Chapter 195
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Episode 48 - To cease to exist [1]
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The freezing wind lashed against the Ice Queen's face. No, Vyrelia's. She raised a hand to her face as she blinked.
At that moment, her eyes fell upon the palms of her hands.
Fine cracks spread across them. Tiny strands of her skin peeled away, crumbling into dust.
Vyrelia rolled up her sleeve. Only then did she see that the cracks extended beyond her hands. They continued up her arm, across her shoulder, and throughout the rest of her body.
'I don't have much time left, do I?'
The sound of her heartbeat echoed in her ears as her pale blue eyes remained half-lidded and nearly empty.
Like an empty shell, Vyrelia took a deep breath and kept walking.
The freezing wind battered her body as snow accumulated on her loose robe.
Crunch! Crunch!
Her footsteps crunched through the snow as she returned to the cave where Apostle Kaiser remained frozen.
