The world needed kindness.
It was only because of kindness that humans had been able to survive until now … No, it should be said that the birth of humans, as well as the origin of ancient life, was due to the kindness of nature, a miracle of the universe.
However, there was also a saying that "the road to hell is usually paved with kindness."
This was actually a warning.
Not all kindness was desirable. Sometimes, kindness wouldn't necessarily lead to good results, and evil wouldn't necessarily lead to bad results. This was true for both the giver and the receiver.
Kindness would be rewarded with kindness, and evil would be punished with evil. This was people's hope, not reality.
Kindness didn't equal justice.
Kindness wasn't absolutely correct.
This was especially true when sacrificing oneself to save others.
Even sacrificing one's own personal benefits to save another's life was the same. This was a noble action that humans should praise. However … it didn't equal the "correct" action.
Then, what was the "correct" action?
Being selfish, giving up on kindness, and treating other people's lives as nothing was wrong.
Being kind, giving up on selfishness, and sacrificing one's own personal benefits was also wrong.
In the end, which side was the "correct" action?
Seiji questioned himself and questioned his own heart as he mulled things over deeply.
He wanted to value his own personal benefits.
He also wanted to give kindness to others.
In the end, he came to the most clichéd conclusion …
Only having the best of both worlds was the "correct" action!
"I'd like to ask something." After a period of silence, Seiji spoke up. "If I choose the second option, is it possible for me to become stronger while also using my own power to save those who died?"
Yui widened her eyes in surprise.
"… It's possible, but it'll be incredibly difficult and dangerous," she spoke in a heavy tone.
"It's already quite difficult to stay awake after drinking a spiritual wine that's infused with energy, not to mention casting a spell to revive someone.
Even if you can cast a spell according to my instructions, using an unstable power will be incredibly risky. If anything goes wrong, you'll definitely be heavily injured or even die.
And even if you cast a spell without any mistakes, the chances of successfully saving someone who died will be much lower than directly using spiritual wine. "
'I don't think that you can do it.'
Although he didn't hear her say this, Seiji could sense what she meant.
For this female Qilin to say something "incredibly difficult and dangerous," it would probably be as difficult as creating a miracle.
Logically speaking, he shouldn't do such a foolish thing, but …
"I choose the second option," Seiji stated firmly.
As long as it was possible, he would try it!
As for difficulty? Danger?
With the System's great ability to load, there was nothing to be afraid of!!
At this moment, Seiji exuded a powerful aura.
Even Yui was shocked by this aura, causing waves to rise in her heart.
But she quickly calmed herself down and confirmed, "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure."
"If something goes wrong, I might not be able to save you. You will really die."
"I won't," Seiji said confidently, appearing fearless.
Yui took a deep look at him for a while.
Then she let him walk away, raised her spear, and gathered her strength.
The body of the spear glowed with a misty white light, and the spearhead ignited with a blazing flame. The spear pierced straight into the ground.
Yui let go of her longspear and speedily formed a seal with her hands as she uttered an incantation.
The body of the spear blossomed with an even brighter radiance. The platinum-colored light spread out along the ground, gradually forming a huge and complicated formation.
The formation glowed a deep red, and the ground rumbled. The blood-red light flowed along the formation and gathered on the spear, which then flowed to the spiritual wine floating above the spear. This caused the spiritual wine to increase in quantity and gradually turn black.
Seiji and the others then witnessed the forest's trees disappear one by one. The cluster amaryllis flowers also disappeared one by one. The environment gradually changed and returned to normal.
The red moon in the sky then started burning with white flames. It soon transformed into a fireball that burned fiercely and began shrinking.
This process continued for a while. Finally, the forest, cluster amaryllis flowers, and red moon all disappeared from everyone's field of vision.
Meanwhile, the spiritual wine floating in midair had now tripled in size. Its color was now almost pure black, and it seemed rather sticky. It was giving off an ominous aura.
'It seems that drinking it will turn you dark …' Seiji commented in his mind as he looked at the mysterious liquid that had changed its style.
After casting her spell, Yui controlled the spiritual wine to float in front of Seiji.
"Is this how you're going to drink it? Is there anything I need to take note of? "
"Drink it as quickly as possible."
'Alright, cheers.'
Seiji approached the pitch-black liquid.
"Brother!" someone shouted out.
Little Shi couldn't bear to watch this any longer. She ran over.
"What is this?" she asked.
"It's the Challenger's Bloodwine … a version with some added ingredients," Seiji answered. "I'm sorry, Little Shi. I used up your portion as well."
"Brother, are you going to drink it?" Shika Kagura didn't care about his portion of the spiritual wine. What he cared about was his adopted older brother's actions.
"Yeah." Seiji nodded.
"Will it be dangerous?"
"Yes … a little."
"Please tell me the truth, Brother Seiji!"
Shika Kagura found it difficult to believe that it was only "a little". That was because this spiritual wine looked terrible!
"I'll be fine. She'll be watching over me." Seiji pointed at Yui, using her as a shield.
Shika Kagura's eyes flashed as he glanced at Yui's figure.
"This spiritual wine with added ingredients doesn't look good, but don't worry. It's really fine," Seiji consoled her.
Yet, Shika Kagura still had an ominous premonition.
This pitch-black liquid did not feel right. If he were to drink it …
"I want to drink it as well," she stated. "There's a portion for me … I want to drink it together with Brother."
"This … won't do."
"Why?"
"Because … if we drink it separately, the effects won't be as good." Seiji stated. "I'll compensate you with something else later. Just let me have this spiritual wine first, Little Shi."
Shika Kagura's ominous premonition became even stronger.
Just as she was about to say something, a voice spoke up beside her.
"Don't waste any more time. The longer you wait, the more unstable the spiritual wine will be."
Seiji turned to look at the spiritual wine after hearing Yui's words.
"Brother …" Shika Kagura wanted to stop her. However, Yui instantly approached him and placed her right hand on his shoulder, freezing him in place!
Yui then lifted her left hand and aimed it at Izawa and the others who were running over. She also froze them in place!
Seiji took a sip of the spiritual wine.
It felt slippery and slightly cold. It tasted like bitter red wine.
Seiji instantly felt a subtle chill spread throughout his entire body the moment he drank it.
As he drank more and more of the spiritual wine, he felt his body become colder and colder. He also felt a slight burning sensation slowly spreading throughout his body. There was an indescribable mystical feeling to him.
When he reached a certain critical point, Seiji felt like he heard a loud explosion as he fell into an unknown realm …
…
Pain.
It was painful.
It was extremely painful.
Tremendous, innumerable, and endless things existed here. They collided, intersected, overlapped, and fused together …
Seiji was within them. He was smashed, crushed, stirred, torn apart, and melted …
It was an extreme pain that no human would be able to endure. Over and over again, countless times, this repeated endlessly.
He resisted, struggled, got angry, collapsed, went mad, cursed, hated … and finally died.
This was an unimaginably pitiful state for any living human. There were no words in the world to describe it.
Everything was meaningless. The entire world was nothing but nothingness. The so-called beauty was nothing more than tiny impurities. There was only eternal silence.
… …
…
… No.
Even though he was in extreme pain and was pitiful to the extreme, his denial of everything was still present.
Although it was tiny and minuscule, it still existed.
It was just like the only starlight in a dark, endless night.
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