Holy Necromancer: Rebirth of the Strongest Mage
chapter-1049

Karyk's eyes narrowed as he hesitated for a moment before following Gabriel's instruction. He lowered his gaze, scanning the ground around him. There, near the base of one of the remaining tombstones, was a small, intricately carved stone.

A fresh flower was placed in front of the stone. The flower was still fresh as if it hadn't been long since it had been plucked.

As he looked closer, he saw a name inscribed on the stone: "Zena."

In the surroundings, there were more tombstones, each having the name of someone he knew. There were the Demigods who helped him, as well as people who had helped Gabriel.

He already expected the others to be dead as they didn't have the lifespan of an immortal, but it should have been impossible for Zena and the Demigods.

"These... These are their graves?" Karyk's voice was barely more than a whisper, filled with disbelief.

At the same time, he felt a little strange. He thought he would have felt more bad if something happened to Zena, but strangely enough, there was no sorrow.

He didn't understand why he felt this way. Did he really lose his attachments to everything else? Even though he couldn't feel sadness, he knew what he should have felt.

Gabriel, now standing some distance away, turned to face him. His expression was unreadable, a mixture of resignation and lingering frustration.

"Yes. They have been here for centuries, waiting for you. Go ahead, talk to them. After that, scram. I don't want to see you."

Karyk silently gazed at the tombstones, unable to say anything. He couldn't accept it. How could someone related to him die? He was the one who lorded over death. He was someone who could do anything in this world that belonged to him.

Even though he didn't feel as much grief as he expected, there was still an incomprehensible and unacceptable feeling in his heart.

"How did they die?" he asked as he reached out his hand, touching the name of Zena that was carved on it.

He was sure that if Zena was dead, her memories should have reached him as well. It was the same for her soul. At the end of the day, it all came back to the last.

Even in the past when he had first awakened his abilities, he had unintentionally devoured all the souls including the souls of his family.

It was as if even after so long, nothing had changed. Even when he became so strong, he still couldn't change anything. Once again, he had devoured everything like the day he had first awakened.

"She should have been able to control death. How could she? Alion and the others were Demigods. They should also be alive. So how? And what were you doing when it happened?" he asked, clenching his fist.

"You should be the last person to ask that. I have nothing to tell you," Gabriel said, gazing at the dark sky above.

Even though he didn't say anything, he understood better than anyone about what happened. At the end of the day, it was all thanks to Karyk.

As Karyk devoured this world and the cycle of death, everything changed. Everyone who died in this world lost their souls forever, which was taken by the abyss above.

The abyss in the sky was like a grim reaper, avoiding him was impossible. With the cycle of death completely being destroyed, Zena couldn't control death.

Her life span was no more than an ordinary person and without the ability to consume death, she could not survive long, especially since she couldn't reach the level of a demigod.

Gabriel tried to get her all the treasures that he could get. He did as much as possible to increase her life span as much as possible, but in the passage of time, it all became insignificant.

He even tried giving her his blood, but her body simply refused to accept it. She wasn't like him who was created from the blood of Karyk.

She was a normal person in the past who was brought back to life, but her body was not that extraordinary.

The only person who could help Zena survive was Karyk. As long as even the slightest access to death was left for Zena, she would have lived.

Gabriel had even tried to find Karyk after realizing that he was alive. He went from world to world but nothing changed.

Despite the wait, no one came. Karyk did not return even when Zena died. After her, the war only intensified. One after another, the others also started dying, their souls being devoured by the abyss.

Not only did Karyk kill Zena by snatching her abilities, but he also devoured her soul which became one of the billions of souls throughout the centuries that healed him.

In this world, Gabriel was the only person who was alive. He was also about to leave this world, that's why he set the trap in the mountain to thank Karyk if he ever returned.

He didn't expect Karyk to actually return just as he was about to leave after seeing Zena one last time.

"It is not my fault. For you, it might have been centuries but for me-"

"There is no point in explaining. The past is gone..." Gabriel raised his head. "You did what you wanted. Who am I to blame you when I can't even leave a scratch on your body.' "Where are you going?" Karyk asked Gabriel who opened another portal in front of him as wings appeared behind his back.

Gabriel did not answer, soon disappearing inside the portal and leaving this world.

"What an annoying person," Karyk narrowed his eyes, watching the portal disappear. He turned back towards the graves. He didn't realize how long he stayed there, but enough time had passed for his body to recover a little more.

He placed his hand on the tombstones, trying to revive Zena but he could not do so. Zena's soul had actually been devoured.

He could bring her back as an undead which had the memories but he hesitated.