Act Ninety-Eight
Years later, when Glynn Noelle lay dying on his sickbed, he would remember the moment when he touched the deepest secrets of the Endless Abyss.
The baby in her arms had long since lost her breath and heartbeat, and she could feel that her little body was gradually sinking into coldness, followed by silent despair.
Green gasped for breath, and his continuous march towards the bottom of the endless abyss was obviously no better than ascending, he had many wounds on his body, one or two of which even penetrated deep into the bones, and the reason why he was able to maintain his spirit, in addition to his own physique, was more dependent on the effect of forcibly refreshing the elixir.
He never imagined that during his return journey from the expedition, he would be attacked by monsters from the fifth layer, let alone that his wife would give birth here.
As for snatching away the daughter who had just given birth when the monster attacked, it was even more unexpected.
Green went all the way down, chasing the monsters by relying on the marks left in the battle, but accidentally fell to the sixth floor, and landed right in the black mud of unknown meaning.
Green, who was already in despair, unexpectedly found that he was still alive after waking up, and his child was not far away, quietly.
After finding the child, he realized that the little life was long gone.
Unable to accept it for a while, when Green was still in a state of confusion, a temple appeared in front of his eyes.
The temple stood out in the dark space, emitting a soft light that drew Grimm closer.
Before he knew it, he had walked into the temple and came to a sarcophagus.
"It's ......"
Guided by the darkness, he reached out and touched the sarcophagus.
A voice suddenly sounded in his head.
"You're finally here. ”
It was a soft female voice, as if it had the ability to contain all things, but it seemed indifferent and grand, like the whisper of a god.
"The baby in your arms is dead. ”
The voice said, causing Green to look at the daughter in his arms.
"I ...... Fina she ......"
For some reason, Green didn't have any doubts about the existence of the voice, and his full attention was now on the daughter in his arms.
"It is the fate of your daughter to die before she is born. ”
The voice spoke, unquestionable.
"But I can change that. ”
Hearing the other party's words, Green's eyes widened suddenly.
"What did you say?"
"I said I could resurrect your daughter, but it didn't come without a price. ”
The voice replied, and Green's otherwise dead heart began to waver.
"So what's the cost? I can pay anything. ”
He replied that even if it was a demon's whisper, Green was willing to give his life in exchange for his daughter's survival.
"No, no, no, you can't pay the price, people can only save themselves, and your daughter has her life because of this, and the price naturally needs to be paid by your daughter. ”
The voice was low and soft, but it was in awe of Green.
"My daughter ......"
Green hesitated.
He could have paid with his life, but if that price had to fall on his daughter, Green felt a little uneasy.
"Can you tell me the price?"
Eventually, after some thought, Green asked.
"Of course, that is, after your daughter becomes an adult, she must return to the seventh layer of the Endless Abyss, return here, and at the same time, in order to resurrect her, you must also give most of your strength. ”
The voice said coldly.
"Wait, the journey back here is dangerous, as long as you come here, then it means that you will never see the sun again, such a price ......"
Green ignored the words of his own strength, which, in his opinion, were not a price at all.
"Do you want her to die now, never see the light of day, or do you want to give her a possibility?"
The voice spoke slowly, making Grimm's heart tremble.
"I ......"
After thinking about it for a long time, Green finally shook his head and sighed.
"Please bring my daughter back to life. ”
As he spoke, the sarcophagus emitted a bright light, and then, a crystal appeared in mid-air, and the crystal revealed a dazzling blue light.
"Just use this crystal to bring your daughter back to life, and at the same time keep her from the rising load of the Endless Abyss for a month. ”
The voice said flatly.
Green took the crystal, and in an instant, information about how it was used flowed into his brain.
"I'll send you out of here and straight back to the fourth level, and I'll also reduce your rising load, don't forget our agreement, Glynn Noelle. ”
As soon as the words fell, Green felt a wave of dizziness, and when he came back to his senses, he found that he had returned to the fourth layer, a corner of the desert of the dead, and in the distance, the buildings of the abyssal city of Abyss were faintly visible.
"That was ...... just now"
He was still in a trance, and then suddenly remembered the baby in his arms.
Green looked into his arms, the baby was still not breathing, cold and silent, but in Green's other hand, there was already an extra light blue crystal.
Remembering how the voice told him how to use it, Green hesitated.
As long as this crystal is used, then Fina can be resurrected, but she will also carry a sigil forever, which will be triggered once she enters the Endless Abyss, guiding her to the seventh layer of the Endless Abyss.
At the same time, as long as this crystal is used, then Green will leave a part of his soul here and become one of the slaves of that voice, of course, this will not affect Green's safety, but after losing a part of his soul, his strength will decline significantly, and there is no possibility of promotion.
This is the crystal that extracts Green's power and infuses it into Fina's body.
In the distance, Green saw a black-robed man flying towards him, no doubt Isaac, the raiser of their children of the abyss.
Looking at the crystal, and then at the quiet sleeping face of his dead daughter, Green sighed softly, and then held up the blue crystal.
Holding it tightly, Green's palm was scratched by the edges and corners of the crystal, oozing bright red blood.
And the blood dripped down the edge of the crystal and fell on Fina's forehead.
A throbbing stirred up, and Green could clearly feel that his strength was fading little by little along the dripping blood.
Then, miraculously, he saw that the dead baby, the dead Fina, was slowly opening her eyes.
A pair of clear eyes, looking at Green, made his nose sour.
"Fina......
Green softly called out her daughter's name, and the other party reached out her small hand and gently grasped Green's still bleeding fingers.
"I'll protect you, definitely. ”