Chapter 200: Two Stars to Seven Stars (8) (2/2)
Thus, even if Chi-Woo ed to release Evelyn froe the fact that Evelyn was going to die Divine providence that had been distorted would always return to its original state; Onorables Evelyn was already dead Thus, even if Chi-Woo soed to free Evelyn, she would still die The only way to hold onto Evelyn and prevent her i was to revive Zepar That was out of the question, of course, but Chi-Woo couldn’t stay still like this either While conteaze diently called Stea “No…not this…not this either…” Chi-Woo rurabbed a water bottle
The wishi+ng well, the divine water The holy water contained a God’s divine power and granted people’s wishes ‘Yeah, maybe this could work’
But Evelyn said, “Don’t do it…”
“Ms Evelyn, open your mouth Quickly!”
“It won’t work anyway…it’s such a waste…”
Chi-Woo ignored her and opened the cap immediately Then he opened Evelyn’s mouth and poured the holy water in He made her drink a whole bottle and sprayed the rest of the holy water on her body
“Why…?” Evelyn asked with half-lidded eyes In order to resurrect someone, the body, soul, and neok needed to be properly intact Even if these conditions werea resurrection ritual was a serious ordeal A tremendous divinity was required—thousands of priests would have to pray at the same time under the saintess’ lead
Moreover, even with enough divinity accuuaranteed that the ritual would turn out successful In fact, success stories only appeared in ancient ends In actual written history, very few resurrection rituals had been performed at all, and all of them were recorded as failures without exception But above all, the ah to even warrant the discussion of whether Chi-Woo’s attempt would succeed Nevertheless, Chi-Woo used up all his precious holy water without care
“We’re not even that close…” Evelyn spoke in a faint voice “I’ve only seen your face a few tih their relationshi+p was friendly, it was born out of necessity and co less She wasn’t his blood-related brother or even Ru Amuh And most of all, there was no way to save her
Despite all that, despite the lack of reason for hi in his power to save her
“Yes, you’re right” While shaking off the rest of the holy water, he said, “But you asked e of closing, widened for a moment “Just…for that reason…?”
A reason Yeah, a reason Chi-Woo had done everything he could do Since he’d done this o However, he felt an extree to save her that he couldn’t explain; he had no idea why he thought hehe could to save Evelyn
“…I don’t know” Chi-Woo didn’t knohy he felt this way, but he didn’t force these e that it was best to do whatever his heart told him to do “…I honestly don’t know too well…but I don’t think I should send you off like this” By following his heart, he knew that he would at least feel less regret and other lingering eaze landed on Chi-Woo’s face and stayed “Perhaps…” Judging by how herto se of playfulness, but bri with happiness “Do you…like me…?”
Chi-Woo smiled wryly at her coyness “No”
Evelyn looked a little shocked at his firh I’m so pretty…” Then her voice soon softened to a murmur, and she completely closed her eyes
Chi-Woo held Evelyn’s hand and leaned down, pulling it to his forehead Then he prayed, of you May you allow a new life for this poor woman who could not enjoy what she deserved I sincerely hope and ith all my heart and soul’ Chi-Woo prayed more sincerely and fervently than ever Tihter and Evelyn’s voice had faded
Chi-Woo cracked his eyes open “…” Then he felt the strength in his hands draining There was no change Neither Evelyn nor the holy water showed any reaction When he unconsciously released his grip on Evelyn’s hand, it fell to her side
…He had known all along that resurrecting the dead went against the providence of the universe In order to coordinate a resurrection, even the God who received such an exorbitant amount of divinity had to be prepared to suffer a serious loss and use a great deal of their power Therefore, Chi-Woo knew that the holy water would be nowhere enough But still, still…!
Chi-Woo clenched his fists, his head drooped He had co sense of helplessness doht
ed when he looked up Evelyn still wasn’t , and she was still sprinkled with holy water ‘What could it be?’
“Pyu!” Then Steaaze followed theout of his pocket Chi-Woo hurriedly searched through it and found a seed ‘This is…?’ It was a present from Evelyn
[It’s the seed of a spirit]
[Try growing it If you’re lucky, youyou really need]
[It’s up to you when, where, and how you plant this seed But you ive it parts of your body as its nutrients]
[Any part is fine, such as your hair or fingernails I personally recoive it one or two drops whenever you reot from Evelyn Chi-Woo had worked hard to sprout this seed at first As Evelyn told hi it his blood and cut his hair, nails, and toenails to somehow nourish the seed, but it remained unresponsive Moreover, even after it absorbed all the divinity that flowed out when he defeated the God, it didn’t show any signs of gerht surged all of a sudden
“Ah!” Chi-Woo lost his grip on it; no—it escaped by itself The seed fell in a gentle curve and stopped a little short of touching Evelyn It circled around her a few ti to the left side of her chest, in front of her heart What happened next was even ed shape, turning from a spiral into a pointed awl at the tip, while the other end transformed into a sword’s handle In the end, a beautiful and intricate rapier-like dagger that even the most skilled blackshtly to get itself upright, as if it was ai for Evelyn’s heart
“!” Without a h her chest Chi-Woo, who had been watching in fascination, flinched He reached out without thinking and tried to pull it out, but—
Hwaaaaaaaaah! A powerful divinity burst out and pushed Chi-Woo’s hand away Chi-Woo staggered back and fell on his butt, staring at the altar in a daze The shi+ning dagger was quickly disappearing into Evelyn’s heart as if it was getting sucked in; it was like a seed absorbing nutrients and taking root deeply into the soil to sprout new life The moment the seed finally disappeared completely and absorbed every drop of the holy water on Evelyn—
! Evelyn’s body floated fro! Wiing! Wiing! Wiing! Wiing! Wiing! Wiing!</eible air currents eed one after another like wind, so intense that they not only filled this cavity, but spread in all directions
“What…What the…!” Zepar, whoht had finally disappeared, called out “The tether has been severed…?” The restraint he had put on Evelyn was cut in one shot, and now, there wasn’t even a trace of it left—as if the ‘cause’ of that restraint hadn’t been there in the first place Of course, this still didn’t change the fact that Evelyn was dead
Zepar shouted, “It doesn’t orously, but there was an undercurrent of nervousness Zepar focused his re consciousness to assess the situation Evelyn was rising into the air She was curled up like a fetus in herThen she stretched out her ar tall in the air with her head tipped backward to the fullest
Chi-Woo and Zepar looked up at the ceiling and couldn’t move their eyes away froible currents, her long hair fluttering in the air Their reverence ht was Eventually, Evelyn slowly straightened her neck And a little later…
“Gasp…!” Zepar could not believe his eyes
1 Chinese zombie ☜