Chapter 1676 - The Dark Valkyries Gift (2/2)

There was endless mist around her, and the shimmering mist pervaded the space. Under her feet was a layer of water as calm as a mirror. It rippled when she stepped on it, but no matter how hard she stomped on it, she could not feel the depth of the water.

Knowing that the space was harmless, Rheia did not panic but look around curiously. Realizing that there had to be a reason that the book dragged her into the space, she suppressed the idea of walking around and waited patiently for the next change.

“Calm and cool-headed. Good.”

A voice suddenly came from the mist. Then, a tall figure suddenly appeared, as though she had been standing there from the beginning and had not been noticed until now.

The figure gradually became clear, and Rheia saw a woman with a slight resemblance to her emerge from the mist. The woman had the same silvery hair and blood-colored eyes. She was wearing a black evening dress, and she had long hair that reached to her ankles. Cool and majestic vibes emanated from the figure. Although it was only a projection, it felt so real.

“You are… my mother?” Rheia asked, not quite sure. Though the woman seemed to speak in a different way than she had imagined, she made the guess, considering the words that appeared on the page and the possible role of the space.

“Bryndis, the Dark Valkyrie,” replied the woman, pointing at herself. “I am out fighting at the moment, of course, and what you see in front of you right now is just a projection of my mind, but it should be enough to answer many of your questions.”

Rheia did not care what she was. It was the first time she had met her “mother”. A mixture of curiosity and nervousness left her a little bewildered. Being careful, she asked, “Are you here to teach me something?”

The Dark Valkyrie shook her head. “No, I am here just to show you something.”

“Show me something?”

“Yes, but before I do, I have a question for you.” She paused for a moment before asking, “Are you starting to feel hesitant?”

Rheia tried to explain herself or think of some euphemism that would make her feel less embarrassed, but in the end, she nodded gently and replied, “Yes.”

It was the first time she had admitted it in front of another person.

“Let me see… Is it the pressure from the Mad Lord? No, definitely not. No one in my bloodline can be affected by such pressure, so… you’ve realized that a lot of your hard work isn’t paying off.”

“The world was once full of life. Some were created by me, and some were born by nature. For a long time, all of my actions and plans were to protect the living world,” Rheia said slowly. “It was hard, but I had a clear purpose so I never hesitated… But now, almost all of the planets I protected have been destroyed… I left behind the solutions, but in the end, almost no one was saved.”

The figure did not speak but look quietly at Rheia.

“Mother, I do not know what a qualified god is like. In fact, even as a mere protector of mortals, I do not know how far I can go. If nothing we do can change the end results, and we fight to protect a world yet it still gets destroyed, then what is the point of all this?”

The figure continued to look at Rheia quietly until she almost turned her eyes away. “Do you know how mortals fight against the end of the world?” the figure broke her silence.

“Huh?”

The figure did not speak but waved her arm gently.

An endless mist immediately cleared, and images suddenly appeared over the still water, which stretched as far as the eyes could see.

It was another world in the endless void.