Garion stared at the glowing book for a long ti, his face twisting. "What the hell?"
Atlas floated silently beside him.
Garion pointed at the page. "Why the hell do I need to die for this?"
Atlas crossed his arms.
[Didn’t the book already explain it? One’s body is the best material.]
Garion’s eyebrow twitched.
[If it becos the foundation material, then the relic will match your body, mana, soul, and power perfectly.]
Garion nodded sharply. "I know that part."
Then he slapped the book with one hand. "But why the hell do I need to die first?"
Atlas shrugged.
[I don’t know. I’m not the one who made this thod.]
Garion glared at him.
But before Garion could speak, Atlas suddenly froze, narrowing his eyes.
Garion noticed the change. "What?"
Atlas frowned.
[Wait a minute.]
Garion’s expression beca serious. "What happened?"
Atlas slowly turned his head toward the empty space above them.
[There’s a ssage from above.]
Garion blinked. "From above?"
Atlas nodded.
[Yeah.]
Garion narrowed his eyes. "You an... the Creator?"
Atlas’s expression beca more solemn.
[Most likely.]
Then, suddenly, a golden screen slowly appeared in front of Garion.
[Mission: Kill Yourself]
[Reward: Divine Pod]
Garion stared at the screen.
Atlas stared at the screen.
Silence filled the library.
After a long mont, Garion’s mouth twitched violently. "What the hell is this mission?"
Atlas slowly shook his head.
[I don’t know.]
Garion pointed at the screen. "It just says kill myself! No explanation? No warning? No guide? No emotional support?"
Atlas glanced at him.
[At least there’s a reward.]
Garion glared at him.
Atlas quickly looked away.
Garion stared at the reward line again.
[Divine Pod]
He did not know what it was, but if the Creator directly gave it as a reward, then it could not be simple.
Garion frowned.
After a while, he raised his hand and contacted Rachel.
A mont later, soft pink-gold light appeared, and Rachel entered the library.
She looked at Garion, then at Atlas, then at the golden mission screen.
Her gentle expression imdiately changed. "Garion."
Garion scratched his head. "Yeah... so I found sothing."
Rachel walked closer and read the mission.
Her face beca colder than usual. "No."
Garion coughed. "I haven’t said anything yet."
Rachel looked at him. "You don’t need to. The answer is no."
Garion sighed. "Rachel, listen."
"No."
"The reward is from the Creator."
"No."
"I don’t know what a Divine Pod is, but it should be sothing amazing."
Rachel’s eyes trembled slightly, but her voice remained firm. "Garion, this is not training. This is death."
Garion looked at her quietly, then smiled. "Rachel."
She froze.
Garion’s voice beca calm. "The Creator wouldn’t give this mission if there was no way forward."
Rachel clenched her hands.
Garion continued, "And if this is connected to Sacred Relic, Star Realm, and godhood, then it might be sothing we need."
Rachel stared at him for a long ti.
Finally, she stepped forward and hugged him tightly. "Then co back."
Garion hugged her back. "Of course."
Rachel’s voice beca soft but sharp. "Do your best."
Garion grinned. "Always."
Then he stepped back.
Atlas watched silently.
Garion raised his hand and placed it over his own chest.
For a second, his eyes beca strangely calm. "Alright."
His fingers pierced through his chest.
PCHHHT!
Rachel’s eyes widened, but she did not move.
Garion’s hand closed around his own heart.
Then...
CRACK!
He crushed it.
His body stiffened.
The divine energy inside him erupted once, then collapsed inward.
Garion looked at Rachel one last ti.
His lips moved slightly. "See you soon."
Then his body fell.
Garion died.
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Rachel stood frozen for only a mont.
Then she moved.
She rushed toward Garion’s fallen body and caught him before his head hit the library floor. "Garion..."
Her voice was calm, but her hands were trembling.
His body was cold.
The hole in his chest was slowly closing because of the divine energy still lingering inside him, but there was no heartbeat.
Rachel’s pink-gold aura imdiately covered him, trying to heal him, trying to pull him back, trying to force life into his body again.
But nothing happened.
Garion’s body accepted the healing power, but it did not wake up.
Rachel’s expression beca colder and colder. "Atlas."
Atlas floated beside her, staring at Garion’s body with a rare serious expression.
[I know.]
Rachel looked up at him. "Do sothing."
Atlas opened his mouth, but before he could speak, his entire body suddenly froze.
His silver eyes widened.
A golden light descended from above the library.
Countless symbols poured into Atlas’s mind like a river.
[Blueprint received.]
[Material package received.]
[Divine Pod construction authority received.]
[Success condition confird.]
Atlas blinked.
Rachel imdiately noticed his reaction. "What is it?"
Atlas raised one hand. His expression was strange.
[I just received sothing.]
Rachel’s eyes sharpened. "From the Creator?"
[Probably.]
Atlas stared at the new information inside his mind.
There was a blueprint.
There were materials.
There was even a completed Divine Pod stored inside a sealed space.
But the strange thing was... he could not see the explanation.
Only one simple command remained.
[Place the divine corpse inside the Divine Pod.]
Atlas’s mouth twitched.
[That bastard really likes being vague.]
Rachel frowned. "What are you talking about?"
Atlas waved his hand.
The space in front of them split open.
A massive object slowly descended into the library.
It looked like a smooth white-gold capsule, covered in glowing divine patterns. Transparent crystal curved across the top like a sleeping chamber, and faint golden mist flowed inside it.
Rachel stared at it. "What is that?"
Atlas looked at the pod silently.
[The reward.]
Rachel’s hands tightened around Garion’s body. "The Divine Pod?"
Atlas nodded.
[Yeah.]
Rachel looked at him. "What does it do?"
Atlas was silent for a mont.
Then he sighed.
[I don’t know.]
Rachel’s expression beca dangerous. "You don’t know?"
Atlas raised both hands quickly.
[The Creator gave the blueprint and the pod, but the function is blocked. I can’t see the details.]
Rachel’s gaze beca colder.
Atlas imdiately pointed at the glowing symbols on the pod.
[But I did receive one instruction.]
Rachel’s voice was low. "What instruction?"
Atlas looked at Garion’s lifeless body.
[Put him inside.]
Silence filled the library.
Rachel looked down at Garion.
His face was calm, almost like he was sleeping.
For a mont, her eyes trembled again.
Then she took a slow breath. "Fine."
She stood up while holding Garion carefully.
Atlas opened the Divine Pod.
HISSSS...
Golden mist spilled out.
Rachel walked forward and gently placed Garion’s body inside the pod.
His body sank into the divine mist, and the white-gold patterns imdiately lit up.
Rachel stepped back, but her eyes never left him.
The pod closed slowly.
THUM.
A deep sound echoed through the library.
Then the golden screen appeared again.
[Divine Pod activated.]
Rachel clenched her fists.
Atlas stared at the screen.
Neither of them spoke.
Inside the pod, Garion’s body remained still.
But the divine mist around him began to move.
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