Earl Rekar climbed back out of his grave. This time, his movements were gentle, lacking the recklessness he had demonstrated before. Perhaps the first time had felt like checking out of a hotel, but he now understood that this place was his eternal home, and naturally one would treat such a place with greater care.0

“I was just down there thinking about which posture I should take when lying dead. Strangely enough, the first time I died, I never considered that question at all.”0

Karon did not waste time exchanging pleasantries with the earl and asked directly, “Earl, can you use your own power to freeze this body of yours?”0

“Uh… Hmm… Eh?”0

The “uh” came when Earl Rekar was merely puzzled as to why he had been summoned back out just for the young master to ask such a question. The “hmm” came as he started to consider the question and realized there was indeed a possibility of success. Since his water-attribute path had already reached the peak, becoming capable of freezing even death itself, then if that was taken literally, was it not the act of freezing “death”?0

When the “eh” came, Rekar had already moved further in his reasoning. If he could suspend this body from its irreversible state of continuously dissipating its spirituality, then the purpose could only be for him to wait, and what would the result of waiting be?0

For those who have experienced death once, when facing it again, they are unlikely to treat it lightly. More often, they treasure even more the chance to continue living. Karon was like that, and so was Earl Rekar.0

At that moment, the former pirate king did not wait for Karon to say anything further. He went down to one...0