After walking for about twenty minutes, the spiral staircase finally came to an end.

Led by Ainia, the Muse walked to the top of a cave with an icy platform protruding from the cave walls.

He took a slight sideways look and saw that it was at least seventy meters above the ground, and it was very likely that it was even close to the top of the iceberg.

In front of the platform stood a small palace that looked small, but crystal clear, and the walls were carved in fine reliefs on all sides.

Moreover, this palace seems to be inhabited by creatures with body proportions similar to that of humans.

"Please come in. ”

With a hint of a smile, Ainia waved her hand, and the palace gate in front of her opened, revealing the hall behind it, and there was a pool of water filled with ice-blue liquid, soaked in a sphere of blue light.

It can be seen that in the center of the hall at this time, a round table and two chairs opposite each other are rapidly forming in the condensation of the ice.

And after saying that, she flew in first.

“......”

After glancing left and right, Muse took a step and stepped in.

"You may be seated. ”

Falling on the table, Ainia said slightly embarrassed.

"Nothing to entertain. ”

"I'm sorry. ”

And the muse sat down in the chair opposite her, and shook his head to show that he didn't care:

"It doesn't matter. ”

"Still, let's get to the point. ”

Hearing this, Ainia nodded: "Okay." ”

"Wait a moment, though. ”

"I need to change form. ”

As she spoke, the blue light that lingered around her suddenly brightened, forming an ice-blue cluster of light, and then, this cluster of light expanded all of a sudden......

When the light finally dispersed, a woman with a slender body and excellent facial features, wearing a crystal white dress and long ice blue hair hanging down, appeared in front of the muse.

"I think it's more appropriate to have a conversation in this way......

Muse wasn't surprised by Aniah's form change, for elemental creatures, changing form is a very common skill, but ordinary elemental creatures are definitely not so fine.

"Alright, let's get down to business. ”

Looking at the muse's face, Ainia slowly showed a smile, but with a hint of concern:

"Mr. Muse. ”

"I guess you can tell that I'm dying. ”

And, the rest of the time...... Not much. ”

In the face of her speech, the muse bowed slightly.

Death.

It's not something hard to accept for elemental creatures, after all, in a sense, their death is also a kind of rebirth.

Elemental creatures killed outside of the Elemental Plane do not die completely, and when their elemental bodies are gone, their souls return to the Elemental Plane and reabsorb the Elemental for rebirth.

However, at this time, it can be said to be a completely new elemental creature, and it has nothing to do with the previous one.

But this has a premise, that is, the souls of elemental beings can return to the elemental plane in time and completely.

In fact, the core element of the elemental creature's existence, that is, its soul elemental soul, as for the elemental body controlled by the elemental soul, it is not a very appropriate analogy, it is just an existence like a shell that can be replaced.

It is also the strength of its soul that divides the level of elemental creatures, no matter how strange the appearance of elemental creatures is, but the essence of this point will not change, for example, even if a large fire element devours a large number of elements and increases its body to the level of a fire element elder, it does not mean that it has the corresponding strength......

And Ainia's situation is precisely the kind that is seriously injured, or even the soul is injured, and she has to enter the self-seal to recover.

Originally, if she was still in the pure iceberg peak of the ice elemental plane, as an elemental lord, even if she was in this near-death state, she would be able to use the special effect of the elemental territory to use the energy in the natural environment to slowly recover.

However, she was banished, lost her position as the Elemental Lord, and then went through a series of twists and turns, and now she can't maintain her self-sealing, and even her origin is leaking......

And all this means that the death mentioned in Ainia's words is a complete soul disappearance, not a return to the ice elemental plane to be reborn, but a soul fragment that directly enters the River Styx for reincarnation!

"What is happening in the half-plane of Mr. Muse now is the impact that I can't avoid on my surroundings as I move towards death. ”

"I apologize for this. ”

With that, Ainia stood up and performed an ancient apologetic ritual to the Muse.

"However, as soon as I disappear, all this will naturally slowly dissipate, and in the end only a few of the core will remain, and that little bit of what remains will not have any effect on the whole half-plane. ”

Even though Muse didn't say anything, she didn't care, but continued.

"I don't have any fear of death. ”

"From the moment I opened my eyes from the snowflakes, I knew that my destination would be the same falling snowflakes. ”

"Finally returning to the bosom of natural spirituality......"

Tilting her head slightly, facing the approaching death, there was not much fear in her eyes, more of a certain nostalgia and care.

"The only thing I can't let go, though, are the kids. ”

"They call me queen and call themselves subjects. ”

"But in my opinion, the role between us is more like that of a parent and a child. ”

"It's my mission to protect them. ”

“......”

"However, I now have to leave and can no longer continue this mission. ”

"I was upset, but there was nothing I could do. ”

“......”

"Therefore, Mr. Muse, I beg you to take care of these children for me after I am gone. ”

"For this, I will pay you absolutely satisfactory. ”

After saying that, Ainia didn't wait for the muse to speak, and beckoned.

The next moment, the blue orb that had been soaked in a pool of ice blue liquid rose into the air, and gradually shrank very strangely as it flew, and finally turned into a fist-sized ice crystal ball and fell into her hand.

"This is the core of my element. ”

Glancing at the ice crystal ball in her hand, Ainia pursed her lips and said, her words were full of the meaning of dying:

"If you're willing to take care of these children for me, Mr. Muse. ”

"Then I will infuse all the remaining power of me as a divine goblin into it in the moment before I disappear. ”

"That would create a valuable Legendary Elemental Core. ”

Then, she went on to make another bet:

"And, at that time, I will also voluntarily strip the divinity from my soul and leave behind a soul crystal with divinity, that is, a divine spirit. ”

"Such a divine spirit can be directly used without any conditions, and even an ordinary person can rely on it to gain great power. ”

"Its value is even more impressive. ”

"So ......"

"Mr. Muse, would you like to help me take care of these children?"

At the end of her breath, Ainia looked at the muse, waiting for his answer......