"Now then, you came all the way up here for a reason, no way the Shadow Sage would just die like that,"
"I would like to make a deal with you,"
"Oh? I'm intrigue, keep going,"
"I heard that the goddess of death was an isolated goddess and feared among them all, I could help you open up with them and not hated by them,"
"Oh silly, I have no interest in the other goddesses, nor I want fame among them, besides, how can you help me with those stuff when you yourself can't even save yourself from being hated by humanity?"
"..."
"You want the soul of that girl don't you? I can make a deal and resurrect her,"
Will was amused by what the goddess of death said.
"I will resurrect her, if you were to become my apostle,"
"What?"
"Become my apostle, Will Beuratt, I don't need you to spread my name on your world, all I want you is to surprise me,"
"How?"
"By doing the most amusing thing in life, doesn't matter if its reckless or not, you're basically my entertainment during my free time,"
"Do you view my life as a show?"
"Yes, in fact, I talked with the Demon King about you, he seem pretty surprised that I've taken an interest in you,"
"who wouldn't be," Will thought to himself but then realized what she just said.
"Wait, the Demon King? You talked with him?"
"Yes, he seems to be an open person, not someone cocky like I've seen down below,"
"He sure is an amusing person,"
Will joked but decided to get straight to the point.
"So, if I were to become your apostle, you will resurrect her?"
"Just as I said,"
"You seem to be easy going, you are not afraid that I might be tricking you?"
"Don't worry, if you do, I will personally take all of your friends's life,"
"Ha, quite the interesting one, truly are the goddess of death, goddess of no mercy and darkness, fine then, I shall become your apostle, goddess of death,"
"You speak with arrogance even against a god, don't you know your place?"
"I do, that is, being your apostle,"
The goddess of death chuckled and smiled brightly.
"I'm glad that you agreed to do so, I shall summon her soul right here,"
The goddess of death snapped her fingers and the girl's soul is summon in an instance.
"Wha-where am I?"
"Welcome back, Illy,"
"G-goddess of death! forgive me for my rudeness,"
"Pardon yourself, someone have come to pick you up,"
"Pick me up? Could it be-"
The girl turned her head behind to find a tall man looking at her.
"Who are you?"
"He's Will Beuratt, he has come to pick your soul back down below,"
"Will Beuratt?"
"I came here on behalf of a request made by your fiancé,"
"He wants to bring me back to life? Gosh, I told him to live a happy life after I die,"
"He seem to be very obsessive of you,"
"He always make weird requests, I'm sorry if he had troubled you,"
"I wouldn't do this if it weren't for that ore,"
"Ore? You mean that rock he treasured the most since childhood? He would even sacrificed the thing he treasured the most for me..."
The girl was deeply touched but Will snapped her back.
"He also said that you were a reckless person, doing things without a second thought, he also hoped that you would care for yourself too,"
"...,I guess he's right,"
"He misses you, you should return,"
The goddess of death watches the scene and giggled.
"Well then, you will return to your body, Illy Hooveson,"
The goddess of death snapped her fingers and Illy is sent back to down below.
"What a wonderful act you pulled off right there Will Beuratt!"
"It wasn't an act, I was just giving the messages that I was told,"
"Though it sound genuine?"
"..., you could say that,"
"..., you're truly different than before, that's what makes me like you,"
"What?"
"Nothing, though I'm curious, why did you accept that quest for that ore,"
"...."
Will told the goddess of death which made her did a hearty laugh.
"You let yourself get killed for that?"
"..."
"You're truly amusing, Will Beuratt,"
The goddess of death then reassure herself and decided to end the meeting.
"Though I hate to say it, but it's time for your departure, you can't stay here for too long, or I will get an earful, now then my apostle, you can address me as lady Araphiel,"
"Farewell, lady Araphiel,"
"Wait, please do visit me time to time, I feel lonely being up here,"
"You can manage yourself up here alone, people visits you everyday,"
"How rude, is that how to speak to your master?"
The goddess of death, lady Araphiel pouted. Despite her appearance and rumors about her, her true personality is completely different from what Will knows.
Whatever, farewell then,"
Lady Araphiel snapped her fingers, sending the apostle of death back into the mortal realm.
Will took a deep breath upon waking. He then touched where his chest was pierced, it was still there. Shadows gathered around Will, consuming him. His wound instantly recovers as if nothing happens. A dark and gloomy aura was let out, a dangerous intention coming from Will but was quickly eased by Will to avoid further incident.
He look up and noticed the Everlight gathered around him, startled. He then stood back up and dusted his clothe. He looked behind and watches the girl slowly wakes up.
"Illy? Illy!"
The guy was kneeling right next to the bed, both of his hands holding her palm.
"Urgh, Brandon?"
"You're awake Illy!"
The guy wrapped his hand around her. illy, also did the same too.
"I'm so sorry that I wasn't able to protect you,"
"No, I'm sorry that I was so reckless back then,"
Tears rolled down from both of their eyes and they hugged each other longer. After a touching event, the guy, Brandon, thanked the Everlight party and handed the ore to Will.
"Thank you Everlight party, I don't know how much this ore worth, but it's yours,"
"Remember this, never tell anybody about this, if you do..."
Dark gloomy aura surged around Will, pressuring the young couple.
"Sir yes sir!"
As they left the town, Will was looking at the ore and handed it to Raye.
"You're giving it to me? Don't this worth like something?"
"It doesn't worth that much, and it's completely useless for me,"
"Huh? Then why would you risked yourself for this?"
Will could hear the goddess of death snickering from up high.
"..., You know that yesterday we were attacked by the SUN Cult?"
"Yea...wait, you were awake?"
This made Raye embarrassed, afraid that Will saw what he did yesterday to Amethia. Will didn't say anything about it and explain the ore.
"Well, the reason why they noticed you was probably because of that lizard you have,"
Raye's armor made 'clink' sound. A lizard came out of the armor and roared at Will.
"What do you mean me? You want to fight you bastard?"
"Who's that?"
"He's Loki, the pale jade dragon, despite being all powerful, he can't suppress his mana well, which exposed you to the enemy, if this keeps on, we might get caught one day,"
"The pale jade dragon?!"
Amethia was stunned as Loki defends himself.
"Letting your mana flow free shows that you're strong, making them fear and tremble at your feet,"
"Suppressing mana is also deadly, you never know when or where they'll strike, you don't want your master to keep getting in danger do you? That item should help you with suppressing your mana for a while,"
"...,fine,"
Loki took the ore and kept it with him. Raye chuckled which made Loki grumble. They continued their journey to the Doreinberg clan settlement.