The Pinnacle Of Life

Milos embraced and kissed her deeply. She wasn’t Maximilia now. She was Jade herself.

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Whoosh!

Maximilia’s body started falling apart. As if she were porcelain, her body slowly shattered into small pieces. She was smiling, with a faint layer of red on her cheeks. She stared at Milos as her life was put to a halt…

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Milos watched as Maximilia vanished into thin air. Pieces of her fell down like petals, crumbling into dust. The sight saddened him quite a bit. Suddenly, a ray ofwhite light shone onto him. It would seem that he had to leave this illusionary realm as well.

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“No way… I got the eggs. Should I hand it to the woman in the painting?”

“I’d still like to find Ynes’ ancestors! Hey…”

However, the light didn’t care about his wishes. It opened up a portal and separated Milos’s soul from his current body. His soul was then sent through space, reaching the second step with the white light.

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Whoosh!

back

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to be standing at the bottom of the stairs. At the time, she stood there quietly,

Joe

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now the real Jade in this reality! Everything that

to the

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Stomp!

got up to the second step. Initially, Milos thought it would be just like the first step. Joe would be sent into a special illusionary realm,

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Joe

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‘Nothing?’

another step, going up the third step. But,

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“What’s happening?”

only appear on

hesitant for a short while, then immediately started dashing

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‘Fourth… Fifth… Sixth…’

However, he just stayed on that step for half a second before

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‘Fourteenth…Fifteenth… Sixteenth…’

were absolutely stunned. They had lived here for three thousand years and had tried going up the stairs thousands of times. Even so, something this weird had never happened in the past. Every step had its own story and mission, always in a constant pattern. Despite all this, Milos’s current speed was simply unbelievable.

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