In the end, you succumb to your greed.” An old man in rugged clothes whispers weakly as he leans toward a dead man and close his eyes. “If only greed did not consume you. You should still be alive today.”
TING!The sound of a rolling metal ball catches his attention, it came rolling from his friend’s hand. He immediately picks it up and inspects the object. “Strange, what is-!”TING!Startled by what he had just seen, he drops the metal ball on the ground. “This is impossible.” He turns around and sees that his friend’s body is now gone. “Hasmuth, you did not-!”He then turns to look at the metal ball and takes it away in a hurry and left.
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