Chapter 209: Rinella’s Destiny is Her Own (2)

Before I realized it, I found myself inhabiting the young man’s body within the dream.

My head pounded with pain as unfamiliar memories and emotions flooded in.

“In this world, there exists something called flow. It’s an absolute force from which nothing can escape, physical or spiritual. Nothing. The truth of the world I realized also lies within the flow.”

The hatchet, suspended in the air above the stubborn branch of the World Tree, commanded my attention with an unsettling aura.

All my senses screamed in alarm, warning me of the danger emanating from this hatchet.

“To oppose the flow is to ‘shackle’.”

A beam of white light descended from the heavens.

Though seemingly unassuming, its clean, vertical path created the illusion of cleaving the world in two.

“And to unravel the flow is to ‘liberate’.”

With her arms folded, the Great Witch took another drag from her pipe.

In mere moments, she transformed from a childlike figure into an incomprehensibly formidable presence.

My body instinctively sensed her strength—so vast that she could rend the world apart with ease.

“…This is what you must learn and master going forward.”

Drawing a deep breath, my consciousness began to blur once more as the smoke from her pipe invaded my senses.

A ringing filled my ears.

All I desired was to succumb to unconsciousness and descend into the depths of my mind.

“…old of yourself.”