"...Has it ended?"
By the time Benjamin came back to his senses, he discovered that he was still standing on the same spot in the space of consciousness. Time did not seem to have passed too much, and the horrified screams of the System rang in his ears, as though it had never stopped doing so in the first place.
He looked before him, and at that moment, could still see the offending circle of light.
The circle of light had not vanished and floated there as though it had just swallowed up the Heart of Souls. However, at that moment, the frightening suction force had completely disappeared. The smiley faces all fell and rolled about on the ground, but they had not yet completely returned to their original shape. Flattened into the shape of a football, it would be some time before they slowly recovered.
Benjamin felt as though he was looking back on a dream.
The conversation he had just had with the ghost… However, in reality, had even a second not passed yet?