With the two crabs out of the way, the rest were nothing to be afraid of.
In just thirty minutes, all the Undead beasts were demolished.
The bridge, however, didn‘t disappear after the job was done. Instead, Shelly, wearing a traditional red dress, stood elegantly on top of the bridge as she waved to Alex.
Alex furrowed his brows as he approached the bridge but did not dare to walk any further.
“Come up here!”
“I won’t become younger, right?”
“You wish! What are you even scared of? You’re the owner of this spiritual tool! Do you think it’d absorb you entirely?”
Alex figured that she was right. He shouldn’t be prohibited from touching his weapon after all.
As expected, he wasn’t hurt in the slightest after getting on. However, he felt something within his heart. Since this was a bridge that only the dead had ever crossed, standing on top of it made him feel weird. The ancient and vast feeling of space, along with the weight of life and death, was a little too overwhelming.
On the other hand, the bloody stains on the bridge were enough to make his heart skip with fear. He could sense that it was not just ordinary blood. Neither the blood of the Undead beasts nor the crabs were left on this bridge. So that meant that such blood stains were not left by just any entity.
As if she could read Alex’s mind, Shelly said, “You’re looking at the blood of a demonic god in the past. That bastard was very sinful. He had destroyed ten or so saintly grounds with his powers alone. He was able to kill high priests, beheading them in the blink of an eye. Not even the lightning tribulation could take him down, but he still ended up dying at Persephone’s Folly Bridge.”
Alex’s eyes widened. It felt like he was listening to a myth. However, he knew that she was telling the truth, but it was odd to listen to such atrocities like some kind of normal past event
He looked at Shelly. She looked like a little girl, her height was around 4.5 feets, but she sounded like an old lady.
“Here you go!” Shelly threw something at Alex. “I told you I’d treat you to some crab roe. It’s the most valuable thing on those two crabs. So it would probably be beneficial if you ate that. And by the way, I’ll be taking the divine power now. It’d be a waste if you kept it anyway. You don’t even know how to transform yet.”
“Come on, let’s go home first!”
The group just walked through the wormhole after Alex said that However, the shark didn’t dare to get any closer, so they let it go instead.
After reaching the Pixies’ land, Alex jumped onto Pigsy’s back and grabbed Ynes with him as well. They then rushed off at ten times the speed of sound.
***
Right then, an unexpected guest arrived at the doorstep of Rockefeller Manor.
Clay had brought some men with him, barging into the manor as he yelled, “All Rockefellers, get your a*ses out here and knee! before us!”
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