After Darius's life ended, his consciousness drifted like a kite with a broken string, floating and swaying, and in the end unexpectedly drifted to the world of nothingness where Hitogami resided.
Actually, this was because Hitogami had accidentally pulled him in while peeking at Darius's future.
Darius looked around blankly. This place was a vast expanse of white, with no physical entities, only endless whiteness and silence.
Just as he realized this was the world where Hitogami resided, he suddenly saw a figure with its back to him. That figure looked like... Hitogami!
A surge of indescribable joy welled up in Darius's heart. He quickly stepped forward and, with a face full of smiles, said: "Hitogami? Does that mean I'm not dead?" He happily touched his own ugly and greasy face.
However, his hand passed straight through his face as if through air.
"Huh?" Darius cried out in surprise. He widened his eyes and looked at his own hand in disbelief.
He could clearly feel his own existence, yet he could not touch his own body. What on earth was going on?
In truth, Darius knew very well what this meant, but he dared not believe this cruel fact—he was already dead.
"Hitogami! This isn't real, right? I'm not dead, am I?" Darius's voice carried a crying tone. He began to cry bitterly, pouring out his unwillingness and fear to Hitogami, expressing his strong desire not to die yet.
However, Hitogami remained unmoved by his pleas.
Hitogami tightly clenched his fists, suddenly turned his head, and roared in a flustered and exasperated manner: "You useless trash! You can't even see the future clearly. I was still counting on you to consume the Dragon God's magic power, but you actually got killed so easily by [Imbibitor Lunae]?"
Darius was startled by Hitogami's roar. He stared blankly at the figure of Hitogami, whose entire body was covered in mosaic, completely at a loss.
"Since you're already dead, then I'll tell you clearly. There was never any 'benefit' for you. I was merely using the last bit of your value!" Hitogami's words were like a sharp blade, mercilessly piercing Darius's heart.
After speaking, in Darius's final disbelieving eyes, Hitogami mercilessly erased Darius's consciousness.
Darius had never imagined that from beginning to end, Hitogami had only been using him.
Although Hitogami lost a major apostle this time, he obtained a rather important piece of information.
At the very moment of Darius's death, He captured a glimpse of the scene from just before his death.
"Go tell Hitogami, the Dragon God and I will kill him sooner or later."
Although he could not clearly see Dan Feng's appearance, he heard what he said very clearly.
[Imbibitor Lunae] and Dragon God Orsted had successfully formed an alliance. This meant He now had to face another enemy who harbored hatred toward him.
This made Hitogami clench his fists once again and fall into a long silence.
Now, He had to go find new apostles. Otherwise, his little life would truly be in imminent danger.
...
The next day, daytime.
"Hmm, Dan Feng, you really are quite capable." Dragon God Orsted's voice came from the other end of the ring, his tone cold but carrying undisguised appreciation.
"It was nothing. If not for the curse issue, you could have easily killed Darius as well." Dan Feng's tone was calm, as if this were a trivial matter that couldn't be any smaller.
In fact, what Dan Feng said was not false.
The Dragon God's strength was nearly invincible in the human world, but because his magic power recovery speed was relatively slow, he often relied on his own swordsmanship.
"Thank you for the trouble." Dragon God's voice came again, this time with a trace of gratitude.
"Our targets are both Hitogami. Matters like this concerning how to deal with Hitogami aren't troublesome."
The two of them chatted idly like this, the topic revolving around Hitogami.
Dan Feng also gained a deeper understanding of the Dragon God's plans and ideas.
At the same time, in the room on the third floor, Roxy was earnestly tutoring Shana.
Shana was currently fully focused on learning other types of magic besides water magic, especially healing magic.
Roxy patiently explained every step and technique to Shana, while Shana listened attentively and occasionally asked questions.
The room was filled with a strong learning atmosphere; both master and disciple were immersed in the ocean of knowledge.
Because water magic had already reached the point where it could be used chantlessly, she only needed to learn the other magic operation routes. Since each magic's operation route was different, she had to learn them all.
"Hmm, I'm not very good at healing magic, but it doesn't matter. You just need to recite the chant words written above." Roxy smiled and handed Shana the healing magic chant words written by Bloody Kant, explaining gently.
Shana took the paper. Her blue-and-white eyes stared intently at the text on it.
Shana could now skillfully read human language, so she was filled with curiosity and anticipation for this piece of paper.
Shana's ears twitched slightly. Those wolf-ear-shaped ears on top of her head wiggled happily, as if expressing the joy in her heart.
Whenever she was with Roxy, Shana would always feel a kind of inexplicable pleasure. This feeling was as if she had already recognized her master, making her full of dependence and trust toward Roxy.
While Shana was practicing alone, Roxy suddenly thought of going to see what Dan Feng was doing.
So she slowly stood up, her movements very light, afraid of disturbing Shana who was concentrating on practicing.
Roxy gently opened the door. The wooden door made a slight "creak" sound.
She looked back at Shana. Shana was looking at her with a puzzled gaze, as if she didn't understand why she was suddenly leaving.
Roxy smiled slightly, gave Shana a reassuring look, then walked with light steps toward the second floor.
As for the reason Roxy went to find Dan Feng, it was actually very simple—she just wanted to go and stick close to Dan Feng!
Currently, Roxy longed every day to be closer to Dan Feng. As long as she could stick to Dan Feng's body, she would feel incomparable happiness and satisfaction.
The two of them had decided to stay in the Asura Kingdom for a period of time. Because of Darius's death, there would definitely be some things happening in the shadows of Ars.
Moreover, Bloody Kant had also suggested that they stay here for a while. Shana could not return to Millishion with them, so they needed to properly teach Shana here in Ars and let her have the ability to adventure outside on her own.
Shana was also very clear about this matter, so she studied with particular seriousness.
Dan Feng decided that before leaving, he would teach Shana and Bloody Kant Dragon Spirit.
Because with Bloody Kant's personality, he would most likely keep asking about the existence of this Dragon Spirit.