Chapter 407: Fading Consciousness

Chapter 407: Fading Consciousness



Northern's senses heightened as he noticed the strange resonance between his Void essence and the surrounding darkness.

The uncomfortable feeling grew stronger with each passing moment, as if the very fabric of reality was shifting around them.

But Northern was too preoccupied with saving his own life to spare a second thought to this feeling.

Koll was stubborn till the very end, pummeling him endlessly as they fell freely through the darkness.

His attacks came faster, spears leaving trails of scarlet flame that cut through the gloom. Northern parried and dodged, using every trick and ability at his disposal to stay alive.

Despite it, the unease in his soul only got worse, ultimately trying so hard to divide his focus. The darkness around them seemed to thicken, almost palpable in its intensity.

Northern gritted his teeth, refusing to be distracted. He channeled more Void essence into Soul Taker, the blade pulsing with dark energy.

As Koll lunged forward, Northern met his charge head-on.

Their weapons clashed in a spectacular display of red and black sparks.

The impact sent shockwaves through the falling debris around them, shattering smaller pieces into dust.

Using the momentary distraction, Northern activated [Travel] once more, disappearing just as Koll's spear was about to make contact.

He reappeared behind his opponent, Soul Taker already in motion.

Koll spun with inhuman speed, but not fast enough.

Soul Taker's edge bit into his side, drawing a spray of golden ichor.

The inhuman warrior hissed in pain but didn't falter, immediately countering with a vicious swipe of his spear.

Northern barely managed to dodge, the tip of the spear grazing his cheek.

He felt a sharp sting and warm blood trickled down his face, but there was no time to dwell on

it.

As they continued to fall through the endless darkness, trading blows and dodging attacks, Northern felt the unease getting stronger and harder to ignore.

It was getting incredibly hard to not be distracted, and more importantly, the feeling was beginning to reveal itself and for some reason, Northern felt like he was getting scared. 'Koll? No, that can't be...'

Suddenly, the darkness around them began to shift and warp.

Tendrils of darkness reached out, as if trying to grasp them. Northern's eyes widened as he realized that the darkness had suddenly taken shape.

Koll also seemed to be in as much shock as he was. Both combatants shot away from each other with force.

But where could they even run to-as they flew away, another tendril curled out, Koll was fast enough to outspeed one, leaving afterimages.

Without being able to do anything about it, Northern was swallowed into the darkness.

He felt his consciousness slowly drift away. No matter how hard he tried to hold onto it, he could feel it slipping away.

He tried several things, thoughts about moments from his old life, to his birth and the strangeness surrounding it. He thought of how his birth mother would look like.

'If it is even once... I would love to meet her...'

He thought of Shin and Eisha, thought of his little sister, if she happens to really be one.

'I do hope they'll name her Silver, then she'll get angry when she finds out I am the reason she was named Silver, and I'll tease her about it...' his thought went low for a beat, '... I want to be around to protect her, to show her she has a strong dependable big brother.'

He thought about everyone he had met, Annette, Ellis, Mr. Fluffy, Night Terror... Raven,

Helena, Terence...

He thought of Raven again.

'What a twisted fate both of us have... I wouldn't have minded getting to know why she turned

out to be a piece of shit...'

Northern felt like this was the end.

And every single moment he had lived played before his eyes.

Strangely, one of those moments predominantly stayed on his mind.

Meeting those two beings before he was reincarnated.

'I wonder if I will be reincarnated again...'

His mind trembled.

'I don't want to die...'

With that, Northern couldn't hold on any longer. His consciousness slipped out of his hands

and faded away.

[THE VESTIGE OF VOID IS RESONATING WITH THE ORIGINATION OF VOID]

[THE VESTIGE OF VOID IS ABSORBING THE ORIGINATION OF VOID]

[THE VESTIGE OF VOID IS OUTGROWING THE VESTIGE OF VOID]

[VESTIGE OF VOID HAS EVOLVED TO SEED OF VOID]

[A SEED OF ORIGIN HAS BEEN PLANTED IN YOUR SOUL]