Fatima still maintained her smile while she spoke with a wavering voice.
"I knew. I was sealed here, along with the Void Beast. So, with the disappearance of the Void Beast, the core of the space would collapse bringing down everything related to it."
She then looked up at the cracking sky, "And that includes ."
"Is there any way-"
Before I could finish my line, Fatima placed her fingers on top of my lips.
"I already lived for way too long... And in my last monts, I even earned unforgettable mories."
She winked playfully, referring to what happened last night.
The space started shaking violently, making it hard to keep on standing. Fatima quickly used so telekinetic skill and pulled Ember and Fang from the rubble and placed them beside .
"Ember, Fang, don't forget what we talked about earlier."
When she said this, the two nodded their heads with serious expressions. Upon seeing their resolute response, she just nodded her head in approval.
"Will, you can keep my gun. Try to repair it, if you can. That's the only thing I can give you as my Successor. Regarding the last hidden form, I guess I'll leave that as an assignnt to you."
The space's vibration was getting worse. However, before that, Fatima's face was already full of cracks. I bit my lips as I keep my gaze on her eyes, not wanting to break eye contact for even an instant.
Fatima, as if noticing sothing from my gaze, just smiled wryly.
"I'm sure you would find other won more worthy of your love than I was. I don't want to be the chains holding you down, so please forget about . That's my last request to you."
As Fatima was about to reach her right hand and pat my head, her hand broke into thousands of pieces and vanished in the air. I gasped at the scene, but she was still smiling.
"I guess ti's up. Go, now. I don't want others to see how I fade to nothingness."
With a smile, she waved her remaining hand. With that, blinding light covered the three of us as we were quickly ejected from that space. However, at the very last mont, I saw tears appearing, sparkling, in the corner of Fatima's eyes.
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By the ti we returned to our senses, we were standing in the middle of an empty open space. With just a glance, I could tell that we returned to the center of the Dark Forest.
However, neither the dungeon's gate nor the large congregation of purple-black energy was present anywhere around.
"... Fatima..."
I muttered her na, wishing that she would just appear behind once more and respond. However, such a thing didn't happen.
"Master..."
"Leader..."
Ember and Fang looked in my direction worriedly. They each hugged one of my arms as they comforted . The warmth of their bodies slowly lted the lancholy in my heart.
Fatima was the first human woman I loved, I admit that. Even though we spent no more than two weeks together, I can proudly say that I loved here as much as I do Ember and Fang.
I stared at the rifle in my hands. This gun was the last weapon that the Legendary Bounty Hunter Fatima Olgor used. Her final keepsake, and also the only reminder to prove that a brave and powerful woman nad Fatima existed once upon a ti.
Now that I have it in my hands, as her "successor" it is my duty to repair it. She even gave the assignnt to figure out the hidden mode. I would be busy for days to co.
So... Just for this short while... Let shed a few tears...I think you should take a look at
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Inside the sealed space, Fatima was keeping her smile as she saw Will and the others escape successfully. However, at the final mont, her facade broke.
A drop of tears fell from her eyes. She realized that Will saw it, making it the last regret she ever had.
"I wanted for my smile to be the last mory he had of ..."
She sighed as she let all the tension in her body go. As soon as she did, her legs snapped and vanished like glittering powder through the air.
"Ahhh... So this is my end..."
She had no regrets in her life anymore. With the Void Beast gone, she could proudly greet her fallen comrades in heaven. She could tell them that "I beat the Void Beast" and brag about it to them. She could even brag against her only best friend, soul sister, and rival that she lost her virginity before dying.
"... Helen would surely grit her teeth in chagrin if I talked about it..."
Fatima let out a long sigh. The smile on her face slowly vanished, turning to an anguished expression. Sobs escape her gritted teeth as the cracks spread faster around her body.
"Ahhh... Will... I really..."
Her voice echoed within the empty space, not a single soul heard her last words.
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"Ancient families?"
Inside the inn, Ember and Fang finally spoke to regarding the thing that Fatima told them before.
"Yes. Apparently, you have the blood of one of the ancient families."
Ember said as she was still wrapped around my left arm.
"Although Fatima didn't pinpoint which one, it should be among the most powerful ones in the past."
"She gave us the last nas of the top five families during her ti. She said that we could start from there."
Fang added as she was snuggling my other arm.
Since the mont that I cried my eyes out back in the Dark Forest, the two didn't let go of my arm. Exhausted both ntally and physically, I decided to just lie down on the bed.
That was when the two started passing Fatima's ssage. Apparently, unless I uncover the secret of my bloodline, it would be impossible for to reach the God Tar level.
"Among the five families she ntioned, only three still exist today. They are the Seii, the Luo, and the Virigil families."
Fang enurated.
"... Luo?"
For so reason, this family na sounds extrely familiar.
"It's the family na of the one whom Wan Li and Wan Er serve."
After Ember's reminder, I recalled it completely.
"Ah! Ying Yue's family!"
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