At first glance, atop the towering steps stood a majestic gate. Beside it, the Gate of Reincarnation constructed by the God of Reincarnation was like a child's toy.
Generally, a door symbolized a new beginning, because pushing it open would lead to another landscape. Yet this gate conveyed a sense of the end of all things.
Exhausted and weak, Puer blinked again. When she looked once more, she found that the gate had vanished, replaced by a tomb that looked very familiar to her.
It was the ancestral cemetery within Allen Manor.
Puer's eyes widened, an incredulous gleam flowing through her amber feline eyes.
What had the Allen ancestral cemetery ever done to deserve such grandeur and solemnity?
Even though her surname was Allen, she felt it was unworthy.
"The end of everything, the world's final destination?"
Puer gradually understood. The Gate of Heaven had no specific appearance; it depended entirely on one's inner perceptions.
Her initial impression had come from Dikalost's description, while the descriptions of Heaven in the Abyss Church's history had their own cultural heritage.
In her eyes, however, life's true resting place was still that family cemetery.
Puer struggled to rise. She could sense her extreme weakness, as though she had returned to the debilitated state caused by her initial fusion with the Light Finger.
"Stupid Dog... Stupid Dog... Stupid Dog?"
Puer stretched out a fleshy paw and pressed it against the Golden Retriever's bald head, gently pushing and rubbing.
Kevin slowly opened his eyes and looked at Puer.
"Woof..."
"Meow..."
Puer smiled.
She turned to look back the way they had come. There was only darkness.
The smile on Puer's face gradually faded as well.
She had led an expedition team, and had been both experienced and excellent at it. She had also felt that