<h4>Chapter 479: Scramble</h4>


    Catho was making a mad dash towards the Eskin family manor. He only found out just now that Ramillies had gone to work at the Eskin manor.


    After returning Parry''s corpse, he had begun to search for a secondary soul in hope of imnting it into himself and bing a Ghostman, thus bing powerful enough to regain the Jugus family glory.


    However, before he managed to find a secondary soul, he heard news of the city lord Dn giving out an insane order to hunt for children. Worried about Ramillies, Catho immediately returned home, only to find that Ramillies wasn''t actually home, leaving him a letter that said he had gone to the Eskin family manor.


    With how sharp Catho was, he instantly realized what sort of dangerous situation Ramillies might be in. Since Dn had been able to issue a massacre of children due to his rage, it was impossible for the only survivor of the Eskin family to be allowed to roam free.


    This was why he had rushed to the Eskin family manor, but he still came a bit toote.


    By the time he arrived, all he saw was Dn embracing a young child with an expression of despair, while his brother had copsed on the ground and stopped breathing entirely.


    Without having the time to think about why Dn was here, Catho hurriedly rushed to his brother''s side. The Jugus family had only started to fall into ruins the past few years, so Catho had been able to enjoy the life of an aristocrat, but when Ramillies was born, their father was killed during an aristocratic struggle.


    The family started going downhill, and Ramillies had not been able to enjoy even a single day of aristocratic glory since he was born, but he had always been a considerate boy that didn''t worry anyone.


    Without hesitation, Catho drew a dagger and cut open his wrist, allowing his blood to flow out into Ramillies'' body, carrying the massive vitality into his body.


    The surging vitality instantly drew Dn''s eyes. With his current senses, how could he not realize that it was the aura of the Bone of God?


    He also began to remember Catho, recognizing him as one of the people in the cathedral during the day of Parry''s kidnapping. Dn had seen him during the cathedral lockdown, but didn''t think that he would be the culprit.


    The Bone of God''s appearance gave Dn a bit of hope. While this thing was no longer as potent as the Spring of Life during the days of the Sacred Valley, it still contained a massive amount of vitality.


    "Wake up, Ramillies!"


    Catho could only me himself for not paying enough attention to Ramillies. If he had cared even a little bit more about Ramillies, he wouldn''t have allowed him to step a single foot into the Eskin family manor.


    However, this vitality was only enough to barely bring Ramillies back from the brink of death. His organs were already crushed, his body itself had died, and the link between his soul and body was slowly breaking off. This little bit of vitality-filled blood wouldn''t be able to save Ramillies'' life.


    The only way to save Ramillies right now was to turn Ramillies into a Ghostman, but since there was only one Bone of God, saving Ramillies meant that he would gradually be reduced to an undying skeleton. This was the most horrifying thing, as he would be unable to die, but also couldn''t move to do anything about it, forced to remain in eternal torture.


    Drawing the Ceremonial de from its sheath, Catho stabbed it into his own chest and took out the Bone of God that had been embedded inside his heart. He then proceeded to stab Ramillies'' chest and put the Bone of God inside.


    "The King of Evil Spirits'' Ghostmen Ceremonial de" his actions caused Dn to instantly recognize what this was.


    He gently put Parry down, then stood up and stared closely at the ckened Ceremonial de. In reality, he and Catho were the same kind of people, willing to do anything for the sake of their family''s glory.


    If it was before, Dn would have done everything in his power to steal the Ceremonial de and keep it as the Ashius family''sst trump card, but the only thing he wanted to do now was for his son Parry to survive.


    Dn could sense the mes of his life rapidly being snuffed out and would quickly cease, so he immediately began to act to steal the Bone of God.


    There''s only a single piece of bone, so only one person will get to survive between Parry and Ramillies.


    Catho naturally noticed this, so he stood up to shield Ramillies while ncing confusedly at Parry.


    "You''ve already killed Parry once, so now it''s your turn to use your lives to be his survival"


    With the remaining time he had, Dn sighed and charged towards Catho, his hand forming a de as he chopped towards Catho''s neck. His hand swiftly sank into Catho''s body while his other hand took the Ceremonial de and thrust it into his own body. He didn''t have much time left, so even as a reanimated corpse, he would die very soon; Burning Soul Tempering doesn''t only burn away one''s vitality.


    Dn pushed Catho''s body away and reached into Ramillies'' chest to pull the Bone of God out and headed towards Parry, only for Catho to hold his leg back.


    Catho''s constitution as a reanimated corpse allowed him to continue moving as long as his body was still mostly intact, he locked his hands around Dn''s legs to prevent him from moving forward.


    Right at this time, Dn''s Burning Soul Tempering time limit was over. Although he wouldn''t die right away thanks to using the Ceremonial de on himself, his body had gotten much weaker. He was currently even weakerpared to Catho, and no matter how much he tried to kick Catho away, he wouldn''t let go.


    Dn struggled to get closer to Parry, but his strength was waning, so it was now a desperate struggle for both reanimated corpses.


    "I''m sorry, only one person will survive, so I hope that it will be my brother" Catho was risking everything he had to stop Dn. He had even thought about whates next, Ramillies wouldn''t need to find another secondary soul, he could just use his soul.


    This way, he would be able to escape from the fate of being trapped in a useless boney body, and since he whole-heartedly wanted to save Ramillies, the side effects of a secondary soul would be reduced to almost nothing.


    「 I think you two can stop yourpetition, I have a way for both of them to survive 」 right at this point, a slightly crooked voice called out.


    Aureum had arrived while using his hand to hold onto his head. He was defeated and fell down, but he wasn''t dead since his main body was just a single mote of dust. He also had a general idea of what had happened here.


    For the past while, he had been spending his time to heal his body, otherwise, a mote of dust wouldn''t have been able to do anything. What he didn''t expect was for the two boys to already be dying by the time he healed himself.


    "I have a way to split that piece of bone you''repeting over in half. Although the potency will decrease, I can mostly guarantee that they remain the same" Aureum exined.


    Having gone through physical death, his soul had been further stimted to improve his control over dust. Otherwise, how could he heal himself so quickly with his head kicked away?


    The majority of the Giant''s bones had turned into regr rocks, only a portion of it managed to maintain activity and became the source of the Sacred Valley''s Spring of Life.


    During the change of the era, the Sacred Valley copsed. Although this piece of bone managed to adapt to the change of the era and remained in existence, Aureum managed to discern that a part in the middle of the bone had already been calcified thanks to his control over dust.


    If he used his full power, he would be able to split the Bone of God in half.


    Dn and Catho exchanged nces, both of them fully understood that if they continued to struggle, the ones at risk were the two boys.