggerated.

  Before Cedric could ask the System to buy a Diviem that heal An's injury. An has coughed his internal an out and died.

  Watg the surrounding youths who are busy trying to resuscitate An, Cedrit his mental power to thhly study An's corpse.

  He even copied An's soulless corpse into the Divine Spad studied it.

  After thhly cheg the body, Cedri only give his respect to An and silently burns the corpse he has copied in the Divine Space.

  From studying An's corpse, Cedric has found out why such a small misstep caused him to die.

  A long time ago, before An found the correct trainihod, he had been experimenting on his own body. As an experiment, it's often apanied by failures which lead to his injury.

  Although every failure in the experiment will only cause small injuries to his body. Those small injuries still left a mark on his body. The kind of mark that still left a trace even with the help of healing power.

  Coupled with his age and weakened body, the misstep An made while following the energy circution diagram Cedric shared is simply the straw that broke the camel's neck.

  The chaotiergy attacked An's ans which had been scarred by the injuries from his experiments, and those ans simply couldn't hold on any longer and burst open, which him.

  Cedric closed his eyes while mumbling in a low voice, "Without my intervention, An should be able to live happily until his old age. Has what I done only caused him misery?"

  Cedric felt his body lose its strength and slumped to the chair.

  Somehow, seeing An die gives Cedric a mencholic feeling that's even worse than when granny Maude dies.

  If granny Maude's death causes him to feel depressed due to the loss of an acquaintahen, An's death makes him truly feel that all life in the world is tra.

  He has watched An from the time he art of Yuma's party until he achieved the brightest glow in his life and ied the trainihod in his old age.

  An's deaths truly show Cedric that humans have a short lifespan pared to the current him.

  Even if they trained and increased their lifespan after their life level increases. Cedric doubted those people's lifespan could beat his.

  Except for that, Cedric also began to feel fear.

  "By the time I've collected enough GP to visit my Earth, I fear what kind of person I would've ged into. Will my family and friends still know me? Or will I ge so mud bee indifferent to them instead?"

  Cedric dejectedly said. "Somehow, I am feeling lonely."

  [Don't worry, you still have the System. You think of the System as your friend.]

  Cedric slightly opened his eyes, "Thank you, but talking with you makes me feel my GP is in danger."

  [What a hurtful word to say. You fet about getting friendship dists forever.]

  Cedric rolled his eyes, "I doubt such a dist ever existed."

  [...]

  "Eh? Did I hit the mark?" Cedric asked.

  Although the System ignored his question, Cedric must say he felt slightly better after chatting with the System.

  Now that he thinks about it. Everyone will slowly ge based on what they have experienced in life. His ge might be a bit drastic due to his infinite lifespan. But, it simply 't be helped, it?

  Cedric also has done some basic equations about the whole personality ge thing.

  If less experien life equals to smaller ge in personality. That means he should be zier and experience fewer things than a normal human!

  "Sometimes my genius… it's almost frightening."

  Now that his mood has returo normal, Cedric focuses on the Crystal Cube world and sees An's funeral.

  Due to the death of their acquaintance, even the preparation for the battle between Tsukiko and Lacius has paused. But soon after, the reparation began to intensify with the Sacred Kingdom being the first oo make a move.

  Most of the temples in other cities were the first oo bear the brunt, with many being immediately destroyed, while only those who had retained some e with the city lord or had trained many temple knights remained barely standing.

  Luckily, the main temple has taken absolute trol over River Stoy. Evey lord appointed by Lacius has a much lower political status pared to the temple inside River Stoy.

  After greatly damaging the branch temples around the kingdom. The Sacred Kingdom started eis which forbid any trade to and from the River Stoy.

  Because trade between cities just became a trend a few dozen years ago. The number of daredevils willing to ighe w for profit only be ted on one hand.

  Without merts who traded goods between cities, the eis effectively caused the River Stoy to fall into isotion and slowly desd into chaos.

  Unlike a few years ago, when Lacius is still the city lord of River Stoy. The amount of popution in the current River Stoy has greatly increased, which requires some import to fulfill the popution's needs.

  If things go on, the temple will fall even without much bloodshed.

  Cedric watched all the events a fusiions. It's a mix of relief, pity, happiness, and other feelings.

  Although he is happy that Lacius has truly listeo him, Cedric still feels a bit sad upon seeing Tsukiko's effort slowly end up gettiroyed.

  No matter what, Tsukiko is someone he has actally sent from Earth.

  Although Tsukiko and Yuma came from differehs than him. Cedric still felt some camaraderie as fellow earthlings.

  ***

  Ihe Crystal Cube world, Tsukiko roamed bad forth around the temple.

  She knew she was in aremely precarious situation. If things go on, the temple will fall even without a fight.

  With Lacius destroying the temples outside and killed many priests. The enmity betweeemple and the kingdom has been aggravated beyond repair.

  This makes Tsukiko's situation even more difficult under both internal aernal pressure.

  When she arrived in a room without any person, Tsukiko frowned while massaging her head. "What should I do? What should I do? Is it really wrong to wish for the temple's independence? What I wished for is only to advahis world and nothing else."

  "Although I do so mainly for the sense of achievement that I've never felt before oh. But, these should still t as good things I've done. So, why are so much bad things happening to me?!"

  Tsukiko slumped on the floor for a long time while trying to think of a termeasure.

  'No matter how I think about it, this is definitely a dead end.' Even after she thought hard for a long time, Tsukiko still failed to think of any pn. 'I just hope the seed I've pnted in case of my failure will successfully bloom.'

  Amidst Tsukiko's indecisiveness and distress, time passes with the temple barely keeping the order in River Stoy.

  When everyohought Lacius would wait for the civilians inside River Stoy to start a revolt and for everything to fall into chaos before starting his attack. Lacius instead immediately attacked the temple while it still hadn't made a move.

  After a battle against the devout believers and the temple knights trained by Tsukiko. Lacius's army breached the city's wall aowards the temple.

  Upon arriving at the temple. The priests who stayed ihe temple, which mostly sisted of nonbatants, easily got defeated by Lacius's army. Some of them successfully fled the city, while most of them were killed by the soldiers brought by Lacius.

  While most of the soldiers went and sughtered the priests and temple knights that remained ihe temple. Lacius led twenty Level 1 blessed toward the temple's main hall.

  Ihe temple's wide hall, Tsukiko stood in front of Cedric's statue together with three other priests.

  Upon hearing a step ing from outside the hall, she raised her head toward Lacius and said. "You caught me by surprise. But, long time no see."

  Looking at Tsukiko who still seems beautiful even though she has almost tury years old, Lacius nodded his head to return her greetings while stantly log his eyes for any movement Tsukiko made.

  "How many years has it been since we st talked. Twenty? Thirty? Fifty?" Tsukiko said with a mencholic look. "You know, when we were young, I once had a crush on you."

  While she talked, Tsukiko se bolts of lightning without a ge in her expression. Three of the bolts went toward Lacius while the other five were sent toward five blessed around Lacius.

  The sudden lightning bolt attack caught the blessed that has lowered their guard upon hearing Tsukiko's shog love fession. Among the five bolts sent toward those blessed, four of them hit their target and charred them from the inside.

  Only one of the blessed with divirength barely survived. He has a good enough reflex and raised his wooden shield before the attack hits him.

  Although the lightning bolt has caused the shield in his arm to explode and gravely injured him, he still survived the attack.

  As for the three bolts of lightning that have targeted Lacius. He quickly raised a thick earth wall and blocked the attaing from Tsukiko.

  Upon ing in tact with Tsukiko's lightning bolt, several dents appear on the wall he raised. But, the wall still stably stood in front of him.

  After blog Tsukiko's greetings, Lacius and the other blessed around him immediately uheir attacks. But, the three priests around Tsukiko stopped standing still and also showed their power that had reached Level 1.

  When the fight started, Tsukiko's group whily sisted of four people quickly fell into disadvantage.

  Even though she is someone who has reached Level 2 and has power that surpasses everyone present. But, the amount of people on Lacius's side is simply too much.

  Their different power synergized with each other and became a headache to deal with. Blessed that could summon fmes will have their fmes strengthened by being blessed with wind elements. While blessed with divirength kept to esukiko in a melee.

  Furthermore, there is Lacius who kept oing holes or ging the terrain around Tsukiko and the other priests. This makes them fail to evade some attacks during important moments.

  Tsukiko has truly felt how annoying having to fight against Lacius is. 'No wohe demon king immediately charged at him upon sight. Although acc to the news I've dug, there are also other reasons for that.'

  After seeing the three priests around her getting killed, while also killing five more blessed on Lacius's side with her lightning bolt. Most of the mana isukiko's body has bee and she got hit by a sneak attached by Lacius.

  From her blind spot, ah spike pierced through Tsukiko's abdomen.

  Looking down at her bleeding waist, Tsukiko knew she couldn't be saved and bitterly smiled. "I must agree with Yuma. My taste in men is indeed cursed."

  She g Lacius who stood behind the prote of several blessed ao the ground after using the st bit of her mana to destroy the earth spike pierg her. "Goodbye, my 31st crush."

  When the blessed around Lacius saw Tsukiko had fallen, they finally rexed.

  But suddenly, three lightning bolts shot from Tsukiko's 'corpse' toward the location where Lacius's group gathered.

  One of the lightning bolt failed to hit anyone. While the other two successfully hit two blessed and charred them.

  "Pity." Tsukiko's 'corpse' opes eyes and muttered when she saw the lightning bolt only killed two random blessed, while Lacius still remained unharmed.

  While staring at Lacius, her eyes slowly turned cloudy and lost their luster.

  When Lacius is sure Tsukiko has pletely died, he regrouped with the people sing the temple and soon finds Hars among those groups.

  Lacius told Hars who has also turned old and has a slightly hunched back. "Collect the corpse and bring them into the pace."

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