"What the hell?"
Yan Huan frowned.
"Wasn't Polyxena the one who brought [Death]?"
From what they knew so far, Polyxena was very likely Polysia—the Death Titan of this age.
"Oh, so you don't know."
The alchemist smiled faintly.
"It's true that the missing girl can kill people. But Polyxena, who brought her into this world... makes people [unable to die]."
"What?" Yan Huan thought of the souls in this ruined city, and a possibility occurred to him.
The souls trapped here needed Castorice to move them along before they could be freed.
In other words, Kenis's so-called [immortality] had already come to pass.
For some reason, Senatos, Polysia, the Death Titan, Polyxena—whatever her name was—could not fulfill the Divine Position of [Death].
So when people died, they could not disappear completely. They could only linger in the Underworld.
On the Luofu, they would call that being stuck at death's door, unable to reincarnate.
"So that's it." Castorice's eyes dimmed.
"Polyxena and I may be two sides of life and death..."
"The dead should drift down the Underworld River until they reach the end of the west wind."
"But that river of souls... was blocked when Polyxena fell."
"Exactly!" The alchemist was impressed by how quickly they understood.
"That's why I must bring her back into the world and let her spread her wings."
"I've already laid out an alchemical array in the tower. Unfortunately... I'm missing the most crucial ingredient."
He planted his hands on his hips and declared proudly,
"The final sacrifice is the girl who lives alongside death!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a dark purple Remembrance orb burst into existence.
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"Why did he drop loot when nobody died?" Yan Huan stepped forward and examined the orb.
"I produced that with alchemy," the alchemist said gravely.