Pirate: It’s not a phantom beast, it’s a phantom god!

Chapter 325 Erecting a Monument
A great inventor once said: "The world allows consciousness to fit into new containers, but it does not allow containers to collect dissipated consciousness."

Death is fair, irreversible, and therefore inviolable.

It is precisely because of this belief that people cherish their one and only life, and strive to do their utmost to unleash their own brilliant light within this limited time.

And that makes the world all the more wonderful.

It can be said that life gains its supreme value precisely because of death, and that every moment becomes crucial because of life's uniqueness.

"Therefore, I will never allow anyone to trample on death."

"Whether it's you or me."

Ossie looked at Obey in front of her with her eyes that shone with a faint light, her tone calm but extremely serious.

Obe stared blankly at the scene. The other person's serious and solemn appearance made Obe involuntarily overlap the figure in front of him with that of Ra.

[As expected, it's not just appearances that change...]
……

"Whoo~"

"I see."

"Since you have your own ideas, I won't say anything more."

Having roughly figured out the situation, Obe didn't intend to interfere with Osi's decision anymore.

"But you have indeed changed a lot since you came back this time, Ossi. If it were the old you, you wouldn't care about any of those so-called responsibilities, and you would have resurrected Bulfat without hesitation, right?"

"So, you really can bring the dead back to life?"

"..."

"Ah."

Under Oberna's gaze, which held a mixture of curiosity and inquiry, Osi nodded.

"I can now bring Uncle Bulfat back to the world of the living."

"To find his remains, we don't even need the remains, just a suitable vessel."

"Then set up an altar, place some sacrificial vessels, choose a suitable time to summon his spirit and soul back from the underworld, return his true name... and finally chant a resurrection incantation."

"Or just ignore all these ridiculous rituals, grab the other person from the underworld, stuff them into a new body, and then clap your hands and you're done."

"This is not difficult for me."

Looking around at the dense array of new and old tombstones, Ossie spoke with a calm expression, though her tone was not heavy.

"But I can't do that. Like I said before... I must protect the boundary between life and death, and I must not allow anyone to manipulate death, not even myself."

The complete authority of the god of the underworld can bring the dead back to life, but the condition for wielding this authority is to understand, acknowledge, and uphold the rules of death and life—that is, the dead should not be brought back to life.

This is how the laws operate; at this moment, they have become a perfect closed loop.

……

A sea breeze blew by, and the trees around the cemetery began to rustle, while Ossie's crimson hair was lifted and danced in the air.

"Alright, it's getting late. Is there anything else you'd like to ask?"

Looking at the sun on the horizon, Ossie reached out and pulled the shovel with its side handle stuck in the ground, turning it back into a hairpin. Then she fixed her wildly flying hair and prepared to leave.

"Um... that's it."

"Let's go back."

"Okay, but wait a minute, I have one last thing to do."

"Ok?"

Under Obe's watchful eye, Osimai walked to the center of the cemetery, where a large open space remained, as if those who came to bury their remains were consciously making way for it.

"Although Uncle Bourfat said something about 'a dragon returning to the sea,' it would be better to erect a monument for him here... otherwise it would feel like we've left him out here all alone."

As Ossie spoke, she extended her right hand, palm down, and strands of red fluorescence intertwined, merged, and compressed on her like silk threads, eventually forming a crystal-like structure.

"This is……?!"

Obe's eyes widened in shock at the sight.

Transforming the illusory into the real, creating things from nothing!

Now, Ossi is finally able to compress his energy into a solid form, just like Rana.

Unlike the luxurious and heavy metallic state of Rana, which is like gold, Ossi's energy materializes with a translucent texture similar to a gemstone.

……

As the light faded, Ossie withdrew her hand, and a uniquely shaped, transparent red tombstone was erected in the center of the cemetery. The tombstone was a neat square, without any inscriptions or patterns on its surface, and stood in the soil like a single, high-quality red crystal pillar.

When Obey stepped forward, filled with shock and curiosity, to examine the second crystal of divine power more closely... the scene before her once again deeply shocked her.

As the last rays of the setting sun shone through the crystal, Ober saw that the sunlight, after shining into the crystal and undergoing a series of refractions, outlined the image of Bourfath inside.

No wonder Ossi didn't have Bourfat's name engraved on it like the other tombstones...

Obe could hardly believe that the usually carefree Osi could have achieved such masterful control of energy.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"It's nothing. I just feel that one should look at someone with new eyes after three days of separation."

The ancients were right.

……

Darkness falls quickly on the island; in just a few minutes, it is completely dark... At this moment, fireflies fly out from the dense forest, circling and twinkling around the two of them.

Ossie, who was about to leave with Obe, saw this scene and slowed down, stopping in her tracks.

"Are these...fireflies?"

Ossie reached out and pinched one of them, bringing it close to her eyes for a closer look before releasing it back into the group. With her hands behind her back, she watched the ball of light wobble back into the flock.

"Back in my hometown, I could only see a few scattered ones, but now there's such a large group here. It looks quite romantic."

"It's just ordinary courtship behavior. The so-called 'romance' is nothing more than something that humans impose on themselves based on their own subjective feelings."

"To me, all I can smell is the pungent pheromone."

Ober, who was also surrounded by green fluorescent light, was not so sentimental and spoke in a way that was not romantic.

"Tsk~ You described such a romantic scene as having sex on a grave. You're still so boring."

"Say what you will, just remember to wash your hands when you get back."

"You just caught a bug, and it smells awful on your hands."

"?!"

Upon hearing this, Ossie quickly brought the hand that had just pinched the firefly to her nose and smelled it...

Sniff sniff~
"Whoo~"

"Thank goodness, it seems I didn't get it."

……

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"Ahem! Miss La, what are you looking at?"

On an unnamed deserted island in the Calm Belt, Quinn, who was preparing dinner, noticed that Ra was staring in one direction and couldn't help but ask her about it.

Because they suddenly had the idea to try smoking and grilling meat that night, they didn't stay in the mostly repaired laboratory, but instead set up a stove outdoors near the coast.

Woohoo~~~~
Squatting on the ground, Quinn used his modified mechanical arm as a fan, blowing hot air onto the charcoal fire in front of him.

A large swarm of fireflies scattered in all directions due to the thick smoke from his breath, while he himself coughed from the fumes.

"Ahem! Is it Kaido who's back?"

"No."

La calmly replied that, standing upwind, not a single wisp of smoke could get close to her.

"If Captain Kaido says half a month, then he will definitely not return until half a month later."

"I just noticed an unfamiliar ship coming this way at sea."

"An unfamiliar ship? Where is it?"

"This is a calm zone; how could an ordinary ship possibly get here?"

Upon hearing this, Quinn immediately stood up, went to Ra's side, and stuck his head out to look at the sea.

"Hmm...I didn't see it?"

"where is it?"

"It's in that direction you're looking, but they're still some distance from the island. It will probably be half an hour before the ship comes into view."

(End of this chapter)