Chapter 373 - 372: Gerald Lauder (1/2)

Chapter 373 - 372: Gerald Lauder

"She… could never hurt me"

There was a static; a crackle in the air that continuously repeated itself, al from the outer layers of Xinyan's skin; there was some sort of sizzle, or perhaps a whisper-- a whisper of two opposite forces intertwining with each other

Surtr was currently covering Xinyan's body with a heat high enough to counteract the seely endless mist of ice that fumed fro just even a tiny bit higher would probably burn Xinyan's skin

Even if Xinyan was conscious, she wouldn't feel any pain from this; perhaps some sort of jolt, but that was it

It was a differenther The crackles that were hu in the air were tiny bits of explosion, even sle strand of hair Billions of the eleht with each other

Even for Gerald, whose skin was almost impenetrable even by the sharpest of blades the 9 Realms had to offer; these tiny bits of explosion that nuh to penetrate and devour his flesh bit by bit

But still, not once did his eyes falter as his gentle eo of the woman he had not been able to embrace in years

"I can't heal the both of you, brat," Latanya then slowly approached the two; her voice slightly carrying a soft tone

"Just focus on her," Gerald said without any hesitation, his eyes still locked on Xinyan's face, "Please… just focus on her"

"Alright," Latanya then let out a sigh, before crouching and pointing her pal to start Flame boy, don't make any unnecessary shi+fts"

"This is as easy as breathing for ave up that title," and with those words, Latanya's hands started to glilow, a smile slowly started to crawl on Gerald's face

"We… we're finally going to ain caressed Xinyan's face But as soon as his hand reached to her chin, the light that surrounded Xinyan disappeared

"Is that it? It's done?" Gerald then excitedly breathed out as he looked back and forth between Latanya and Xinyan's faces And with Surtr stepping a few steps back, the hu pain around his arms had also disappeared

"Hey… hey, wake up," Gerald let out a chuckle; his tears, falling and trailing on Xinyan's cheeks

And for once, his tears weren't frozen in ti Xinyan to different Real for a way to free and save her from the frozen confines she was ier kne many times his skin was ripped fro er kne many wizards, witches, and healers he had er kne many he had to kill to find a safe place for him to protect Xinyan

He lost his city; he lost his friends, and he lost his brother But all of those didn't matter to hi as Xinyan was there, nothing… no one else matters

"It's me, my love Please…

Please wake up"

But she never did

Seconds

Minutes

An hour No matter how many times he called for her, Xinyan… never woke up

"She's gone, Gerald"

"W… what? What do you mean?" Gerald's eyes finally strayed away from Xinyan's face as he turned to look at Latanya And as he did so, he noticed that one

With the ones re only Latanya, Vanya, and Van

"Where… where did Surtr go?"

"Xinyan is gone, Gerald"

"What do you ht here," Gerald let out a s Xinyan in his ar to heal," Latanya then said, her voice almost a whisper, "She was already… dead when I tried to heal her I truly am sorry for your loss, Gerald"

"Wait… where are you going?" Gerald then once again chuckled as Latanya turned around to leave, "We're not done here…

We're not done here!"

The trees outside, which already carried a solemn beat as they waved their leaves, became even hout the 9 Realms His roar was powerful, but yet one could not help but take all of it in as the sorrow it contained was soain, Gerald roared as he gently and carefully rested Xinyan's head onto his chest; if this hat it took for his tears to finally be able to ain, then perhaps it probably would have been better to be frozen in time

"Gerald"

"You!"

Vanya was about to place her hand on Gerald's shoulder, but before she could do so, the warmth in Gerald's voice completely disappeared as he turned his head towards her

"You told h the ice I thought--"

"You thought wrong!" Gerald screamed, "You… you let me hope that there was a chance to… to--"