Alpha burped softly, as if he had just finished a heavy meal.
A faint steam rose from his mouth and faded into the air.
Then he wiped his lips with his hand and said with a calm smile:
"Tasted… worse than the scent of old dust."
The king took a few steps forward, unable to believe his eyes:
"Is it… is it over?"
Alpha nodded:
"Yes. The seal is complete.
The fire is no longer in your daughter's body…
It's inside me now."
Liu Yuyan, still on the ground with her hand over her chest, said:
"I feel… light…
Like something heavy has left me."
Advisor Zhu Wang stepped forward hesitantly:
"Is it safe to keep it inside you?
Isn't that an eternal flame?"
Alpha replied with a sarcastic tone:
"If it explodes inside me, everyone on this continent will die…
But I don't die that easily."
The king gazed at his daughter for a long moment, then knelt beside her.
He reached out and held her hand, saying:
"You're free… because of him.
This day could have been your last."
