I had just stood there, as if I had lost my ability to speak in front of her. She definitely didn't possess an ordinary beauty. Her beauty was incomparable to that of humans.
"Giht, my name is Giht. Do you remember how you got here?"
The emotions in her voice were gradually fading. The girl's name was Giht. It was a foreign name I had never heard before.
"I'm sorry, I have no idea how I got here."
I spoke with a playful smile. In truth, I remembered that the system had sent me a notification.
"I see... Follow me."
Giht donned her armor once again. It shone with all its splendor. Her armor was not made of metal... It was like a special power forged from energy.
She began to walk with her graceful figure. I started to follow her steps and then continued walking...
"Welcome to the Spirit World... Isn't your form in this world quite different from your previous one?"
Her cold voice echoed in my ears. There was a strange sorrow in her tone. Perhaps regret… A regret she had carried for a long time.
She was right; my body in this world was different from Jian's body. I was much taller than normal. My teeth, face, and many parts of my body were quite different from humans.
As I silently followed her, she spoke again. When her voice reached my ears, I gave it my full attention.
"This form is the true state of your soul, or at least that's what we believe. Not every being you see and will see here gains consciousness. There are about a hundred individuals like you and me..."
Giht took a deep breath and continued.
"When we meet with them, you will understand the situation more easily..."
My true form? Her body was quite humanoid. The other being I had seen and I had beast-like bodies... Did I have such a body before Wang Jian?
"Am I here because I died?"
I had so many questions to ask. But I truly didn't know where to start. At that moment, I wanted to ask the most important question in my mind… For me, there was no difference between this world and Jian's world.
Yet I still wanted to shape that world… I wanted to bring Zhou and Long to the peak… I wanted more people to be grateful to me…
"Soon, we will reach the meeting point with the others. There are many things even we don't have answers for."
Her radiant figure had become strangely translucent. Was she struggling to maintain her spiritual form? The system's first warning seemed quite important for this world.
"We're here!!"
A being standing at the base of a strange rock called out to us. I couldn't see its face clearly, but the horns on its head and its red skin were distinctive features.
As I got closer, I noticed the number of humanoid beasts around us had increased. I could sense the presence of about thirty-six beings, but most were scattered around. They had already formed their own groups…
"Did you find the source of Atheer?"
A short dwarf spoke to Giht. This dwarf was quite strange. His body was rippling in a peculiar way.
He resembled a spiritual entity but had taken on a wind-like form. Most of the "beasts" here were not normal. Each had a unique body type and colors...
I moved to a secluded corner and began observing everyone… All eyes were on me… At that moment, I decided to focus on the conversation between the dwarf and Giht.
"I couldn't find it. Have Lees and his group not returned yet?"
Giht responded to the short dwarf. He and the dwarf seemed to be the most authoritative figures here. They were at the center.
"No…"
"Giht, I sense the awakening of an ancient soul. It is probably connected to Atheer."
The horned girl who had called out to us approached. She interrupted the conversation quickly. There was a strange concern on her face. She was relatively tall, a bit shorter than Giht. Her face was undeniably attractive. She had a unique charm.
Sharp facial features… Her gaze and her sharp horns contrasted with her posture.
I continued observing the others from a distance. I had no idea about their power levels, but they were definitely not ordinary beings.
Could they be true immortals? Had I become immortal like them?
At that moment, I noticed a strange phenomenon around me. Even though they all seemed to be resting, in reality, they were spreading their energy around… Such powerful energy must have already been noticed by many strong beings.
Were they summoning the Atheer they spoke of? Was all this energy meant to draw it here?
Just then, I noticed three figures flying in the sky, dressed in white robes. They were approaching rapidly.
Judging by the reactions of the others, they did not pose a threat. Perhaps this was the Lees they had mentioned…
A few seconds later, they landed and began walking. Their faces became clearer. They looked very different from the others. Two women and one man… I must say, I didn't like him…
The man in the lead had a pale face… A soulless yet radiant smile… The two women behind him stood out with their pure white eyes and long hair…
He was probably the strongest one here. His power likely surpassed most of the others. But what determined the power hierarchy here? Could I sense who was strong just by my instincts?
At that moment, all eyes turned to me once again…
"You! Stop whatever you're doing immediately!"
The man I assumed to be Yaes quickly rushed toward me. There was immense fear on his face. But within a few milliseconds, the entire world was engulfed in darkness. I had fallen back into a familiar place… I had returned to where I had started…
I couldn't feel my body; once again, my entire being was trapped in nothingness. Just then, I noticed a small light approaching me.
Following that, a wave of memories surged into my mind. Memories filled with sorrow, pain, and exhaustion…
The memories of a young boy who had been thrown from battle to battle since he was fourteen… What a perfect sound…
The memories kept flooding my mind. But the strongest among them belonged to a fourteen-year-old named Einw.
…
I had awakened once more in a bed. This time, the room I woke up in was quite large. The mask on my face was still in place. After inspecting my surroundings, I slowly left the room. A strange sound reached my ears.
It was coming from outside, from the courtyard. I quickly moved toward the grand corridor. When I looked into the courtyard, I saw a small group trying to cultivate together.
Long and Zhou were among them… I didn't recognize the others… But they were all young.
"Master, you've awakened! Thank the heavens!" Qian Xin's voice reached my ears. He was right behind me… There were so many things that surprised me.
Long and Zhou called out to me from the courtyard. "Young Master, the gods have sent you to save us once again!" This time, the voice belonged to Long. Right behind him, Zhou shouted: "Young Master, you have defied death once again!"
At that moment, the entire crowd shouted in unison: "Long live our Master!!"
I struggled to find an answer to give. My mind felt like it was about to shatter.
How long had I been asleep? And why were these people cheering for me?