"You could sell it for... hmmmmm!" Glinda shouted, eyes gleaming with exhilaration. She barely glanced at Emma's motionless form—her focus locked on the artifact, the moment, the possibilities.
"How about ten gold and four silver coins?" she offered, voice bubbling with excitement.
Ethan didn't respond right away. His gaze hadn't left Emma.
"Sounds good," he said finally, his tone clipped. "Just give me one moment."
He rushed to Emma's side, dropping to one knee.
"Emma... are you okay?" he whispered, voice cracking.
Her body twitched. A sharp crack echoed through the air—bone or something deeper.
"Emma?" Ethan's voice rose, panic blooming. "Emma!"
"Eth...an... d-don't... let him... take... me..." Emma using her last breath for help
"Emma? Emma! I won't let him take you. Not again. Not like this. I promise." Ethan shouts with agony, As a pain long forgotten, the memory of the day he died all of his emotions erupted as one
"how could this happen" Ethan continues his voice filled with pain, he scavenges for anything a spark of hope, as he opens his spell window he might have a spell to fix her to bring her back, from her slumber, he keeps scrolling, until he closes his eyes and remembers one late night on a quest he saw one of the criminals use divine heal on their leader when he was on the brink of death…
"Divine Heal—it can bring her back. But someone has to pay." Ethan yells, as a masked women steps forward from the crowed,
"She trusted me. I failed her. My life is the least I can offer." The Masked Women speaks with a deep cold tone, Haruy also steps forward,
"I should've stepped in. I saw it happening—I froze, after that it that centipede hit me, I thought it was over" Haruy looks down in shame
"Huray you saved me what are you talking about" Ethan voice cracking as a tear goes down his face
"She's willing. Isn't that enough? Why should we hesitate when Emma's slipping away?" Ethan shouts with pain as some of the guilds roof falls in behind Ethan
"Because it wouldn't be right to let someone sacrifice themself to ease their guilt" Huray shouts as his throat closes with a few tears going down his face.
"Is there a way to split and combine souls?" Ethan yells, a cold AI-like voice begins to speak "Would you like me to take over to make sure this process goes smooth" Ethan looks around, nothing to be seen but no one else seems to hear the voice "What???" Ethan shouts as his vision goes dark
As the AI has taken over his body, Ethan shouts "this is Ethan's Spirit animal i am Talking through his body now listen to me Huray And Clair would you like to cut your lives short to make a lesser sacrifice to save Emma, with you permission you all can survive for a few more decades".
The Masked Women Takes her mask off "I give my permission" She says
"Now for you Huray" Ethan's spirit animal says
"Uh, yea sorry yes i give you my permission as well"
"Permision confirmed"Ethan's body glows faintly, runes spiraling across his skin like ancient circuitry.
As Huray and Claire's spirit gets sucked out of the body as Clair remembers about 5 years ago when Emma was not acting right… One night late in an ancient ruin
"Emma You get to the other side I will attack dead on, you focus on the golem's weak points"
"I got you Clair" Emma yells as she charges her magical arrows a small bug with a yellow and black body almost like a hornet lands on Emma and walks around her orb body , then it stings her Emma screames with pain . as Clair's memory fades She gets a glimpse of the future She saw a boy—small, trembling in the dark. A knight raised his sword. The crowd cheered. Only one man moved against it. His eyes glowed—not with rage, but with sorrow. "Process complete" An owl appears with yellow eyes, with a celestial like body
Ethan Wakes up and on instinct yells "DIVINE HEAL!!!" the owl flies over to Emma flying into her body waking Emma up, then Ethan goes down, his small form hitting the ground and Huray runs up and grabs him,
"I am going to bring him home, Clair would you like to come with us" Huray says With some worry in his voice "Of course" Clair answers Emma follow them weeks passing without Ethan waking up Until…