The instant the starlight vanished, the surroundings did not become pitch-black. Instead, a layer of ghastly pale light appeared across the ground.
In almost an instant, the wilderness turned into a broad river.
The river was not deep, reaching only to their ankles, but it was unnaturally cold.
Odys was very familiar with this chill. This was the great river that transported the dead from the Real World to the Underworld.
Previously, while conducting some research, he had coincidentally found a way to temporarily borrow this river.
It was impossible to tell which way the great river flowed. Even its surface was perfectly still, yet anyone within it would realize that it was moving.
It was flowing toward death every moment!
Immediately afterward, Odys saw several figures on the river. They were the parents of this body's owner, along with his other family members.
Odys watched all this indifferently. The key reason he had previously been able to use this great river relatively easily was that he had no real feelings for this body's family. Even after seeing them, he had barely experienced any emotional fluctuations.
Yet when facing death, people still felt an indescribable sense of helplessness. For a moment, this left Odys standing there blankly, unwilling to do anything and unable to do anything.
Bernadette, standing nearby, saw her mother and her younger brother, Ciel. Unlike Odys, she could not suppress the emotional fluctuations that arose within her.
Thus, Bernadette slowly sank down. Before long, everything below her knees had disappeared into the river.
At that moment, Odys came slightly back to his senses and tugged at Bernadette.
Bernadette seemed to awaken abruptly from a dream. She slowly raised her head and glanced into the air. A vine hung down from the void. She grabbed it and slowly