Chapter 1280: Father and Daughter

Oi! Holy Mother! M-Mom!

Hehe

With tears in her eyes, Sibylla called out to the Holy Mother. The scene felt exactly like a daughter witnessing the death of a parent.

Ascension.

At the very moment when the Holy Mothers last bits of mana dissipated, a pillar of light enveloped her body.

She dissolved into particles of light, gradually melting away into air.

May the lingering remnants of a wandering soul rest in peace.

This was a necromancy spell that purifies the grudges of the undead and returns them to the heavens, liberating them from their resentment and granting them a peaceful slumber.

So pretty.

Woof.

We quietly bid farewell to the Holy Mother alongside a dance of beautiful lights like fireflies. The scene was breathtaking.

Phew. I think we managed to give her a proper send off.

Jean! Are you okay?

Naturally, the one responsible for the spell was Jean. That said, we saw his heart torn out earlier. Jean may be strong, but his body was still mortal, as far as I know.

How in the world did he come back from deaths doors?

Indeed. I somehow managed thanks to this.

Jean took out a pendant shaped like a zombies face from his pocket. However, the pendant had a cut down the middle and was completely devoid of mana.

I think Ive seen that before.

Of course you have. I lent it to you when we visited the Floating Island.

Oh right. If I remember right, it was an item that restores half your HP and MP upon taking a fatal wound.

Well about that, there seems to be a side effect where the user is submersed in a ma.s.s of grudges upon activation. That startled me slightly.

A ma.s.s of grudges? That might be fine for a necromancer like Jean, but Fran could easily have died if she used it back then!

d.a.m.n. Its been over a year since the incident, but Im glad we avoided using such a cursed item!

Either way, it seems thats how Jean clung onto life when his heart got torn out. I seriously thought he was a goner.

Fran was simply relieved that Jean was okay, but Sibylla stared at him with a gloomy expression. She even seemed to be a bit angry.

Oi.

What is it?

Thank you.

No, maybe she was just a little embarra.s.sed. Still, who could have imagined that the Holy Mother would be Sibyllas birth mother. We heard she was created through some kind of experiment, so I didnt think she even had parents.

Not that Sibylla herself knew either. The Holy Mother was one of the Black Skeleton Corpss best kept secrets, so it only makes sense that we were unaware.

Furthermore, the Holy Mothers Kin Intelligence skill had an effect on Sibylla because they were mother and daughter. That said, it was a pretty distorted parent-child relations.h.i.+p.

Sibylla was the product of an experiment in implanting monster factors in humans. The undead Holy Mother was merely lending her womb as a cultivation tank.

And as it turns out, the effectiveness of her skill ended up proving the mother-daughter relations.h.i.+p.

Thanks to you my mom was able to pa.s.s away without leaving any regrets. You have my grat.i.tude.

If only I had been a bit faster, there might have been another way

Jean seemed to be expressing regret, a very rare occurrence, before he continued.

You see, this one proved to be more durable than I thought.

Jean held up a single skull. One might think that all skulls looked pretty much the same, but even I realized the difference.

Is that skull whats left of that b.a.s.t.a.r.d Nameless?

Indeed. When an undead disappears, they sometimes leave behind vast amounts of grudges. And in rare cases, those grudges can possess and inhabit another vessel.

Eh? Does that mean Nameless can revive himself?

However, this phenomenon is apparently not quite that convenient.

Since only a fraction of the grudges remain, the new undead is reduced to a mindless ghost only capable of flailing about. There is no such thing as a complete revival.

In essence, the lesser undead will likely inherit only a tiny portion of the originals powers and memories.

That must be how Nameless inherited the power and memories of the Lich from the Floating Island.

We should probably do something about that. Considering Namelesss strength, even a fraction of his grudges would be bad news.

However, it seems Jean already cleansed Nameless to prevent that. I was worried about his condition since he hardly said anything, but it seems he had been quietly fighting in the background.

Avenger-kun. I appreciate your support.

Fuhahaha! We are already old comrades!

Now that I think about it, Avenger was pretty quiet too! Looks like he was a.s.sisting Jean in that endeavor.

Oh, looks like its about time.

It wasnt only the Holy Mother that we had to bid farewell to.

Old man, your hand is turning see through. Youre becoming a full-fledged ghost!

Hahaha! If you have enough energy to joke around like that, then you should be fine without me.

Tch. Yeah, Im fine. Hurry up and pa.s.s on already.

Yeah. My liege, thanks for everything. We got a chance to show our spirit in the end, and I even saw my daughter again. Im truly grateful.

Yeah! Scorching that disgusting duke certainly felt good!

Right! I had plenty of fun!

Apollonius, Begareth, Violetta, and other Red Knights came up to me and expressed their grat.i.tude. Teiwas and Wilepho were also starting to turn translucent.

Those two didnt use a special technique, but it seems they transferred all their mana to Apollonius. His tremendous flame attack was powered by his comrades.

The Red Knights really take self-sacrifice to the extreme.

Sibylla. Take care of Raydoss for me.

Leave it to me.

Sorry for making you send off both your parents in one day.

Dont be stupid. Considering my history, Im glad to even have parents. I should be thanking you.

Sibylla responded with a smile. Seeing that, Apollonius let out a sigh of relief as if a burden was lifted from his shoulders.

I see.

Yeah.

Well then, I might as well give you this. Eat it.

Eat what? This is literally just a ball of flame!

Knowing you, this should be plenty appetizing, right? Its whats left of my mana. Think of it as a memento from me and take a big bite.

Who eats their parents mementos!?

Come on, hurry it up! Im disappearing as we speak!

Ugh, fine! Ill eat it!

Hahaha! You actually ate it!

Youre the one who told me to, dammit!

The quarrel-like exchange was the last conversation between the father and daughter. Apollonius faded away while wearing an idiotic grin that seemed completely out of place.

Later, old man. I promise to protect the land of Raydoss so you can rest in peace.