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Chapter 352: A Promise Beyond Life · Oct 23, 2026

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351 Chapter 351: The Flame Rekindled 2026-10-23
352 Chapter 352: A Promise Beyond Life 2026-10-23
353 Chapter 353: A Promise Beyond Life [Part -2] 2026-10-23
354 Chapter 354: The Soul’s Eternal Covenant 2026-10-23
355 Chapter 355: The Place Where Souls Rest 2026-10-23
356 Chapter 356: The Path to Saving Her Sisters 2026-10-23
357 Chapter 357: The First Thread of the Conspiracy 2026-10-23
358 Chapter 358: Echoes Buried Beneath Forgotten Memories 2026-10-23
359 Chapter 359: The Vanishing Fisherman 2026-10-23
360 Chapter 360: Shadows Beneath the Ruins 2026-10-23
361 Chapter 361: The Eyes Watching from the Dark (Part 3) 2026-10-23
362 Chapter 362: A Hero’s Heart in Turmoil (Part 1) 2026-10-23
363 Chapter 363: A Hero’s Heart in Turmoil (Part 2) 2026-10-23
364 Chapter 364: A Hero’s Heart in Turmoil (Part 3) 2026-10-23
365 Chapter 365: A Smile Before the Trap (Part 1) 2026-10-23
366 Chapter 366: A Smile Before the Trap (Part 2) 2026-10-23
367 Chapter 367: A Smile Before the Trap (Part 3) 2026-10-23
368 Chapter 368: The Cornered Rat’s Last Bluff (Part 1) 2026-10-23
369 Chapter 369: The Cornered Rat’s Last Bluff (Part 2) 2026-10-23
370 Chapter 370: The Cornered Rat’s Last Bluff (Part 3) 2026-10-23
371 Chapter 371: A Family Reunited, A New Enemy Revealed 2026-10-23
372 Chapter 372: The Curse That Bound Blood 2026-10-23
373 Chapter 373: A New Trail Toward the Elmhart Family 2026-10-23
374 Chapter 374: Seeds of a New Era 2026-10-23
375 Chapter 375: Seeds of a New Era [Part -2] 2026-10-23
376 Chapter 376: Seeds of a New Era [Part -3] 2026-10-23
377 Chapter 377: The Foundation of an Empire 2026-10-23
378 Chapter 378: The Foundation of an Empire [Part -2] 2026-10-23
379 Chapter 379: The Goddesses’ Invitation (Part 1) 2026-10-23
380 Chapter 380: The Goddesses’ Invitation (Part 2) 2026-10-23
381 Chapter 381: The Goddesses’ Invitation (Part 3) 2026-10-23
382 Chapter 382: The Goddesses’ Invitation (Part 4) 2026-10-23
383 Chapter 383: Echoes Within the Soul 2026-10-23
384 Chapter 384: The Gathering of Incarnations 2026-10-23
385 Chapter 385: Diana!!! 2026-10-23
386 Chapter 386: Echoes of Forgotten Bonds 2026-10-23
387 Chapter 387: Echoes of Forgotten Bonds [Part 2] 2026-10-23
388 Chapter 388: Echoes of Forgotten Bonds 2026-10-23
389 Chapter 389: The Contract Beneath the Eternal Moon 2026-10-23
390 Chapter 390: The Oath Beneath the Eternal Moon 2026-10-23
391 Chapter 391: The Oath Beneath the Eternal Moon [Part 2] 2026-10-23
392 Chapter 392: The Dragon’s Oath 2026-10-23
393 Chapter 393: A Promise Across Lifetimes 2026-10-23
394 Chapter 394: The One Waiting Beyond the South Gate 2026-10-23
395 Chapter 395: The Lioness’s Resolve 2026-10-23
396 Chapter 396: The Gathering of Spirit Rulers 2026-10-23
397 Chapter 397: A Dread Beyond the Soul 2026-10-23
398 Chapter 398: The Seventh Summoning 2026-10-23
399 Chapter 399: The Arrival of the Seventh Spirit 2026-10-23
400 Chapter 400: The Chaos Spirit Descends 2026-10-23

A Promise Beyond Life

His expression returned to its usual calm smile.

”Fine.”

”Then I accept your offer.”

He gently pulled his hand free before looking toward the unconscious girls once more.

”If you grant me your heart...”

”...body...”

”...and soul...”

”Then I have no problem saving your sisters.”

Clara looked into Victor’s golden eyes.

That familiar smile...

It still carried the same infuriating confidence that had always annoyed her.

He looked as though everything in the world was within his grasp.

Normally, she would have argued with him.

She would have called him arrogant.

She would have challenged every word that left his mouth.

Yet today...

That very same smile became the only thing keeping her from falling apart.

As long as Victor was standing there...

As long as he still wore that fearless expression...

A strange sense of security settled inside her heart.

If it’s him...

Maybe... just maybe... everything can still be saved.

She hated herself for thinking that.

She hated how easily he could shake her emotions.

But she couldn’t deny the truth.

Ever since they had spent time together, she had stopped seeing him as merely an arrogant, reckless man.

He infuriated her.

He challenged everything she believed.

Yet among every man she had ever met...

Victor was the first she genuinely wanted to understand.

She wanted to know why he always smiled in the face of impossible odds.

Why he carried burdens without hesitation.

Why he could remain calm while everyone else panicked.

After a long silence, Clara took a slow breath.

”I agree.”

”If you’re able to save my sisters...”

”I will give you my everything.”

”My heart...”

”My body...”

”...and my soul...”

”...are all yours.”

Victor’s smile widened ever so slightly.

”Then the deal has been made.”

He crouched beside the unconscious girls.

”Now...”

”...let’s see what we have here.”

Carefully, he lifted the elder sister, Kary, into his arms.

Supporting her gently, Victor closed his eyes and guided a thin stream of mana through her body.

His expression gradually became thoughtful.

The flow of mana inside her was unlike anything ordinary mages could perceive.

Dark threads wrapped themselves around every mana pathway.

Each strand pulsed like a living parasite.

”Hmm...”

”This is interesting.”

Clara remained completely silent.

She didn’t dare interrupt him.

After several moments, Victor finally opened his eyes.

So that’s how it works...

The curse isn’t meant to kill immediately.

It’s meant to erase reason.

He continued observing.

Then another fluctuation caught his attention.

”Oh...”

”A sleeping spell.”

His eyes narrowed.

”So someone intentionally suppressed the curse.”

Victor quietly pieced everything together.

The curse was designed to drive the victims into a murderous frenzy.

Once awakened...

They would attack everyone nearby without discrimination.

The sleeping spell prevented that outcome.

But it came with a cruel price.

They would continue sleeping indefinitely.

Only breaking the spell could awaken them.

Unfortunately...

The moment the spell disappeared...

The curse would fully activate.

Victor gently placed Kary back beside her younger sister before turning toward Clara.

”I’ve figured out their current condition.”

She immediately looked up.

”What is it?”

”They’re under two different spells.”

”The first is a curse.”

”The second is a sleeping spell meant to suppress it.”

”If I remove the sleeping spell...”

”...they’ll wake up.”

He paused.

”...and the curse will immediately take control.”

”They’ll try to kill everyone around them.”

Clara instinctively looked toward the lifeless body of her mother.

Someone...

Had protected them.

Victor quietly followed her gaze.

His eyes rested upon the elderly woman’s body.

A thought crossed his mind.

Without another word, he walked over and knelt beside her.

His fingers hovered just above her forehead.

A faint stream of mana flowed into the corpse.

Several moments later...

Victor’s eyes widened slightly.

”Oh...”

”Interesting.”

Clara looked toward him.

”What is it?”

Victor slowly stood.

”Did you know...”

”...your mother has been cursed for several years?”

Clara froze.

”...What?”

”I said...”

”...your mother was cursed.”

”Although she’s already dead...”

”And she managed to break free through sheer will...”

”I can still sense traces of the curse.”

He looked at the old woman’s peaceful face.

”Normally...”

”When someone breaks free from a curse...”

”The lingering traces disappear completely.”

”The only explanation...”

”...is that this curse remained attached to her for years.”

Clara’s breathing became uneven.

Her hands slowly curled into fists.

Her entire body trembled.

”What...”

”...kind of curse?”

Victor examined the body once more.

”There were three.”

”The first robbed her of her voice.”

”It made her unable to speak.”

”The second continuously drained her mana.”

”No matter how much she recovered...”

”...it was constantly stolen.”

”The third...”

Victor looked at Clara.

”...forced her into an endless dream.”

”She remained conscious...”

”But could only see the illusion created by the caster.”

”Everything she believed she experienced...”

”...was controlled by someone else.”

The room became completely silent.

Clara bit her lip so hard that blood trickled down her chin.

Her vision blurred.

Her mother...

The woman she had misunderstood for years...

Had never abandoned them.

She had been trapped.

Unable to speak.

Unable to fight.

Unable to tell her own daughter the truth.

Clara’s legs gave way.

She collapsed beside her mother’s body.

”...Mom...”

Tears streamed uncontrollably down her face.

”I...”

”I’m sorry...”

”I’m so sorry...”

”I called you weak...”

”I hated you...”

”I thought...”

”...I thought you stopped caring...”

She covered her face.

A cry escaped her lips.

”AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!”

The heartbreaking scream echoed throughout the broken house.

Victor quietly watched.

In the past...

Such emotions would have been meaningless to him.

But after living among humans...

He finally understood.

Not completely.

But enough.

Enough to recognize unbearable regret when he saw it.

Without disturbing her, he returned to examining the curse affecting the sisters.

Time quietly passed.

...

Still kneeling before her mother’s cold body, Clara slowly lowered her forehead until it touched the cold wooden floor.

”I’m sorry...”

”...I’m so... so.... sorry...”

”...for being such a worthless daughter...”

Her voice cracked with every word.

For many years...

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