Apotheosis

The exorbitant price required by the Separate Abyss race depressed the human girl as she could not afford it.

She was afraid that she couldn't leave this stage today.

Most people minded their business and would not meddle in others' affairs. She was, thus, grateful that Zen was willing to help her. Nevertheless, two hundred thousand soul pills were simply too much.

"Fine," the girl gritted her teeth as she muttered, "I'll work for you."

Although she knew it was dangerous, she had no other choice.

At this time, Zen said, "I will pay two hundred thousand soul pills!"

The Separate Abyss race always charged at will. What was worse, they increased the price randomly. Before the guards could change their minds, Zen nodded at Dorothy.

Dorothy had been watching silently. When Zen nodded at her, she took ten hundred thousand soul pills out of her space ring and offered it to the guards of the Separate Abyss race.

The human girl's eyes opened wide. Even though they didn't know each other, Zen paid such a significant sum to get her out of trouble. She was surprised and extremely grateful.

The Separate Abyss race, on the other hand, had been cunning as always. When Zen had stepped in to help the girl, they had increased the price tenfold and asked for two hundred thousand soul pills. Nevertheless, Zen still paid that amount.

The Separate Abyss guards hadn't expected Zen to take out two hundred thousand soul pills. If they were to make things difficult for them now, it would ruin their race's reputation. Therefore, the leader of them waved his hand and said, "You can go!"

The human girl walked up to Zen and said, "I'll wait for you in Stage Twelve. Thank you for your help. I will find a way to repay you!"

Two hundred thousand soul pills were not a significant amount for any Souls of Light who could enter Stage Twelve or Stage Thirteen.

But it was an exorbitant amount for the girl as her clan had declined. As she wasn't sure whether she could acquire two hundred thousand soul pills, she was hesitant to make the promise.

"Never mind all that. You can fly upward now," Zen said with a smile.

As she was a stranger who he had met by chance on the Other Shore, Zen didn't think he would see her again in Stage Twelve. Even though he knew that she couldn't return the soul pills, Zen had still helped her.

The human girl nodded and walked toward the star ring.

Zen and Dorothy waited in line for a

left the Other Shore.

Dorothy's plea to stay safe and be careful echoed in the space as Zen's figure had already disappeared.

She shook her head slightly. Had the Separate Abyss race accepted two hundred thousand soul pills only, this would never have happened. But they had been unreasonable when they demanded a million soul pills. If she didn't have the soul crystal, she would have been left in Stage Eleven.

When the human girl saw Zen disappear, she was at a loss for what to do. She stood silently for a while before she asked Dorothy, "Miss, where has he gone?"

Dorothy replied, "He'll be back soon."

She knew that it wouldn't take Zen long to turn Stage Eleven upside down.

"Oh." The human girl shuffled her feet. "Then, I'll wait for him here."

"Why are you waiting for him?" Dorothy asked as curiosity coursed through her.

"I want to know his name. I will return the soul pills to him," the girl explained.

Dorothy smiled at the girl. "You don't need to do that."

For her and Zen, two hundred thousand soul pills were not a significant amount. She did pay a higher price of a finger-size chunk of soul crystal as demanded by the Separate Abyss race, but that had nothing to do with this young human girl.

As Dorothy was generous and open-minded, she didn't blame the little girl.

"No! I must return them to him!" The girl was surprisingly persistent.

Since Dorothy's patience had waned, she said slowly, "I gave the soul pills on his behalf. Now, I'm telling you that I don't need you to pay me back. You can leave!"

Dorothy's words upset the human girl, and she walked away reluctantly.