Chapter 14 Why Do We Have to Die?!
An unparalleled force squeezed through Al's entire body, and he stood up, his whole body shaking.
The wind howled fiercely, and constant collapsing snow could be seen on the mountain.
Al's eyes widened, staring intently at the blizzard outside the cave, like a starved wolf, desperate to snatch back hope for survival from the cold.
The brink of death had brought about Al's desperation, yet the sage's last cries before dying had shaken the last chord in his spirit.
"I want an answer, I want an answer,"
Al murmured, his lips cracked and dry from the cold.
The sage had gained the truth he sought before dying, and now, Al too sought an answer.
Al sought his own answer.
He believed that death was not an illusion; the sage had died right before his eyes, and that was no illusion.
But he also firmly believed that at the very heart of death, something was still alive, something was not forgotten, something wanted to come back to life.
Al stared relentlessly at the blizzard, his eyes bloodshot, standing motionless on the spot.