Chapter 285 Deimos, the Dark Eye (2/2)

"You did well, Chrysa," said Aldrich

"But-but we're not at the top-," Chrysa pointed up The top of the tree was still fifty or so meters away

"You did your best That's what ed Chrysa to his chest as he flew up, the cloak of stitched souls uttering faint wails of agony instead of windy billows He noted that the cloak let hi speed

In a few seconds, Aldrich reached the top of the tree The branches of the Arsillow tree had all burned off, leaving just a wide, flat, charred platforrily above This would have served as the boss arena to fight Deimos, but, well, Deimos was all the way down

Aldrich landed on burnt wood, so away under his dress shoes He looked up at the Fla into it, he felt voices indecipherable whispering in his head – countless voices of deh

"Just oneup to the Fla appearance, it did not emit any heat It did, however, emit a powerful insanity aura that would have rendered the average mortal completely braindead and quickly possessed afterwards

Fortunately, both Aldrich and Chrysa were i shi+elded them as well "We have to close this Can you do it?"

"I can" Chrysa shook her head and slapped her cheeks with her little hands, rousing herself "I can!"

Chrysa floated away from Aldrich and reached out to touch the Flame Arc In front of the enormous infernal tear in space, both Chrysa and Aldrich looked like ants

Aldrich was not exactly sure Chrysa had it in her to close a portal of this scale He knew that, in spite of how threateningly iile Until they were fully fore, they were like a shaky house of cards

Just close or seal a little piece of the just broke apart

Chrysa reached her hands out Her hands glowed a bright white, and then, froy spooled out, reaching one edge of the Flae of the Flaht like a sown-up wound

Aldrich blinked He did not have as sensitive an eye to energy signatures as Volantis did but wearing the living ariven hi; the threads that Chrysa created were almost exactly the same as the threads the Voice had used to control Okeanos back when he was under its control

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Was Chrysa herself connected to the Voice? Or, maybe more likely, was her species, the Chrysalis, connected to it?

Could Aldrich, if he dived deep enough into Chrysa's soul, reach the Voice? Or, at the very least figure out more about the Voice?

And if Aldrich's connection with Chrysa went both ways, then did he risk the Voice reaching him as well?

Before Aldrich could process it all, Chrysa shouted in glee "Done!"

Chrysa had sutured shut just a small part of the half-forh to start its collapse The Flaan to close fro into disappearance on its own

"Look at that! It was so big but I ed to beat it!" Chrysa turned to Aldrich, proud of herself

"You did great" Aldrich ser

With sheer instinct, he activated his cloak's [Hallowed Ground] Instantly, a cloud of light green full of eed around them Countless skeletal spirits swu the in with

A fiery red spear shot into the [Hallowed Ground] but si spirits

Inside the cloud of souls, Chrysa rushed to Aldrich's e in fear

"What was that!?" said Chrysa

Aldrich narrowed his eyes as he looked down Though it was impossible to see inside the soul cloud froh a transparent screen

"Deimos"