Chapter 288

What was the reason for Acheron to appear here?

No one knew.

Bronya looked at Bai Feng, wanting to ask her question.

She also wanted to ask the questions of the audience.

But it was as if Bai Feng knew what Bronya wanted to do.

He spoke first: "Bronya, I won't provide any commentary or answers for this part of the story."

"Acheron and Tiernan will tell all of you themselves."

"This story is a tragic one."

Bronya nodded, then continued to watch the video screen with extreme focus.

In the video screen...

Acheron and Tiernan looked together toward the distant horizon of the sea.

After an unknown amount of time, Acheron spoke first to ask Tiernan: "How long has this rain been falling...?"

Tiernan did not answer directly.

Instead, he said: "Once, I, too, like you, expected it to stop one day."

"Just like that, years and decades passed."

"In the end..."

"Hope reached its end before the rain did."

"It seems the god you spoke of does not exist."

While speaking with Acheron, Tiernan's gaze remained fixed on the shadows upon the sea.

Those countless shadows.

Acheron did not seem to intend to interrupt him, and after a while...

This time it was Tiernan who broke the silence between them: "Let me tell you a story..."

Acheron nodded with an "Mm."

Tiernan spoke slowly: "Mortals walk the Path like small boats crossing the water..."

"Leaving behind a winding trail."

"Pushing aside ripples of countless possibilities!"

"Compared to the fleeting life of a human, these waves do not subside for a long time..."

"And among them are some whose traces of existence are too intense!"

"So much so that they leave their own reflections in these clusters of spray..."

Acheron looked at the sea not far away: "Just like..."

"The shadows on the sea surface..."

Tiernan looked at the shadows on the sea, took a deep breath, and then sighed...

He spoke the names of these shadows...

"Blood-Sin Spirits..."

"The obsessions of Pathstriders; they are born in the shadow of IX, viewing themselves as the protagonists..."

"Unknowingly repeating the actions of the deceased during their lifetime..."

"They are born from Nihility, and head toward Nihility..."

"Spending a life of utter meaninglessness..."

"But it is this group of empty phantoms..."

"... that were once my important companions..."

"A group of..."

"Galaxy Rangers!!!"

When the identity of the Galaxy Rangers was spoken aloud...

All the audience members were shocked!!!

These black shadows struggling on the sea surface...

Were Galaxy Rangers...

They were Blood-Sin Spirits!!!

On the Astral Express...

March 7th covered her mouth with her hands: "These are Galaxy Rangers..."

"How could this be..."

"What exactly is going on?"

"How could the Galaxy Rangers become like this?"

"Didn't they all die?"

Dan Heng spoke slowly: "So that's how it is..."

"I had always thought that Blood-Sin Spirits were just a legendary existence..."

"I didn't expect them to be real..."

March 7th looked at Dan Heng: "So what exactly is this Blood-Sin Spirit?"

"Dan Heng, I don't quite understand..."

Dan Heng explained: "In short, when a Pathstrider's obsession before death is too profound..."

"They leave behind a reflective trace on the Path..."

"And this reflection is Nihility to the world and to the Path..."

"Therefore, Blood-Sin Spirits are a part of Nihility, born from Nihility and arriving upon the Path..."

"They constantly repeat the actions of the deceased's obsession during their lifetime..."

"If I am not mistaken, these Blood-Sin Spirit Galaxy Rangers all died in the war against Zulo..."

"And their obsession is that they failed to kill Zulo, so they are all repeating the actions of the great battle against Zulo before they died..."

"Which is to say, they are constantly repeating their own deaths..."

After the last two words were spoken...

The others present all fell silent...

... and...