The End Of It All (1)

"Setsuko!" Li Yang gawked as the energy source of the World Warper disappeared. 

It was gone in the blink of an eye and his chances of leaving the World of Telriah went along with it. Although that wasn't exactly true as long as they managed to survive this incident now with the goddess.

That was perhaps the biggest if in this situation.

"Is… Is she supposed to eat the stone?" Mitsuko stammered for a moment. Thousands of years of rich culture and history of Kaeli Kingdom went down the drain and into Setsuko's throat. 

"No." 

Regardless, Li Yang reached out to Setsuko in concern. The woman recoiled away from him and buckled over to her knees. She grabbed at her stomach and tried not to regurgitate the stone that was now inside of her. 

Her body tried to expel the additional power to no avail.