With the Scythe of Death in hand, Fu Zhu took a step forward and slashed out, killing the entire group of assassins, including Caenis, in a single blow.
Caenis's corpse fell heavily to the ground, her face frozen in the sa terror she had worn when questioning Fu Zhu just monts before.
Fu Zhu looked at Caenis, now completely devoid of life, and couldn't help but click his tongue. "It's a sha. You died too quickly."
Unfortunately, the panel damage of the Scythe of Death, combined with his own stats, far exceeded the limits of what Caenis could withstand. There was no chance for her to experience the slow, agonizing death of the [Wither] effect.
After dealing with the assassins who had suddenly appeared to steal the scene, Fu Zhu handed the scythe back to Castorice.
Aglaea had also walked over by now. Her gaze lingered briefly on Caenis's body before a smile returned to her face as she looked toward Fu Zhu.
Although she could no longer see, through her golden threads, she could still sense that the young man before her was as dashing as ever, as if ti had left no trace on him.
"Even though these people like Caenis were an eyesore, I must still say it: welco back, Fu Zhu."
Fu Zhu's gaze t Aglaea's, and when he saw her eyes, which had lost their brilliant light, he couldn't help but freeze.
When he had first t Aglaea, she was a young woman full of passion for everything. But now, Fu Zhu couldn't detect the slightest hint of emotional fluctuation in her erald-like eyes.
Even the smile she showed him felt like a clumsy imitation of her past self.
"Aglaea, you..."
Aglaea smiled gently and shook her head, guessing what Fu Zhu wanted to say.
---o---
"This is just a small price I paid for inheriting the Divine Authority. Compared to the power to protect Okhema, this price is insignificant."
"You've worked hard all these years. But don't worry, you can leave the rest to us."
"That's a given. I've been thinking about slacking off once in a while, too."
The smile at the corners of Aglaea's lips suddenly beca more vivid. She gave a playful wink in the group's direction. Even though she couldn't see, the smile she revealed at that mont made everyone feel as if the humanity she had lost had, for a mont, returned to her.
With her words, the once heavy atmosphere instantly lightened. Fu Zhu took the opportunity to introduce March 7th and the others to Aglaea.
"This is my girlfriend, March 7th, and also Evernight. And this is my Stand, m."
"m! (I am not a Stand!)" m protested in a small voice.
Although no one else could understand its words, they could guess from its expression that it was complaining about Fu Zhu calling it a Stand.
The group couldn't help but laugh.
Aglaea proactively extended her hand to shake with March 7th and Evernight.
"Welco to Okhema. I am Aglaea, the acting leader of Okhema."
"Hello!"
March 7th shook Aglaea's hand with great enthusiasm. Though she didn't know what had happened between Fu Zhu and Aglaea before, just from their brief exchange, she was already deeply impressed by the woman before her.
---o---
After the short exchange, Aglaea planned to move the group to a proper eting room. After all, a blood-stained bathhouse was no place to entertain friends.
Before leaving, Fu Zhu glanced at Caenis's body lying on the ground. There were no signs of resurrection, and blood was still seeping from her wounds.
It seed Caenis's "resurrection" wasn't the type where the main body revives.
This was a great disappointnt to Fu Zhu. If Caenis could regenerate like the Mydei specin he had encountered before, he could have used her to build so technical Minecraft setups.
After all, the entirety of Amphoreus was now regarded as a world similar to Minecraft. The people here should be no different from villagers.
And there was so much you could do with villagers.
Aglaea led the group to a nearby eting room and had a maid serve hot tea and various pastries.
After taking a sip of tea, Fu Zhu asked Aglaea about the others.
"Where is everyone else? Why aren't any of the other Chrysos Heirs here?"
Aglaea's answer was succinct.
"Hysilens returned to the Kingdom of Phagousa to search for you, but I've already sent a ssage for her to co back. Nikador... Cerydra went to Aidonia to find you and has not been heard from since. The rest of them, along with your two companions, have gone to Castrum Kremnos to retrieve the [Strife] Corefla."
Fu Zhu nodded in understanding. He had already heard this from Cipher back at the village. He was only asking again now to confirm that nothing had changed.
"In that case, I'll head to Castrum Kremnos and et up with everyone."
Fu Zhu drained the rest of his tea in one gulp and stood up, ready to depart.
Aglaea and Tribbie looked at Fu Zhu, both sowhat surprised. The forr couldn't help but ask, "In such a hurry? You all just arrived. You can rest for a while. With them over there, retrieving the Corefla shouldn't be a problem."
But Fu Zhu just smiled and shook his head at Aglaea and Tribbie.
"I've already made you wait for a thousand years. I can't make you wait any longer. Even if it's only a second faster, it ans you can fulfill your wish a second sooner, right?"
Hearing Fu Zhu's words, Aglaea and Tribbie both broke into smiles.
He really was the sa as before, unchanged. He still gave people such peace of mind.
March 7th also hastily picked up her teacup, finished her tea, and stood up with Fu Zhu.
"I'm going too! I haven't seen Stelle and Dan Heng in ages. Without , their think tank, those two are bound to ss things up!"
Evernight had nothing to say. Wherever March went, she went.
m flew over and landed on Fu Zhu's shoulder. Though it said nothing, its intention was clear.
Seeing that Fu Zhu's group was determined to leave, Aglaea didn't try to persuade them further. She simply stood up, crossed her hands before her, and smiled as she saw them off.
---o---
"In that case, we shall prepare a victory banquet here in Okhema and await your triumphant return."
Fu Zhu was very pleased with Aglaea's proposal. He snapped his fingers and added a suggestion.
"A fine proposal. In that case, rember to tell Hysilens to prepare so of the Kingdom of Phagousa's ad. I had so back then, and it was strangely delicious."
"Alright. I will have Hysilens bring so back."
"Mhm. Then we'll be on our way."
Fu Zhu drew his Yamato, slicing open a spatial passage, and stepped through with March 7th and Evernight.
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