156 Journey's End

"Jay! Jay!!"

I could hear Asthia's desperate cries as I let out a long sigh. I used the last of my strength to forcefully close the link, kicking Asthia out of the spiritual plain.

"Jay, no!"

Her screams were silenced. My body was only able to remain in this dimension due to my link with the Elder Wyvern, and because he had never been killed in the first place.

I fell to both knees, retracting my arm from the Elder's chest. His eyes glowed a bright purple as his body disintegrated, unleashing the massive shadow that had been restrained by the mortal vessel.

"It seems," growled the Elder Wyvern as he returned to his original form, the towering giant appearing before me in all his glory, "you managed to fulfill your end of the deal."