A harsh wind blew.

On top of a hill was a broken castle.

Mere moments ago, this castle had been whole.

Now, the back of the castle was missing.

What had once been a room was now a ruin.

Half-broken walls were behind Shang as the bright sun shone down on him.

The bright sun didn't reflect Shang's feelings, but the weather didn't care about the feelings of living beings.

Shang's body had become a husk. Nearly all his muscles had shrunk to a sickly degree, making him look like a skeleton with merely some skin on it.

The two empty eye-sockets only strengthened this perception.

About 140 years ago, Shang sacrificed his left eye.

Today, he had sacrificed his right eye.

Shang couldn't possibly sacrifice his arms or legs since that would severely weaken his Battle-Strength.

Organs couldn't be sacrificed because that would reduce Shang's maximum life energy tremendously.

The ears or the nose weren't enough to achieve any kind of significant power with Entropy.

Shang had decided to go with the eye.

Due to his Spirit Sense, he wasn't reliant on vision anymore.

However, all of this was actually only of secondary importance.

In fact, Shang didn't even really think about what to sacrifice.

His mind had been someplace else.

Jerald.

His friend.

His only friend.

His closest companion.

Shang's life had always been surrounded by a cloud of darkness.

His Affinity made it impossible for him to have friends or companions.

His goal made it impossible for him to have friends or companions.

He was alone.

The world was dark.

His life was dark.

was willing to

had walked into

power, he wouldn't need to

But he couldn't.

needed to achieve

only purpose of

he had more purposes back

but ever since Shang had stepped onto this dark path, all the other

reach the end of the path, no matter

The consequences didn't matter.

The sacrifices didn't matter.

The price didn't matter.

wanted to

to

believed that he

already

he realized the true weight of his

this dark and lonely journey, Jerald

A ray of light.

a place of

hard to walk

looked at the hand lying in

Ring on it, and

Crystal that Relon had given Jerald, Relon would

several seconds, Shang's empty eye-sockets

He didn't move.

wind blew across the

mercilessly shone down on the

was so

Shang only saw

of

Step.

woman walked out of the still-standing part of the castle behind Shang, and her eyes

the

What about King Storm?!

for organizing everything in the castle, and she had heard and felt

the solitary hand on the ground, she

world

world around her

do anything, her

Shang didn't move.

eye-sockets

arrived shortly, but they died as soon as they

reason he was moving was

Sylvia was returning.

a shocked and horrified expression on her face as she activated one Mana Step after

and scooped up

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