Darkness, endless darkness.
My body had lost its weight. Everything had disappeared, and I fell toward an even deeper darkness, endlessly.
Was this the end of death?
There was no joy, nor pain. All the joys and sorrows of life had already faded away.
Well, I lost. I lost to those two siblings.
As for disappointment or unwillingness to accept it, there really wasn't any.
I had fought with everything I had, giving it my all. There was nothing left for me to regret.
Since that was the case, so be it.
I would personally pass my torch, our torch, into his hands.
If it could bring everything to an end, that wouldn't be so bad.
If there was anything I regretted, it was probably that I had let those comrades down.
I had clearly carried their expectations and hopes with me, yet I hadn't fulfilled them. I hadn't made it to the end.
Well.
"Bai Guang, Tao Xi, Gui Sha, Zuo Mu, I'm coming to find you... Ow?!"
While I was lost in my thoughts, the boundless world suddenly became warm and gentle.
By the time I realized what was happening, I had already crashed onto a patch of grass.
The warm sun, the azure sky, and the gentle breeze were all so soothing.
"Huh?"
"Is this hell? Why does it feel so different from what I imagined?"
Amid these thoughts, I was interrupted by a flat, emotionless voice.
"This isn't hell."
???
I turned my head and saw a woman in a white sundress with long silver hair. She had no expression at all.
"Ji... Ji Ran?!!"
"You died too?"
"Uh, looks like I'm pretty amazing after all. Does this count as successfully killing a god?"
The girl stared at me without expression. There wasn't the slightest ripple