Purify

Jake dropped everything and rushed to Father Joseph's side. 

Ganshin was also by his side, holding his hand. 

"Why did you do this, Father? There had to have been another way. You didn't need to trade your life away for this." Ganshin said, his voice trembling. 

"I knew this would happen before, young sword master." Father Joseph chuckled, but his voice gave away, the struggle in just talking. 

"His Divine Brilliance told me. I hoped that he was wrong, but he is never wrong." 

"But this was a conclusion that I knew I would arrive to before the journey even began. I have come in terms with my age. I spent enough time on the ground. Time to go under." Father Joseph chuckled. 

And as if on cue, the walls around them, the leaves that made them what they were, started to shake.