Chapter 21: The Elixir of Rejuvenation

"No! I'm not leaving—"

At the coral bedside, Demos's thought wave also replied particularly resolutely. Leaning down, he picked up Kareta and let her unconscious upper body rest in his arms.

"I won't leave! I came for you, and now if you want to stay, then I won't leave, I'll stay with you at the end of the world, in the romantic place that couples in this world yearn for, until you can't tell the white night, until each other's flesh turns to ashes, okay..."

"Demos ......"

Carette's thoughts calmed down, as if moved by him.

"I love you, I really love you! You've always understood, but you've been running away. Now it's okay, we are in this world together, whether you love it or not, you will not avoid me again. And as for me, whether you love it or not, you don't have to chase it hard again......"

Demos's thought wave also stopped here, and he was choked up again, unable to pass on his thoughts.

"Hey...... Why do you do this, and how do you know...... I don't have you ...... in my heart."

Carret's wave of thought let out a long sigh and poured out the words to the end, the voice of the thought was even more pitiful, but it was completely captured by Demos.

The sad expression was frozen by the momentary consternation for a few seconds, and Demos's expression gradually returned to calm. He no longer let out any thought waves, but used his hands to straighten Karete's long hair and sleeping position, with a gentle but sad smile on his face.

Triton stood aside. He had no direct access to the realm of minds between Carreta and Demos, so he had no way of knowing what the two of them were saying through the thought waves.

Triton watched as Demos put his arm around Carret, gently shaking their bodies. In Triton's eyes, Demos's excessively sad body resembled the pendulum of an old clock, a decaying pendulum that only did a stiff and abrupt oscillating motion due to the rust of the watch's internal parts and the lack of clockwork power.

A gust of wind rolled up on the ground, and the whining sound and the secluded atmosphere of this "end of the earth" were obviously extremely incommensurate. The wind was fierce, breaking the green branches at the top of the jade tree, crushing the stamens between the spars and the ground, and for a moment the fluorescence was scattered, covering the sky and dancing, as if the whole world was about to be destroyed by the inexplicable wind, blowing back to the primitive beginning of chaos again.

Only Terryton, as a god, knew that the wind was the work of the dark god's madness, but he didn't want to stop the frustrated one's wreak. If this is the only way for him to vent now, then let him go-

The wind, with the passage of time, slowed down the momentum of abuse. The excessive consumption of spells and the long amount of time spent on illusion had left Demos's own strength close to drying up.

It was only after the fluorescent pollen faded that Triton's vision became clearer again.

Just ahead, Demos's body no longer swayed, and Karet, who was lying on his chest, remained the same, and her cold body did not move at all.

Suddenly, Triton was attracted by something shining in the corner of Demos's eye. The shiny thing was only a small bits and pieces, and as soon as it showed its head, it quickly slipped down from the face that was half covered by messy black hair, and which had always been handsome and flamboyant in the past, but now had a low expression.

It was the tears of the dark gods—

Triton is unusually sure—

Those tears are the truest emotional portrayal of Demos, and only his true lover can make him so sad and moved-

A few steps forward, Triton deliberately moved closer to Demos. Staring into the other's eyes, he finally found the evidence he wanted.

The source of the tears, in those sad gray eyes, the two black eyes are still deep and clear, like the silent stars in the universe.

That's right, his love for Carette is indeed true! Only by loving without distractions can he have such clear eyes—

All the speculations were confirmed, and Triton was finally reassured.

"Don't do this, God of Darkness! Kareta ...... And saved!"

After Triton said this, Demos slowly moved his head. From his expressionless demeanor, Triton read only disdain and doubt. So, he repeated it again, and his face was sincere.

"Trust me! I can wake up Karete. ”

"Are you kidding, or don't you want me to stay, and if there's a way, why don't you ......do it sooner?"

Terry smiled, but this time, his smile was unusually stark and unwavering. With a wave of his right arm, he took the spiral that was spinning above Karete's body into the palm of his hand.

"Triton, what ......the hell is your snail?"

"Due to the use of the 'Soul Splitting Technique', Kareta's primordial spirit has been split in two, half of which remains in her body, and half of which is separated from her body to help you in naval battles. And I have been using the uninterrupted spiral sound to stabilize the Yuan Spirit that left the shell, so that it has not disappeared after the war when it has exhausted the source of divine power. Now, half of this soul is stored in my spiral!"

Hearing this, Demos remembered, and just as he lifted the upper half of Carette's body, the screw horn that had been floating above her eyebrows automatically floated higher and turned, never leaving her body, and never stopped playing on its own. The spiral sound is always very soft, like the low decibel of tinnitus in ordinary people. It's just that because of his bad mood at the time, Demos didn't care about these things.

"So what are we going to do next so that Kareta comes to her senses completely?"

Demos heard the key and hurriedly asked.

"Next...... There are only two things missing from me!"

Triton's complexion suddenly turned grim, and a pair of pupils suddenly retracted. He gripped the screw tightly, slicing the wrist of his other hand with the sharp edge of the screw.

"What are you doing - are you crazy? Why do you ...... self-harm?"

Demos screamed at Terry at the sound of blood gushing from his wrist, but his voice sank when he did, and he was once again stunned by the incredible sight before him.

The blood poured out of Triton's wound and did not fall like usual, but turned into plump, ruddy beads, shining with dazzling brilliance like hedrons, fluttering around Triton's body.

At this time, Triton's eyes were full of tears, and the pain and discomfort that he endured made his facial features twitch slightly. The tears did not flow for a moment when they burst out of their eyes, and then turned into tiny transparent crystals. The two colored crystals quickly mixed together and floated together, always gathering around Triton.

"Haven't you heard that the blood and tears of merfolk are the medicine that brings the dead back to life?"

After answering Demos's question, Terry raised his hands to put the horn's mouthpiece into his mouth, and he blew "whining" as he rose into the air with the particles of blood and tears.

The sound of the snail gradually became louder, and the snail as a whole emitted a strong bright light, and the five colors were intertwined, which was very peculiar. Under the accompaniment of the rhythm of the snail sound, the fluorescence of the mountains and rivers in the entire end of the earth is more vigorous, as if it is called by the snail sound and the brilliance emitted by the snail horn resonates.

In the air, Triton's crystals of blood and tears approached each other at this moment, gradually converging into a ball of light, shining with a five-color splendor that was the same color as the scales emitted by the screw, and finally leaped out of mid-air and fell into the half-stiff shell of Karet.

"Soul Splitting Unity!

Resolutely ending the blowing of the snail, Terry shouted loudly from the air, and then encouraged:

"Try to open your eyes, Carette, quickly, for the sake of those who love you......"

With these words encouraged, Terry flew into the sea below. Bending his head and turning over, he had transformed into a mermaid, raising his glittering tail from the sea.

Demos sensed that Carret's body was quietly changing. Just as the ball of light entered her body, a unique aura of power danced her long hair and skirt, like a strange warm wind soothing her, causing the body temperature around her to slowly rise.

"Plop-p-p-"

Demos heard the heartbeat of the blazing heart in her, rhythmic and powerful, once again full of life.

"Oh my God, you're getting better, you're getting better—"

Naturally excited, Demos stood up and put Carette back on the coral bed to scrutinize it again.

Her face and facial features are radiant, her wounds have healed, and her skin has regained its radiance and elasticity.

Demos let out a long breath, finally relieved.

"Thank you, Triton, without you, I really don't know how to get Kareta back!"

Blinking his eyes to the eldest prince of the Sea Clan, who had turned into a mermaid, he said sincerely.

"It's just, as a Sea Clan god, why are you helping me and her so much?"

Demos was still puzzled, so he simply took advantage of the moment to ask clearly.

"I had promised her that I would keep her safe as I had abducted Carette under the sea with the Ecstasy Snail, so I owe it to her. And ......"

Terry paused for a moment, his burgundy eyes looking intently at Karet, his twinkling eyes full of affection and reluctance.

"I love Carette. After returning from the sacred mountain to the ocean, the goddess Thetis mentioned her daughter the most to every sea deity throughout the day. At that time, I had too many curiosity and fantasies about this sister I had never met. I am sure that this sister will be like her mother, beautiful and gentle, kind and dignified. In this life, I am finally fortunate to meet her, even if it costs my life, I am willing to protect her......"

"Terry ......"

"God of Darkness, the reason I didn't use merfolk blood and tears to rescue you in the first place was because of the test on you. If you were an ambitious deity like Aquaman, I would never have made the effort to awaken Karet, preferring her to remain at the ends of the earth forever. ”

"Understood...... Thank you so much!"

After listening carefully, Demos nodded solemnly to Triton.

"Then please cherish her and love her forever!

Terry fell backwards and plunged into the depths of the sea, never to be seen again.