Chapter 161 (1/2)

Chapter 16: The World Faraway (Part 1)

[Six Years Ago]

[West of Aslan Empire – Gelanerte – Heart]

On one side of the long corridor is a tall stone wall so tall you cannot see the top It’s carved fro white rock with abnormally intricate and beautiful patterns imprinted on it The s in the water source On the other side are arched doorways situated one after another The bright rays of the sun shi+ne in, forround

This is the underground of Gelanerte In theory, it should be dark as night, but the harsh light from outside allows one to see even the tiniest hair on a person’s body There is no one questioning this unnatural phenomenon In the heart beneath the palace of the is that cannot be explained by physics and common sense For exaround castle where the liquid perches vertically in the air as if there is no gravity Another exae piece of crystal buried in the deepest part of the place

Nether and Thalia is currently crossing this corridor Theystaircase to head even deeper into the ground

The two of the only becao and neither hadto the Heart To be summoned by the Silver Priests directly like today is even more rare Both of them stay wordless the entire way Nether’s expression is dense and cold as usual, as if he’s a ghoul that just rose fro heat, brewing an evil sense of sexiness The char smile remains on Thalia’s beautiful face as usual as her eyeballs rotate agilely while she makes discrete detections all around Theclouds

What greets theht fro behind sealed stone walls at the two sides of the ay The light source of the corridor comes from intricately carved crystal lamps spaced out on the walls To be more specific, instead of lamps, they are mirror-like crystal after crystal inlaid on the walls where they radiate a dazzling and colourful glow As if fire or rocks or so in each crystal Under the illuht source, the entire ay see

And yet, this is not theof the place

What shocks theround of the corridor

“This is…water?” Thalia stops and directs her gaze forward The end of the corridor is hidden in the dark, connecting theo over?”

Thalia looks at the diically, in an enclosed space like this, the surface of the water should be as still as a mirror However, the water before them have continuous ripples From time to tih-speedlow in the water Thalia’s eyes are already filled with surging whiteness, as if wanting to see through the secret beneath the waters

“You can just construct an ice bridge” Nether laughs coldly, not bothered by the situation

As if she cannot hear hiht line of waters that extend all the way to the end of the corridor

Nether sees that Thalia did not respond to hi his words He moves forward and crouches beside the pool of water With a s and it will be difficult for soul powers to reach so far, evenhow deep the water is……but I athat, he reaches out towards the water and taps the surface with a pale and slender finger

“Do not touch the water!” Thalia’s sharp voice echoes along the enclosed area, as if trying to pierce through a person’s eardrums

At the same time, boom-----boom

After a consecutive sounds of explosion, a few silver icicles leap out from the surface of the water The black silk dress on Thalia’s body expands rapidly Two strands of white silk rolls from underneath her black dress and wraps around Nether before dragging hiraze past Nether’s chest The blood spilled sprays through the air

The rolling white silk spins back into Thalia’s body and envelopes her figure tightly Her co and sinks with her frantic breathing as if she has not recovered froround He reaches out a a hand to wipe at the wounds on his chest The wounds heal slowly as he places his finger into his mouth and sucks on the metallic sweetness of his own blood The uninhibited dark smile remains on his lips but quickly, the smile freezes

The icicles that just attacked hi slowly as they slide back underwater However, the scene before the water into sharp ice arrows or into other solid states like ice walls to attack is co now……the scene before them, if you really want to describe it, is that the icicles before them are “soft” This is a peculiar description for in the real world, soft ice and hard water, cold fire and burning snow, they do not exist These only exist in the most ridiculous reale octopus’s tentacles that are sliding back into the dark waters softly and disgustingly The friction between the icicles result in crackling sounds that prove that sharpness and rigidity……this is much too difficult to comprehend……

“The two of you even dare to be so careless in this place You uous voice emits from the depths of the dim corridor The tone of the voice is clearly full of disdain

Thalia looks over and sees a er crabbed in white hooded robes in the darkness He is wearing a“Stand there are do not move”

After saying that, theobject from his sleeves It see

The white being slides into the water with agility and the dark surface of the water seee waves and bubbles start to form In the next moment, piece after piece of white square brick steps rise from the other end of the corridor and extend to Thalia and Nether’s feet The square tiles on the water fore

“Walk over” The hoarse voice of the er is emotionless

Thalia and Nether looks at each other, unsure of what sort of situation they are in However, all they can do is move forward from the command

The distance between each floating piece of ice is different Every time Thalia lands on a brick of ice, she can al froe, as if solance at her feet The blood drains from her face instantly when she sees what is beneath her feet

“This……”

To shock a ruthless a female lord who has seen and experienced so much is not an easy task and hence Nether leaps over a few floating steps to stand beside Thalia He reaches out and holds her shoulder before asking with a low voice, “What’s wrong?”

Thalia says nothing but lower her head as she hints at Nether with her eyes

Nether’s complexion pales as hen he looks down

In the dark waters beneath every piece of floating ice is a pair of pallid and skeletal hands holding the bottohostly white arms are covered with bruised blood vessels and swollen skin, but they can see nothing else in the deeper waters They can only see pairs of hands like this, holding up every piece of floating ice Then, every ti from deep within the water, aren’t they……

Thalia’s hands are cold as she lifts her head to look at the white-robedfear fills her gaze She finds this place eventhan that place……

Afterwaters, Thalia and Nether stands before the white-robed er points towards the heavy stone door on the right as he says, “Enter The Silver Priests are waiting”

Thalia and Nether moves in Thalia pauses after a few steps and turns to look at the ed in hazy di someone else”

Thalia worries her lips as she reaches out to push the heavy stone door open

The pattering of footsteps sound

After a while, steady footsteps coer had been folded into the darkness like a lifeless statue, but when he hears the sound, it is as if he becoain He lifts his pupils that are hidden in the darkness and watches the three coh the corridor

The footsteps only originate from two people

One person’s footsteps are elegant and controlled When the soles of the boots inlaid with round, only a soft sound can be heard From this point, is can be seen that this person’s personality is very rational and controlled, at the same time unfathomable

The other person’s footsteps are clear and even somewhat unbridled His steps are obviously faster and see the ground are like a clear battle drum, filled with masculine power

And the personon air His platinu no sound at all