Chapter 257: Personification of Mortality
[Yes, fuck indeed.]
Jason chuckled at the system’s response while looking in the direction Queen Hesabeth had gone. The subordinates Jason sent to follow Hesabeth just reported that she went through a portal to another world, and Jason told them not to follow her. Jason didn’t have anything against the woman since she didn’t show senseless hostility towards him, but the system’s words made Jason certain that the both of them would be meeting again very soon. Jason just had to make sure that their next meeting was more friendly than this one. After all, it was good to have powerful allies.
’Especially when they are the favourite child of the Primordial Expanse.’
Jason decided that he had been distracted enough, and he threw his sword back into his Alternate Dimension, telling all his subordinates to spread out and look for any enemies in the area. The subordinates accepted the order and began scouting the region before Jason reached inside his Alternate Dimension and grabbed the [Banshee’s Tears]. There were a few other artefacts in Jason’s Alternate Dimension that the Phantoms had stolen from the BloodRaven guild during their earlier search, but Jason ignored all of them for now.
Jason could feel the heart of the Lich reacting the moment he brought out the [Banshee’s Tear], and it was almost like they were gravitating towards each other without Jason even doing anything. Jason gently brought them both closer, and the Banshee’s Tear suddenly jumped out from his fingers and slammed into the Lich’s Heart in his other hand! A bright light filled the clearing, and Jason put his free hand up to his eyes until the light finally died down a few seconds later. Jason looked down at the Lich’s heart, and he saw that the crystal had hollowed out on the inside, and it was now filled with a strange blue liquid that sloshed around like jelly.
Jason immediately activated [Appraisal] to see if the artefacts had combined properly.
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Elixir of Life
Rank: S
Durability: ∞
Description: A potion created by combining the Heart of an Immortal Lich with the A Rank Artefact [Banshee’s Tears]. The difficulty of creating this potion is low due to the high affinity between the ingredients used to make it. When in close proximity, the ingredients naturally gravitate towards each other, and the potion is created once they combine. The potion can be used to resurrect [1] mortal and prevent their soul from travelling to the River of the Afterlife. In order to ensure the potion is effective, the dead mortal must still possess their soul.
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Jason released a calm sigh as he read through the artefact description. He had actually done it! Jason didn’t know how he would feel about all of this when he finally managed to get what he needed, but now that he was only one step away from getting Gina back, he felt a strange sense of giddiness inside him. He felt like he was a fucking kid about to talk to the girl he loved for the first time! Jason chuckled as a smile began forming on his face, and he released another sigh to calm himself before he finally put his hand out and called on Gina’s body.
Gina’s body appeared from Jason’s Alternate Dimension and gently fell to the floor in front of him. Jason went down on his knees and wrapped a hand around Gina’s shoulder to hold her head up. Jason knew that Gina wouldn’t be able to swallow anything, so he drank the Elixir and held it in his mouth before he leaned forward and gently kissed Gina. Jason poured the Elixir down Gina’s throat until she had drunk all of it, and once he was done, he leaned back with a hopeful expression on his face while waiting for something to happen. A few seconds passed in silence as Jason just stared at Gina’s unmoving body, and Jason’s brow slowly began to furrow as he wondered why nothing was happening! Did he do something wrong!? Was there something he was supposed to do before giving her the Elixir!?
’System—!’
DOON!
Jason suddenly felt an intense pressure pressing down on him, and he looked up in shock to see that a strange fog had covered the region! Jason held Gina closer to his chest as he began to call on his Legion to prepare in case there was an attack, but Jason was shocked when he didn’t get any response! Jason immediately began to gather his mana to protect himself and Gina as he saw a figure appear through the fog! It was a hooded figure that stood more than ten feet tall! It floated in the air like a phantom, and it wore a long black hooded drape that covered its face with a dark shadow. The drape was tattered and torn and went all the way down to drag across the floor under it. In the creature’s right hand was a long black scythe, and Jason didn’t need to think at all before he knew exactly what this creature was.
’The Grim Reaper?’
The creature turned its gaze from Jason down to Gina, and Jason immediately held Gina closer as he spread his mana out in a protective wave! Jason didn’t fucking care if this was the grim reaper or the fucking devil himself! No one was taking Gina from him! He would tear this bastard to pieces before he laid a finger on Gina! Jason watched as the figure extended a long, bony finger towards him and spoke in a low, raspy voice.
"You have cheated me once again, Avaran child. But remember this: all souls eventually come into my River. And on the day that your mortal shell expires and your Soul becomes my possession, I shall make you suffer for your actions."
Jason’s eyes darkened as a cold chill came over his body, but Jason didn’t show even the slightest bit of fear! What the hooded figure just said told Jason that he wasn’t in any danger at that moment. The hooded figure said it was going to wait for Jason’s soul to come to him, and that meant that it couldn’t kill Jason by itself. Once that thought crossed his mind, Jason felt a strange sense of rebellion rising from his heart, and Jason didn’t even know when his mouth split into a wicked, twisted grin. Jason couldn’t see the figure’s eyes, but he had a feeling that it narrowed its gaze at him once it saw him smiling! Jason glared right back at the bastard while holding Gina close, and the hooded figure said nothing else as it slowly melted back into the fog and vanished from that plane of existence. Jason’s vision returned once more as the fog cleared out, and Jason took in a deep breath as he came back to reality! Jason’s body was still in the same position as before, and Jason realised that the Grim Reaper had only appeared inside his head.
’Is that why I couldn’t talk to the Legion? I was hallucinating? What the fuck was that?’
[That was the personification of mortality, known only as Death. It is a sacred figure worshipped across the Primordial Expanse, and it is hardly seen in the mortal plane. It appears the user’s actions have finally drawn its attention.]
Jason used his hand to squeeze the bridge of his nose as he felt a headache pounding behind his eyes! That thing was worshipped as a sacred figure? Doesn’t that mean it was some sort of god? Jason already had to deal with enough problems here in the mortal plane! He really didn’t want to have to deal with fucking gods as well!
’I couldn’t even move when I was in front of it! That thing is hundreds of times stronger than me!’