When Alex came back to life, his mind was wrought with pain, his senses weakened because of his soul being wounded earlier.
He lay on the ground at that point, so he quickly got up, bringing out his sword to fight in a hurry. The sword shattered the moment he brought it out.
Death retaliated faster than he could prepare to fight back. His sword was destroyed first, and then his body. He was cut down where he stood, and he soon understood what was going to happen next.
He was going to die and die and continue dying for a long time before this all ended.
At least, this time his death wasn't in vain. He knew something more about the woman that stood before him.
Over the course of the next day, Alex died many times, the last few of which took him a long time to come back to life.
It took a while before Alex regained consciousness and found Death absent. He let his body heal a little more and felt at his senses.
Nineteen days. It had been nineteen days since he died here.
