Gasping for air, my eye opened into a dark, dank prison. My body felt extremely weak, but wouldn’t it after lying around for a week? This must have been what Terra had meant. Her golem body could last years, but a human body would start to break down and die without food. Just like the world in Twilight’s memory, it was a place of death and decay. Since Garnet was taken who knew how long ago, it was almost certain she had died and her body had turned to ash.


    I immediately began to cast healing spells on myself as I tore off of the black slime that seemed to be restraining me. It was rubbery and took a bit of effort to remove, especially when the majority of my body was encased in it. However, now that I was completely lucid, I knew the kind of danger I was in. I broke free from the casing, falling to my knees as I cast a few more spells.


    I reached into my soul world, and to my relief, the king had left my supplies in there. I immediately pulled out some water of life and drank it. As I drank it quickly, some of it missed my mouth and splashed onto the ground. When it touched the muck I was standing in, there was a sizzling sound.


    “M-master!” A voice cried out some distance away.


    “Terra?”U//ppTodated fr/o/m aster... we need to get going.” Terra finally let go, rubbing her filthy cheeks with the back of her hand. “Gaia’s counterattack might have stunned her for a moment, but soon she’ll pursue us, just as she did the dwarves all those years ago. She won’t allow herself to lose another god soul.”


    “We can’t go without Garnet.” I declared. “Where is her body? I’ll resurrect her...”


    Terra froze and then shook her head. “I’m sorry, Master, that’s what I needed to tell you before.”


    “What?”


    “Garnet has been absorbed by the darkness. Her soul is mixed in that sea. I was able to use Gaia and our slave bond to free your soul, but your slave bond with her is gone. Her soul cannot be recovered, Master. Garnet is dead.”