I had to die... I knew that all too well.
In fact, I had known from the moment the system gave me the notification about Elysium after my transmigration.
Elysium was a blissful afterlife for heroes in Greek mythology. At first I wasn't entirely certain if it was just a figure of speech or the genuine meaning of what I would experience, but Reni's vision confirmed my suspicions.
"You will perish in the fading glow of hell and rise again as the prince of both the underworld and the heavens."
The chill from my heart spread to my body and gradually began numbing my thoughts.
It was a cruel fate to die merely to achieve victory, but I had to go through with it. The agony from the stab to my chest was eclipsed by the warm embrace of death and darkness.
In that moment, I felt like nothing and everything all at once, just a tiny speck in the vast world, yet simultaneously like the world itself.
It was warm, so much so that I wished to lie there for the rest of eternity.
