บท 292: Maybe It’s Time…

Lucas fell on his butt when he saw Mason's lumpy body hanging over Jacob's bloody hand, which was coming slightly out of his chest. Mason's heart was clutched within Jacob's hand, and it was pulsing weakly.

'Squish…'

Jacob crushed the heart like a bug before his hand retracted, and Mason's corpse fell to the floor with a large bloody hole in his chest.

Lucas was filled with despair as he looked at Jacob, who was now probably looking at him since he couldn't tell anything because of Jacob's concealed face and eyes. But he does know it is now his turn.

"W-…." His words were caught in his throat as he started to cough violently, and this time he was literally vomiting blood with every cough.

"As I said, I'll relieve you guys, and I didn't lie. The thing is, your condition is terminal, and in my knowledge, there's no cure, no in this plain at least. There might be one in higher plains where the medical field is at a much higher level than this place.