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[HSRGSS] Chapter 61: Polyxia
🕑 Added 2025-07-25 01:57:43 +0000 UTC'Thanatos... really is here...'
Now, Castorice finally believed Lucian.
Even after searching for so many years, she had never been able to find the Death Titan.
Yet right after meeting Lucian, before even a full day had passed, she had already found the Death Titan without any effort.
Castorice could not help but sigh helplessly in her heart, wondering why she had to meet Lucian so late.
How nice it would have been to meet him a few hundred years earlier.
How meaningless all her years of wandering seemed now.
'A familiar sensation... Could it be... Lucian's story about me having a younger sister was also true?'
Castorice did not dare to imagine it.
If that were true, just how pitiful had her sister's life been?
For her sake, her sister had brought about her own death and also caused disaster for humanity.
As Castorice was lost in thought, Lucian was busy examining the enormous dragon's corpse.
From what he knew, Thanatos—or rather, Polyxia—had only half of her divine authority left, and now that she was dead, she could no longer wield it.
Whenever people died, their souls were drawn to the River of Souls, but since reincarnation and resurrection could not be processed due to Polyxia's mistake, these souls could only wander and gather nearby.
As more and more souls gathered, they eventually merged into the River of Souls, which was why, after every war, when countless people died, the water level of the River of Souls would rise.
However, there was an exception.
Lucian immediately thought of Mydei.
Mydei claimed to be immortal, but in truth, it was simply that his soul could not reincarnate or resurrect after death. By relying on sheer willpower, he resisted the call of the nether realm, swam back from the River of Souls, and eventually forced himself back to life.
It was just bizarre.
Lucian couldn't help but wonder if reviving Castorice's sister might be one of the script's completion conditions.
"Meeting me is the greatest luck you've ever had, y'know. Watch as I bring the dead back to life."
Lucian teased Castorice as he held a white bandage crafted by the Godly Bandage, then walked up to the dead dragon and began wrapping it with the bandage.
Seeing this, Castorice quickly came to help.
She knew just how miraculous Lucian's bandage was—no matter how little remained, even just a fish's head, it could be restored to its original state.
As the two of them worked together, the dead dragon was quickly wrapped tightly with the bandage.
Lucian planned to restore Polyxia to her prime state as the Death Titan.
What was her prime state?
It meant she should have complete divine authority, a complete soul, a complete body, and a complete consciousness.
In the blink of an eye, the dragon's body wrapped by the bandage began to twist and morph, but no matter how the shape changed, the bandage freely stretched and shrank, perfectly matching the internal changes without leaving any gaps.
"Will this really work on a Titan?" Castorice could not help but ask in doubt.
"Truth comes from practice." Lucian responded calmly.
In fact, this was also an experiment—an experiment to see whether concepts like divine authority, soul, and consciousness, things so abstract and intangible, could truly be restored by the Godly Bandage.
Before long, the bandage-wrapped dragon began to shrink, becoming about human-sized, like a mummy.
Lucian looked carefully and saw that the bandage now resembled a skintight suit, outlining the curves of a graceful young woman, especially her B-cup chest and delicate toes, all of which were clearly visible.
It was obvious this was the body of a young woman in her prime.
Suddenly, the mummy's hand moved, and—
Swish! Swish! Swish!
In that instant, the bandage unraveled on its own, revealing Polyxia with nothing covering her body, who looked 99% identical to Castorice in every way.
Thanks to this, however, Lucian was treated to yet another round of 'VIP content.'
'Nice.'
Lucian nodded appreciatively, savoring the unexpected view.
Castorice, startled by how closely Polyxia resembled her, froze for a moment before quickly shifting her gaze to Lucian.
Yet at that very moment, Lucian had already produced a robe and draped it over Polyxia with a calm expression.
'He's really not a pervert...'
Castorice was moved by Lucian's actions and let out a soft sigh of relief.
Now, Castorice was convinced that what had happened before, when Lucian hid underwater, truly had been a misunderstanding—though she failed to notice the subtle curl at the corner of his lips.
"Who... are you...?"
Polyxia, after opening her eyes, saw Lucian's handsome yet unfamiliar face, then looked down and noticed a robe covering her body with nothing on underneath.
"You... What did you do to me?"
Polyxia's voice was unbelievably soft and gentle—just by listening, it was clear she was a quiet, reserved woman, but her tone as she questioned Lucian carried a faint trace of panic and surprise.
"What did I do?" Lucian frowned, feigning annoyance. "I brought you back to life, and you look at me like I'm some kind of creep?"
Upon hearing this, Polyxia instantly remembered that she had died.
She recalled how, on the day she used alchemy to revive her sister, she transformed into a dragon known as Pollux and escorted her sister back home in the mortal realm, but immediately afterward, she herself died, which was somewhat embarrassing.
Shaking her head to scatter this thought, Polyxia looked seriously at Lucian.
"Who are you? How can you revive a Titan?"
Polyxia had just asked this when she caught sight of Castorice nearby—without waiting for Lucian's answer, she immediately sat up.
"Elder Sister?!"
As Polyxia exclaimed in surprise, the robe, which had not been put on properly, slid off when she sat up, exposing her naked body again.
Seeing this, Lucian sighed helplessly, used the power of Abundance to weave a set of proper clothes, and tossed them to Polyxia.
"Seriously, put some clothes on first."
Right after saying this, Lucian turned away, acting like a gentleman.
As soon as Polyxia finished putting on her clothes, she told the truth about what had happened to her and Castorice back then.
And Castorice, the more she listened to Polyxia's account, the more flabbergasted she became, because it truly matched Lucian's story.
As a result, Castorice could not help but believe it.
Now, even though she finally understood everything, especially the curse of death that had made her life miserable, she could not muster any hatred or resentment, since she knew that her sister had done all of this for her sake.
"Elder Sister, I'm so glad to see you again..."
Polyxia, sitting on the ground, spoke with relief as Castorice knelt down and hugged her.
"But... I can't remember anything from before... I'm sorry..."
Castorice gently held her sister from her previous life, pity stirring in her heart, yet unable to truly empathize.
Just then, Polyxia suddenly sensed something strange.
"Eh... Why is my authority...?"
Polyxia suddenly realized that half of the Death Titan's divine authority she had given to her sister had returned to her, so now, she possessed the complete divine authority of the Death Titan.
Yet as she looked at her sister, she could still feel that her sister held half of the divine authority.
Thanatos, the Death Titan, represented both life and death.
Back then, she had given her sister the half that represented life so her sister could walk in the mortal realm, while she herself kept the half that represented death, which only allowed her to roam the nether realm.
"No, this isn't right... Something must have gone wrong..."
"According to my plan, I was supposed to have you represent life with the authority to defy death, so you could live in the mortal realm and wield the power of resurrection."
"And I would be the one who represents death and keeps the authority to grant death, dwelling in the nether realm with the power of reincarnation and unable to set foot in the mortal realm..."
Originally, this had been Polyxia's plan, but an accident occurred, leading Castorice, who represented life, to gain the authority to grant death instead, becoming a reaper who could walk the mortal realm.
Polyxia, on the other hand, represented death with the authority to defy death, which caused her to be unable to enter the mortal realm and allow souls to reincarnate.
It was also for that reason that, after turning into Pollux and coming to the mortal realm, Polyxia died on the spot.
"Sadly, the plan sounded wonderful, but reality is harsh."
Lucian chimed in as he turned around and crouched down, meeting Polyxia's gaze.
"Now, back to the earlier question."
"I'm Lucian, an Emanator of Abundance who gave you life again. As for the complete authority of Thanatos you received, that's just a bonus from me so you don't get yourself killed again."
As soon as Lucian's words fell, Polyxia looked at him with utter disbelief, staring blankly into his eyes as if he were some alien.
What was an Emanator of Abundance?
What did he mean when he said the authority of Thanatos was just a bonus?
Just how powerful was this man to speak so casually about such things?
Polyxia did not dare to imagine, nor could she comprehend it, since in her mind, the Titans were the supreme gods—the strongest of all.
And now, a man who could even bring a Titan back to life had appeared out of nowhere—she just could not understand it.
Seeing Polyxia's stunned and dumbfounded face, Lucian chuckled, feeling thoroughly satisfied.
Honestly, even he had not expected the Godly Bandage to restore a Titan's authority so perfectly. It seemed that this conceptual ability could even be applied to abstract concepts he could comprehend.
'Yup, not a bad ability at all.'
At this thought, Lucian suddenly had an idea.
If half of Polyxia's divine authority could be restored without affecting Castorice, then why not restore Castorice's divine authority as well?
As this flash of inspiration struck him, Lucian immediately created another bandage.
"Cas, come here." Lucian said with a smile, gesturing with his hand. "Let me give you a little blessing as compensation for the feast for my eyes you just gave me."
'Feast for my eyes? Compensation?'
Castorice was confused for a moment before finally understanding what Lucian meant, instantly recalling the scene when they had first met in the river.
In a flash, her face turned red.
"Please, don't bring it up..." Castorice said shyly, dodging Lucian's gaze. "We agreed to forget about that..."
Upon hearing their conversation, Polyxia tilted her head sideways, feeling confused.
What feast?
Just what had this man done with her sister?
"Haha, sorry, sorry. C'mon, never mind the small stuff."
Not giving Castorice a chance to refuse, Lucian started wrapping her with the bandage, and very soon, a new mummy was finished.
