Chapter 248 The Price Of Excessive Pride

He gestured toward the elder warriors feverishly combing through the library. Their reddened eyes betrayed their desperation to uncover secrets of immortality. After all, they had seen the emperor's youthful visage—a man in his twenties, wearing the face of a god.

"They're chasing mirages," Michael replied coolly. "There's no way to reverse time without dark, forbidden magic. At best, there might be techniques for limited rejuvenation. But those are things they'll need more than I will."

Oswald sighed quietly, acknowledging the truth of Michael's words. His mind drifted to the horrors of his father's pact with the god—the lives it had cost and the faces of those who had been sacrificed, including his eldest brother.

Amid his grief, Oswald thought he glimpsed his brother's face in the swirling black smoke that surrounded the god. Clenching his eyes shut, he whispered, "I only pray their souls find peace."