Chapter 248: Cruel Decision

A/n: This chapter is fixed.

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The surrounding went silent. If not for the ruins around us and the chaotic energy that started to disperse, I would have mistaken that everything that happened was an illusion.

The battle had ended. Those terrifying demons were gone. The skeleton-like figure had disappeared. Everything happened so fast that I was not able to think of anything. I could only hold on to Lucas who was still unconscious in my embrace.

The old and shriveled Sir Benjamin walked slowly toward us.

I stared at him dazedly, shocked beyond words.

At this moment, my mind was full of puzzling questions.

Who was the skeleton-like figure? What is Sir Benjamin's relationship with that woman? What kind of wish did he make for him to suffer thousands of millennia?

Was his inheritance was passed on to Lucas? Would Lucas....lived like him for thousands of years...all alone?

I have so many questions but my mouth won't move. I could only stare at the old Sir Benjamin and waited for