12-47. Loops
The world came back in a rush of air and ethera as Elijah stumbled to his knees. Above – where his head had once been – a massive axe cut through the air, the speed of it enough to create a gust of wind that sent him tumbling to the side. He crashed into a stone wall, still confused about what was going on.
And then, the axe descended again, hitting him at the crown of his skull and splitting him in two. He died instantly, only to be remade a second later. This time, he didn’t fall, and his fate mimicked the first time he’d been beheaded. However, the brief moment after his head had been detached from his body gave him enough time to see two very important notifications.
The first was the system message that he’d expected:
| You have entered the Labyrinth of Dead Gods. To conquer this Primal Realm, you must first escape the inevitable grip of time.
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