
Shira and the others arrived at a place filled with graves, there were so many graves that Yuuna was filled with pleasure because she felt so many spirits in the cemetery, suddenly a goddess of death appeared from within the ground and stood right above the enormous grave.
Seeing the goddess of death as himself was unable to frighten them and they also realized that Palouce would also have its own gods, which meant that Palouce would not be easily destroyed like him. The goddess of death was immediately glared when she saw Yuuna who had abilities and magic that could control spirits.
"The Legends...? Why do you know the core of the universe? And also why would a Saint Soul like Yuuna have to come?" Asked the goddess with a look of annoyance, "We came to visit, are you gonna let us into the country?" Ask Yuuna.
The goddess originally wanted to resist but Yuuna could control the spirits easily, she could have dug her way to the Astral country, the goddess would not let them enter before giving a reason why the Legends came to this faraway universe and what their purpose was to come to a place like this.
They all started to feel suspicious when the goddess said like that, "Why are you curious like...? Are you trying to take a chance in narrowness?"
"No-no, about Zangetsu I already know... Shelldon told me, I was just wondering why you Legends who live in a very peaceful universe that Touri can come to a place like this?" The goddess said it with sarcasm that made Shira, Arata, and Haruki upset, they almost answered the question with a punch in the face.
"Right now we need that central core to take us back to the Turi universe, we don't have much time because Zangetsu could have invaded this universe and taken control of the second core, he said, if he manages to rule the entire universe then there is no salvation for all of us! Is an answer like that enough for you?" Answer Yuuna.
Such an explanation was enough, the goddess began to retreat a few steps and gave rise to a staff made of bones, which she had a shape to make, he raised the staff so that the enormous grave began to open a path to the basement, all of them immediately smelling the scent of the carcass in the room.
"Uck... what is this smell..." Shira closes both of her noses, "Come-ayo, don't spend any more time." Yuuna went inside that entrance and they all followed Yuuna from behind, the scent of the carcass was slowly so that the fragrance and jasmine they could smell because soon they would enter the [Monopostral] state.
Spending ten minutes arriving in the country, they were all greeted with two death goddesses who were currently blocking the entrance to the Monopostral country using their canes, "Let them in, let them in, they didn't come to visit or whatever it was, they just wanted to go to the door that led them to the central core." The goddess of death guarding the basement door suddenly helped.
The two goddesses instantly allowed Shira along with the others to enter, they were shocked by the myriad Astral races flying everywhere, Yuuna looked so excited that even her mouth opened wide when she saw all those flying spirits, the Astral race had a unique appearance... their bodies were translucent and there was even a golden ring on top of their heads.
"Let me take you all so that you don't get lost, the rules of the Astral country are very strict, once you stay here for an hour then your body will turn into an Astral race, you will become an Astral race, that means you will be half the Legend race and half the Astral race." The goddess began to explain the very important rules about the country, Shira along with the others immediately looked for the door to the core of that center.
"Don't rush you, the Astral can just hit you and get into your body." Yuuna said until they started to walk casually, an hour was a long time and Yuuna was sure that they could leave safely, "Would that rule affect me?" Ask Yuuna.
"No, you are a Saint Soul, that means this country can be called your power state, Yuuna. I have been waiting for this moment, to meet you. Greetings, I am Clare the goddess of death who is responsible for taking the lives of anyone. If not wrong I have been tasked with several times to take lives in Touri." The goddess of death introduced herself under the name Clare.
Yuuna and Clare spoke so that they became very close, Shira began to feel uneasy and comfortable as her body was filled with cold sweat... that Astral Race was so different that even their existence could not be felt at all, their faces could also even turn into something terrifying.
As they continued walking straight, Arisu saw a stick indicating the direction towards the central core gate, according to Arisu's prediction... they were like he was going to keep walking for a few minutes and most likely half an hour to get there. They also had to stop because there were so many Astral races roaming around and also driving a translucent vehicle.
"Are their bodies really untouchable? I was wondering... What if I hit them?" Ask Arata.
"That's right.my dimension also has such a rule, my Papa was once killed and thank God he was lucky enough to come back to life as an Astral race." Arisu's words thus made Shira surprised, just as what Shinra said to herself when fighting for the first time turned out to be true, Shinra had once died.
Time passed quickly, their visit for a few minutes was quite pleasant to see this Astral country... it looks very unique and cool even though they are all ghosts and even his house is also translucent until Shira tries to touch him but his hand even penetrates.
"We have arrived... The lock-filled door was the path to the central core, the reason I had it locked because the central core region was so dangerous that many strict guards would remove anyone, he said, you just have to be able to pass all the exams that the center core owner will give you and you will definitely be able to use them." Clare gave some advice to all of them, after which she opened the padlock with her wand.
Shira and the others flew inside the door and then she glanced back and saw Yuuna who was still standing next to Clare, "Hopefully you guys, please, like I'm gonna spend a lot longer here, I'll catch up!" Clare closed the door and put it back on.
"Come, we should hurry up immediately so that we have a lot of preparation to do the final fight." Arata went ahead and Shira just kept quiet, "Does Yuuna have a plan until she wants to spend more time in the country?" Ask Shira.
"Yahh..he is a Saint Soul so no doubt he will love a place filled with ghosts and spirits that." Answer Haruki.
"I feel a lot of strong monster existence...You guys feel it?" Ask Arisu.
"Yes, everything will be as difficult as it is." Arata saw a door made of iron in front of him.
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"You said it before, right? The goddess of death like you was once in charge of taking lives in Touri." Yuuna looked at Clare with a serious-looking expression, Clare immediately smiled as she guessed that Yuuna would stay in the country long enough to ask something as important and complicated as that.
"Yes, I have taken many lives of living beings in Touri, spirits that were released and uprooted by myself as his lucky enough to experience reincarnation into the Astral race, he said, those who were lucky and turned into the Astral race would be instantly sent into a room that could be called torture for their sins." Clare turned to the east and pointed at a large red building, as Yuuna stared at the building.
"What a cruel thing.I can hear the screams of those who were tortured all out."
"Those who have become the Astral race will be free from the room when they are holy, he said, some of them also prefer to stay in the room that has been provided because they already have no purpose to live anymore." Clare left Yuuna.
"Can I visit that place?" Ask Yuuna.
Clare stopped and glanced back, "Of course. provided you don't break any rules in this country."