Chapter 598 You Must Atone

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Not far ahead lay a sheer cliff, empty and exposed; the ground dropped away on all sides. Looking down, the steep mountainside was wrapped in thick clouds, and the orange glow of dusk spilled over the vast white mist, refracting into a kaleidoscope of brilliant light.

This mountain was incredibly high–Jean had never seen anything like it.

The peak beneath her feet seemed to pierce straight through the clouds, stretching into the depths of the sky.

From up here, she could see the dense, impenetrable layers of cloud pressing down in clusters, each one bringing with it a crushing sense of suffocation.

Then, all at once, the thick forest around her–trees layered so tightly they blocked out the sun, swept aside in a blink, like dark clouds parting to reveal the sun.

As the trees pulled back, a soft glow broke through the center.

The light grew stronger; brighter and brighter, until it was so–blinding Jean couldn’t keep her eyes open.

She had to shut them for a moment, overwhelmed by the intensity.

She didn’t know how much time had passed–but slowly, Jean opened her eyes again.

right in front of her stood a

scattered, bell–shaped ones. But the tree

bell–like leaves began to sway; and just like real bells, they rang–clear, sharp, and

tree began to emit a soft,

mist, a

“Jean”

struck her ears like a

surroundings for several seconds before she finally realized, the voice calling her name had come from this

her gaze darted around in

the trunk-

stone tablet, carved with a few words:

tree?

like this could truly exist

had predetermined rules, predetermined protagonists, if it could even show her glimpses of

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