253 Unknown Feelings (2/2)

”Since this old tomb is so valuable, wouldn't it be easier for the heads of these four great houses to directly intervene?”

”Do you think the Empress, her imperial majesty would allow that? besides, if one of them intervenes, the other houses will definitely stop them. At the end of the day, no one will get anything. According to my knowledge, the elite practitioners sent by the four great houses should be their finest youngsters. Hehe, these guys are really powerful I mean, freakishly powerful. Even in the entire Elvelon Continent, they are considered as super elites.”

Knight silently heard the conversations going around him and if they were true, the youngsters would be incredible geniuses and represent the pinnacle of the younger generation of the Elvelon Continent.

”Young master Sterling and the rest of Windfield should arrive here by tomorrow. At that time, this seal will naturally be broken” some of the people said and stared at the cloudy sky.

Looking at so many people in front of her, she couldn't help but think about her family as her eyes started to well up.

”You miss your family, don't you?”

Knight asked as he stopped setting up the tent. She wiped away her tears and tried to help him with the tent.

”You know I can't bring back your family but I can give you a new home and people to call family”

She let out a small smile and nodded. Seeing her like this somewhat made Knight said as he sighed and thought of a way to ease her pain.

”Follow me”

She didn't know why he asked her to follow him but she blanket followed him far away from the gazes of these people like a puppy.

After Knight came far away from the campsite, he turned around and sighed.

”This is what the humans do, let's do this”

He thought to himself and turned around to look at Lia blankly staring at him.

As she was standing there, he slowly walked towards her and gently hugged her.

”Let out all your tears, Lia, cry as much as you want, I'm here, this is what friends do right?”

Even though he was a young man and she was a girl, his hug felt safe and warm without any ill intentions. And without her control, the tears flooded out of her ears as she buried her head in his chest. He gently patted her head and brushed her hair as Amaryll do. Because he just experienced the loss of his family, Don, he knew how she's feeling right now and unlike him, she had no way to bring them back and this made him pity her.

And feeling the wetness on his chest, he realized how much she misses her family. At this moment, he had no idea their meeting was made by a greater force and why a ruthless divine beast like him was consoling a weak-hearted human girl like her.

”Father, Mother...”

She called for them and sobbed as he kept gently patting her to console her. It took twenty minutes or so for her to finally stop crying and withdrew herself from his hug before returning to their camp.

It was a night without conversation in these ancient woods deep within the mountains. The fact that so many people were crowded together provided some degree of comfort for many of them. Even though growls from wild beasts echoed out quite often during the night, overall, it was still relatively peaceful.

When the dawn of the second day arrived, the campground became rowdy once again. However, most people today were very excited. Apparently, most of them knew that the seal would be forcefully broken today. Even though they had no chance to obtain the most precious item in the old tomb, any item they obtained inside the tomb would make this trip worthwhile.

Knight sat on a giant boulder, with both of his eyes shut. Below him, Lia constantly looked up towards the skies and counted the people flying above them.

As they waited eagerly, time slowly flowed by, and from the distant horizon, the sound of wind suddenly rumbled forth.

Just as the sound of wind sounded, his eyes slowly opened. He could feel that all the life energy inside these lands were now faintly gravitating towards that direction because of the Oracle.

”Sterling Windfield”

He lifted his head to look at the northern part of the skies. There, he saw a red flash streaking through the skies like a shooting star, descending from the sky.