Inside the moving royal carriage.
Great Elder Rosa was now returning back to her ho after the unexpected talk with Rex.
She looked out of the window, thoughts swirling inside her head.
'Participating in the Naless Dragon Arena tournant and also aiming to kill special Voidal Monsters to utilize his Imbalanced Spiritual Vein and beco stronger,' She thought inside, repeating what Rex wanted multiple tis inside her mind. 'Whatever his business for coming here, he needed to have both status and power…'
Despite sowhat believing Rex, she still needed to crack what he really wanted.
Only then could she feel more relaxed about the situation.
But those two desires were still pointing in multiple directions, she couldn't determine what he wanted.
A lot of things needed status and power, so it was hard to pinpoint his goal by coming to this realm.
"And also, Priestess Viora…" Recalling how Viora was extrely respectful, submissive even, Great Elder Rosa couldn't help but frown. Rex's desires can't point her in one good direction to suspect, but Priestess Viora's reaction might be able to, 'Forgive but I must look into you,'
Just like that, Great Elder Rosa fird her mind as the carriage zood past the fortress' gate.
anwhile, inside the castle.
Even though there were mishaps along the conversation, Rex was able to convince Great Elder Rosa to help him. He was now ahead of schedule. Heeding Istvan's words, he would near the Eternal Spirit rank first before he participated in the Naless Dragon Arena tournant.
He also asked Rosa and Viora earlier, and both of them agreed.
Only soone at or near the Eternal Spirit rank would be able to complete the tournant.
Currently, Rex was sitting in the guest chamber while facing the flickering blue astral fire ahead.
Amanir, Linthia, and Kraken already excused themselves to their temporary rooms.
It was unclear whether they were truly occupied with their own tasks or if they had sensed Rex's desire to be left alone for the night. Their excuses were strikingly similar, and they all withdrew at the sa ti as if an unspoken agreent guided them.
However, Viora stayed behind.
She was in the chamber with him, guilty as well as apologetic—for what Rosa did to him.
Despite not taking it into heart and also it not being her fault, she insisted on apologizing.
Rex couldn't decline her because of how sincere she was so he didn't chase her out.
Now, she already fell asleep.
He was now alone with his mind—the room was silent with only the sound of flickering fire.
He stared into the void with absent, hollow eyes.
One might think that he was contemplating sothing deeply—but in truth, his mind was blank, he was not thinking about anything right now. Not that he didn't want to think or even make his mind up on whether he should save his Nightfall Stars or ascend another of his Soul Artifacts to the Immortal Spirit rank, but because the pain inside him was overwhelming.
For the first ti in such a long ti, he needed to focus on the pain to hold it in.
An hour passed with Rex doing nothing but stare into the fire.
It was only then did he moved.
"Hmkhh…" Rex groaned slightly as he fixed his sitting position.
But in the next second, he covered his mouth and coughed lightly.
Pulling his hand away, he saw blood saring his hand—a sign that his body was failing.
"Any pain should stimulate my Werewolf bloodline, activating my regenerative ability but this pain…" Rex gazed into the blood on his hand, cursing the System lightly in his mind. "It bypassed my body's regenerative ability. It deteriorated my body gradually. System, is there no other way to lessen this pain? I can't hold it for long,"
"Sigh…" Rex shook his head and reclined his head on the sofa. "Anything but doing that,"
Just the fact that the pain was even too much for Rex shows that it was abnormal, he didn't want the others to feel this pain. His only option was to quickly finish what he needed to do here—and evolve his bloodline and beco an Origin.
Only then would this pain wane.
Swish…
Rex's eyes darted to his chest when he heard a light, sizzling sound.
He could feel a spreading warmth appearing out of nowhere inside of him.
It was akin to bathing in hot water, his senses were being massaged and soothed.
But what's more surprising was how this warmth was able to alleviate the pain inside of him gradually.
A few seconds ago, the pain was bad enough that he couldn't even focus on anything other than holding back the pain from surfacing. Now, this warmth was able to fight back the pain and lessened it greatly, helping Rex breathe for a mont.
Holding the pain for so long, even before he's in the Spirit Realm was taking a toll on him.
He was trying to act strong but having a high level of pain tolerance wasn't enough for this pain.
Just then, his eyes flickered when he saw a faint violet hue seeping out from his chest.
Almost instantly, he recognized this energy, "Evelyn…"
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