281 The Dead Are Here (2/2)
Ryuunosuke squeezed out the little power he had left in him and stood up His body was thin, all skin and bones He wobbled around the rooe family a kiss on the forehead and a kiss on the forehead The only ones he left were Hayato and Ed, whom he considered as his own son
”Everyone, if you would be so kind, please leave us,” he asked gently Inside of his room, only the ones he didn't bid farewell to have reer, ern, those two didn't die killing each other, they died in order to…”
”We know, great-grandfather, or rather Ed knows,” Hayato said with a war to the Tower of Origin in order to find some answers,” Ed followed
”I see,” Ryuunosuke's face lit up with a smile of relief ”Then, I have worried for no reason You know I'e Oh, what a relief”
Ed and Hayato could do nothing except let the old man find relief at his very last moments
”I'm sorry my dear boys, I won't be around to help you this time You'll need to face it all on your own I can only pray for you from the other side I'll pray that you won't join me anytime soon”
Ryuunosuke went back to his futon and sat down cross-legged His eyes suddenly turned hazy as his whole body relaxed at once Ed and Hayato stayed by his side until his whole body shook and he stood up
”I can see theern; he's coive iven this fool before er hold his tears, as he realized that his great-grandfather was talking to his dead friends
”A surprise? What surprise could you be hiding for a dying man?” he asked those only he could see ”Ooooh, Lina, is it really you?”
Ed and Hayato felt their hearts turn to mush as they listened to him Lina was the name of Ryuunosuke's late wife, whom he lost over two centuries prior
”I've o They know the young ones know They're the ones who hold the fate to our world now,” Ryuunosuke said as he extended his hand to hold soe smile was plastered on his face
That day Ryuunosuke Nakadom, the Hero of the Great War, and the protector of the real on his feet The dead had coly That day, the last Transcendent cultivator, and creature in the world passed away, leaving behind a rich legacy, and the keys to the future
The next day, the whole worldskies above it
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