To prevent being stopped by pursuers when leaving the castle, Fu Zhu specially threw a bottle of [Invisibility Potion] on himself and Cifera before leaving.
"I... I can't see anything!"
Cifera looked at her transparent hands and couldn't help but cry out in surprise. Then, she cautiously reached out to the side until she touched Fu Zhu's body. Only then did she grab tightly onto the corner of his clothes and relax.
"Let's go."
Fu Zhu led Cifera to avoid a group of soldiers hurriedly rushing into the castle. Cifera thought Fu Zhu would take her back to the guest room to pack their luggage and run, but she didn't expect to be taken to a clothing store.
Fu Zhu stood with her at the door for a while until the effect of the [Invisibility Potion] wore off, and only then did they walk in.
As soon as they entered the clothing store, a waiter walked over. Before he could speak, Fu Zhu waved his hand, and several [Gold Bars] resembling bricks fell directly onto the ground.
"Bring me all the clothes that fit this little girl next to me. No need to pick and choose."
The waiter had never seen such a grand scene and froze on the spot, at a loss for what to do.
Fortunately, the boss settling accounts behind the counter saw this scene. He hurriedly walked out, squatted down to confirm the authenticity of those gold bars, and after confirming they were all pure gold, his voice went high-pitched with excitement as he shouted to the waiter.
"Quick! Do as this customer says!"
Cifera, standing beside Fu Zhu, didn't understand his actions and tugged at the corner of his clothes.
Fu Zhu revealed a smile and rubbed her head.
"Just convenient."
After the waiter pushed a large pile of brand-new clothes over on a cart, Fu Zhu handed a set to Cifera and stored the rest in his [Backpack].
Cifera looked at the set of new clothes Fu Zhu handed her, and finally handed them back to him.
Fu Zhu was a bit puzzled, thinking she was distressed about the money, so he comforted her.
"I'm not short on money."
But Cifera shook her head. "You just did such a big thing; I feel we should keep a low profile."
Cifera's sensibleness made Fu Zhu feel a bit pained.
"Alright, then change later."
After Fu Zhu helped her put the clothes away, he took Cifera out of the city, walking all the way to a desolate place where no humans were seen. Even so, Cifera quietly held onto the corner of Fu Zhu's clothes, not asking where they were going or what Fu Zhu wanted to do, looking as if she wasn't afraid of Fu Zhu harming her at all.
After walking for a while, Fu Zhu opened the minimap to take a look. Confirming that their current location was a very long distance from Dolos City, he stopped. He took out the doll belonging to Tribios from his backpack and placed it on a large rock, then took out the [Scythe of Death] he had obtained from defeating the Grim Reaper earlier.
"Don't know if this will work. If it doesn't, I'll have to try unorthodox methods. Looking at the XP [Mending], it probably won't work..."
While muttering, Fu Zhu gently pressed the blade of the [Scythe of Death] against one of the dolls.
"Resurrect, Tribios!"
As Fu Zhu silently recited this sentence in his heart, countless points of starlight poured out from the blade of the scythe, completely wrapping the doll into a ball of light.
The ball of light expanded continuously until it swelled to about the same size as Cifera before stopping.
When the light dispersed, a girl bearing a few points of resemblance to Cifera appeared in front of Fu Zhu and Cifera with her eyes closed.
"It worked!"
Fu Zhu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the doll successfully resurrect and a health bar appear.
Cifera, on the side, witnessed this process, her eyes widening in surprise as she turned her head to look at Fu Zhu in disbelief.
What did she just see? He actually resurrected the dead!!!
Fu Zhu walked up to the girl with closed eyes and reached out to gently pinch her cheek.
"Tixi, open your eyes. I am Fu Zhu."
Hearing the voice, Tixi slowly opened her eyes. Seeing Fu Zhu standing in front of her, she blinked blankly.
"Fu Zhu? Why did you come down too...?"
Down? Does she mean she died?
Fu Zhu felt a bit between laughter and tears as he used his finger to flick her forehead fiercely.
"Don't think nonsense. I'm not that easy to kill. I didn't come down, you came back."
"Huh?"
Tixi lowered her head blankly to look at her hands. She clenched them, able to feel her own body temperature. A look of surprise climbed up her face little by little.
"We... are alive?"
Tixi stretched out her hand in disbelief to touch the side of Fu Zhu's face. Her palm felt a patch of warmth; this was not the temperature a dead person should have.
"It's true! We are really alive!"
Tixi wept with joy. If one can live, who would want to die?
Cifera watched Tixi, a child about her age, crying there. She fished out a not-very-clean handkerchief from her pocket and handed it over.
"...Don't cry."
Tixi glanced at Cifera. Although she didn't recognize her, she still said thank you gratefully.
Seeing that nothing unexpected happened with Tixi, Fu Zhu laughed along with them, then turned the [Scythe of Death] towards the remaining dolls.
"Tixi, don't celebrate yet. Wait until I resurrect the rest of 'you'. Only then will you all be truly alive."
"The rest of me?"
Tixi froze, turning her head to look at the other dolls sitting beside her. Those bad memories flooded out all at once, making tears stream uncontrollably from the corners of her eyes.
Seeing Tixi suddenly start crying again after just stopping, Cifera was a bit flustered as she took out another tissue to wipe her tears.
Fu Zhu nodded, considering it an answer to Tixi's confusion, then followed the method just now to resurrect the remaining fragments of Tribios one by one.
After several flashes of light, a group of Tribios fragments sat in a row on the big rock. They looked exactly like Tixi. After the initial daze, they hugged each other and wept.
Cifera was flusteredly running back and forth to comfort these "little girls," telling them not to cry. Fu Zhu stood aside, finding it somewhat amusing.
At this moment, Tixi suddenly wiped her eyes clean, lifted her head, and looked at Fu Zhu confusedly.
"Fu Zhu, are you able to resurrect us because you obtained the [Spark of the Death Titan]?"
Fu Zhu shook his head. His ability didn't come from any Death Titan, but Tixi's words made him somewhat puzzled.
"Why do you say it's the Death Titan? Judging by the name, it shouldn't possess this kind of ability, right?"
Tixi nodded. "Strictly speaking, the Death Titan indeed doesn't have the ability to help people resurrect, but it can refuse the death of others."
"Refuse?"
"Mn. Actually, we still remember vaguely that when you were resurrecting us, we were wandering by the Styx. We should have crossed over, but suddenly we felt a powerful force pulling our souls, and then... we were brought back to the world by you."
"It's just like... you refused death for us."
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Tixi (缇昔)