"Ah..."
A Legend Tier Beast Tamer's will was incomparably resilient. Even though the Empress of Lion Country had only just recovered from severe injuries, her reserves of mental strength remained.
For her to be unable to hold back such a sound even under these circumstances was proof enough of the pain she was enduring.
What she found even harder to accept was an icy voice sounding from the deepest reaches of her soul. A cold consciousness was entering her perception, fighting her for sovereignty over her own consciousness.
What was happening?
Yet the boundless pain left her no time to think further. As that power, consciousness, and law entered her, her body withered, as though the flesh and meridians beneath her skin had been utterly drained by that chilling power.
"Charles, what is going on?"
She struggled, desperately trying to control her body and maintain her own form, but the changes in her body and the replacement of her consciousness were impossible for her to accept.
Charles calmly watched Elizabeth writhe like a zombie and said evenly,
"The transformation of Lichification. This is a necessary process to become a subject of His Divinity the Death God. Haven't you already accepted it?"
"But... my consciousness! My wisdom cannot be changed..."
For any living creature, the importance of preserving the concept of "I am still myself" was unimaginable.
Only if they remained themselves could any other power, or so-called lifespan, be acceptable.
Otherwise, if even the self was directly altered, immense power and boundless lifespan themselves held no meaning.
Clearly, that was precisely the case for the Empress of Lion Country at this moment.
"No one is changing your consciousness, Elizabeth. You are still you. It is just that the Death God needs to be certain of your loyalty. Only then can