For a moment, Hewinia felt like she was truly going to die.
Such a large-scale [Domination], even if the dominated were a near-depleted group of souls, was still a massive burden for Hewinia. So much so that when she finally released it, she felt her heart stop for a few seconds.
She looked at the severed limbs of the Eternal notes around her.
From her perspective, these severed limbs seemed to push her to the very deepest layers of the Abyss, condemning her beyond redemption.
Yet at the same time, they seemed like hands reaching out to her in desperation.
Hewinia reached out her hand, grabbed one of the arms, and slowly gathered her strength, eventually pulling herself out from the bottommost corpses.
The dried blood and powdery flesh pieces quickly fell off her body.
Thus, Hewinia climbed out of the pit, stepping on the countless severed limbs, and returned to the golden light of the Eternal Hall.
But before Hewinia could catch her breath, a very weak male voice sounded behind her: "Which piece of Corpse Blocks do you really possess?"
Hewinia turned her head, a little surprised, looking at the small section of the upper body left hanging on one of the Eternal note arms—Raul, who had been torn apart by countless hands.
Hewinia originally thought this was another Cesar and wanted to use [Gaze] to look again but found that [Gaze] was already turned off.
Bai Wei had helped her turn it off.
Although Bai Wei didn’t speak, since they had already helped her turn off [Gaze], it meant that in Bai Wei’s view, Raul no longer posed any threat.
Probably just a flickering candle that hadn’t been extinguished under the aid of the Eternal notes.
Hewinia asked, "Does it matter?"
"Does it matter..." Raul gently closed his eyes, "Ah, yes, at this point, those things really don’t matter anymore, do they."
After a brief Silence, he opened his eyes again and asked in an extremely hoarse voice.
"I never thought I’d die in a place , by your hand. Can you tell me, were you sent by the headmaster?"
Hewinia shook her head.
"Hehehe, I figured as much, I figured as much." Raul laughed, "If it were just for someone else, it’s impossible to fight to such an extent... even if that person is the headmaster. Just like me back then, although I always believed the headmaster was the greatest Player of our era, I didn’t want to just become a small note in his historical legacy, so I... hehe. Very well, truly well, at least I was killed by a more exceptional version of myself and not by the headmaster’s symbol."
Hewinia didn’t speak, just quietly looked at Raul.
"But... it’s a pity, you still became the headmaster’s pawn." Raul said, "He used you to kill the one who was most likely to stop him, me. And he also used me to kill the one who could most likely impede him, you."
A rather convoluted statement, but Hewinia understood his meaning.
"We’re slaughtering each other, and he will gain what he wants, the thing he couldn’t acquire twenty years ago." Raul said, coughing blood, "To fight to this extent, we’re both losers, truly... we’re both losers."
"Hehehe." Raul continued to laugh, "But it’s not completely hopeless, I still have one last card up my sleeve..."
Hewinia calmly pointed out Raul’s card: "Eye of Ceremony."
"Hehe, you know, you truly know." Raul said, "Cough cough... It was originally prepared to deal with the headmaster, it’s a pity..."
As he spoke, he tore off his already shattered shirt, revealing a small golden mark at his collarbone.
That was the Eye of Ceremony.
With this, one could receive the power of the Eternal notes.
"The reason I never singled you out, trying hard to drag it out to the ceremony, was for this." Raul said, "Both to reasonably remove you and to... guard against the headmaster. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have a reason to complete the Eternal note ceremony here, but I never thought... I would truly die by your hand."
Raul coughed even more severely.
Even without using [Gaze], Hewinia could clearly feel Raul’s last Vitality was about to completely dissipate, he wouldn’t live much longer.
"Since so, I might as well give this thing to you." Raul said, "Go and stop the headmaster."
"...Why?" Hewinia asked, "Aren’t my goals the same as the headmaster’s?"
"Hehe, perhaps because I don’t want to see him win everything." Raul said softly, "As his most disappointing student, I also want to prove something to him at the end... cough cough, or perhaps I hope to see you win more than the headmaster... as I just said, in my eyes, you’re another me. So... take this thing and beat the headmaster."
Hewinia gave a slight nod, then slowly walked to Raul.
Raul looked at her with a satisfied gaze, like a kind teacher watching their beloved student.
"Very good, very good." Raul reached out his hand to Hewinia, gently saying, "Prove to the headmaster that we... are not just dispensable notes."