A small light and shadow flew out from Boss Luo's shoulder again. It did not go far, merely circling around him as if making a request.
The white-robed Alaya stared expressionlessly at the tiny light and shadow... This was a soul that did not belong to the subworld originally under her jurisdiction. Yet because of the Chessboard World's invasion, it had gained the opportunity to undergo a special transformation here.
In fact, the white-robed Alaya did not welcome this foreign spirit, because it would cause disorder in the subworld.
"Have you made up your mind?" Boss Luo suddenly asked in a low voice.
The light and shadow stopped... It hovered before Boss Luo, and gradually, the radiance surrounding it softened. Its appearance could faintly be made out.
It was a tiny sprite.
It looked like a very, very small girl, and could be described as adorable.
"I understand." Boss Luo nodded, then calmly continued, "But to pull someone out of the abyss, you have to make him strip away all his disguises and face the deepest things... Is that really all right? Perhaps those aren't things he wants to face himself. Doing it again may be even more painful."
The tiny sprite flickered.
Boss Luo slowly let out a breath. He reached out and gathered the tiny sprite into his palm, then looked toward the group in the ruins below.
Interestingly, everyone below belonged to the people from the original Vali Castle.
Doctor Gels, Mr. Snef, Tina... and Vali himself. Apart from them, there were no outsiders—or rather, apart from these outsiders, there were no people who originally belonged to this world.
"Since all of this began with the chessboard game..." Boss Luo's voice slowly rang out. "Then let it end with the chessboard game as well."
He snapped his