"I-I..." Words caught in Julius' throat.
His mind trembled and the beliefs he had tightly clutched to keep despair away shattered upon hearing Arun's words—Adam's words.
When had he started to mislead himself? Was it when he saw his former teachers and students younger than him die, or was it even before?
'Help others if you can, especially those who showed you kindness.' The words reverberated in his mind, juxtaposing themselves with the ship's terrible situation.
Arun and Asha were right. Death grazed their backs with each battle, and even if they could repel the initial tier-four magical beasts, the closer they journeyed to the province's southern edges, the stronger the invading creatures became.
Yesterday, a tier six deep-sea horror leading dozens of tier five creatures had appeared. And perhaps today there will be two, then five tomorrow.
