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"Let's go, take me to see that waterfall first," I said.
"Is that okay? It's very dangerous there."
"Just a quick look."
Hanako nodded, her expression somewhat flustered, and she slowly walked ahead of me, taking careful steps.
"Let's move slowly," Hanako said.
"If we go a bit further, there won't be many Undead left; after all, they don't want to be eliminated."
I followed behind. Although we weren't moving quickly, I could clearly feel the difference from before. Later on, it wasn't that we didn't want to move faster; it was just that it became extremely difficult to even take a step forward.
"Speed, Meteor—Umbrella!" I began Pure Sound again.
I pulled Hanako along, and it seemed to improve slightly; the resistance and pressure lessened a bit.
"Xi Meng, don't accelerate anymore," Hanako said.
"Why?"
"The firepower ahead is nothing like before; if you can't handle it, we won't even have a chance to escape."
"Right, how did I not think of that!" Thankfully, Hanako reminded me. I looked at the boy beside me, who was shorter than I was, and suddenly became curious about what drove him to push himself so hard. To have come this far in the past, mere determination probably wasn't enough.
"Be careful, the fire is coming down again!" Hanako warned.
"Defense, Golden Garment." I stopped in my tracks.
Sure enough, the flames here were much larger and fiercer than before! They crashed down on the protective layer of Golden Garment with a frenzied intensity. The sound of crackling was extremely eerie, and the onslaught was fierce and relentless, as if it wouldn't stop until everything was consumed!
"This is bad; I can't hold on much longer!" I shouted in alarm.
"Calm down, we need to retreat," Hanako said, trembling slightly.
Drops of something were leaking into the Golden Garment's defenses, and when they hit my skin, it burned intensely. How could it not hurt? Damn this feeling!
"I'm sorry, Hanako. My abilities are still insufficient."
"Don't say that now, hurry up! If we don't leave soon, we'll be done for!"
"I can't activate both defense and acceleration at the same time." I'm still too weak to manage it.
"What?!"
The Golden Garment and Meteor Umbrella cannot be activated simultaneously, and since I'm in the Necromancer State, my Soul Energy is extremely low. This is all I can do. If it were Yu and the Snow Spirit, Pure Sound would definitely grow stronger in their hands. Unfortunately, I'm not skilled enough yet. I really am too weak!
"Sever your tail and accelerate!" Hanako suddenly shouted from beside me.
I didn't react in time as he picked me up and dashed backward. I stood there dazed on Hanako's back, watching the tail that was disappearing.
Xi Meng, here we go again, relying on others to protect you...
"Phew... We're safe now. You can get down," Hanako whispered.
"Th-thank you," I said, lowering my head.
"It's nothing. We still have hope," Hanako's voice was hesitant; I knew he was trying to comfort me. It's not that easy.
"But your tail..."
"It's fine; it'll grow back after a while. Right now, I have no magic left; this is all I've got left to save my life."
I didn't respond. There would surely be some damage, even if he didn't say it. I understood the importance of a tail for an animal.
"Sigh, now I only have Pure Sound left."
"That's great! You can take this opportunity to cultivate it."
"Training?"
"Yes, I can see that you haven't fully merged with it; it still belongs to its previous master, not to you. Since you have nothing else now, and neither does it, why not take this opportunity to make it completely yours?"
Although Hanako's words were somewhat chaotic, I understood the gist of it. It was like making all the Underworld Beasts of the Yama Queen completely mine, turning them into my magical beasts.
...
Even though Pure Sound was passed down to me, I could feel its resistance, especially after arriving in the Underworld, as I began focusing on training my Second Avatar again.
Because of Hanako's words, I suddenly became curious about what Pure Sound was and what it originated from. It turned out that I didn't even know the basics.
"You are right, Hanako. I need some time to communicate with Pure Sound. Can you wait?"
"Of course, there's no other way, is there?"
"Alright, please take me to the dead end we talked about last time. I want to meditate there for a while."
"Okay." Hanako turned around.
At that moment, I was solely focused on Pure Sound, overlooking Hanako's lonely and desperate aura. Hope perhaps equated to disappointment.
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