A few hours later:
POV Vesuvius:
The dragon submerged within the infernal hell of the solar corona moved his long neck in agreement.
The reaper-turned-small-boy widely grinned, revealing their tightly packed needle-like teeth as they raised their hands and politely bowed. The pale-bluish flames burst and devoured the small childish body as they vanished.
The dragon quietly looked at a single book lying on the floor of his lair. Ominous black shadows seeped out of it, spreading throughout the stone and metal of the floating island.
'Was it truly worth what I got out of this deal?'
The book wasn't free. It had the price tag of millions of lives on it. The cost was so terrifying that it would inspire horror and legends for millenniums.
Ding!
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Name: The Book of Souls 2: The Death (copy)
Category: Divine Reaper Artifact
Grade: Legendary
Item level: 200