"Absorption completed.
Soulforce absorbed: 969k/969k."
A cold breeze kissed my face as I opened my eyes.
"Oh boy, it's been so long since I had this feeling," I announced as I stared at the eternal night sky of the Forest of Gumiho. "I'm finally back—"
"Th...thank goodness," Nymeria wept, hugging me tightly.
"Pretty lady, you alright?"
"I should be the one—sob...sob—asking that. You shouted something about dying and then—sob...sob—your whole body turned purple like those cursed beasts," she murmured between gasps. "I thought... I was going to lose you again."
"Again?" I thought inwardly but decided not to ask her and accepted her embrace, gently touching the back of her head.
"Don't worry, pretty lady. I'm not going to die that easily."
She remained like that for a few minutes before finally letting me go.
"Congratulations!! You have completed the Subquest.
Subquest:
→ Free Gumiho from her agony by absorbing the cursed Soulforce: completed
[Claim the reward]"
