Lilith fell silent. Though she had not enjoyed herself enough yet, she stopped. If she pushed Horace too far and he abandoned fair play to seal her away outright, that would be no fun.
The goddess who craved wounds did not want to be left watching without being able to participate-how would that be any different from being the wronged party?
Hiss... come to think of it, that feeling seemed rather nice too. Did wounds of the heart count as wounds?
Still, the new child's ability to create wounds and bloodshed far surpassed the previous one's. Perhaps she could look forward to it-perhaps he really could create wounds that would never heal.
The dark red "barrier" dissipated, and the time stop reluctantly ended as well.
Only the goddess in the Spirit World continued to sustain the player's life. Gray-white light flowed across the player's skin, granting her king an undefeated life.
As his health dropped further, Horace played even dirtier. He raised his sword, and golden light poured from its blade, locking the Ash of War button outright.
A notification appeared on the screen: [Horace's Great Runes received: Ashes of War disabled].
The player could only grind away with basic attacks. Now came the test of fundamentals-rolling and basic attacks. There was nothing else left to use.
Through this painstaking effort, every basic attack shaved off a negligible sliver, while every mistimed roll cost over half a health bar. Every bit of progress the player made was paid for with life.
After fighting like this for who knew how long, the player lost five whole levels before finally witnessing the moment the health bar hit zero, finally seeing the god fall!
Under the player's eager gaze, a notification slowly appeared on the screen:
``` Obtained [Remembrance of the God of