Otherworldly Divine General (Part Two)

[Some say a person dies three times. The first is when they stop breathing and die biologically. The second is when they are buried, when people attend their funeral and remember their life; that is when they die in society. The third is when the last person who remembers them forgets them. Only then are they truly dead.]

Mo Bai watched Rover and Aemeath leap into Void Matter Lake one after the other, his heart heavy with emotion.

"They're both stubborn to a fault..."

As he spoke, he slowly walked forward.

"They were close before, after all. It's no surprise they'd risk their lives for each other."

Mo Hei appeared beside Mo Bai and walked with him.

"I thought you weren't coming out."

"You're marching off to your death. Of course I came out to talk to you."

"You're not going to stop me?"

"As if I could."

Mo Bai and Mo Hei chatted in easy tones, as though they were out for an afternoon stroll by the river.

"I remember you telling me to be careful, since our fates are tied together. If I die, you die."

At the lakeshore, Mo Bai turned to Mo Hei.

"That? I said it mostly to make you take better care of yourself." Mo Hei shrugged.

"But even if you really die, I'll keep following you in the afterlife."

"Huh. Like a guardian spirit hanging around some protagonists. That actually sounds pretty cool."

Despite the resolve in Mo Hei's voice, Mo Bai only teased him. He showed little emotion.

It was as if he cared neither for his own life nor for Mo Hei's.

At last, he stood at the edge of Void Matter Lake.

"Still, I never thought you'd jump into a place like this for a friend. Isn't that