Chapter 21, Sovereign’s Might
At the bottom of that pool of golden magma, Linley and the others could clearly hear the sounds coming from up above.
“Linley, they finally realize that you were accused wrongly.” Delia was very happy at this moment, but Bebe said fumingly, “That Salomon really is an asshole. After finding out that his identity was revealed, he ignored everything else and insisted on believing that it was you, Boss, who revealed it. This sort of person is absolute not worth treating as a friend!”
Ever since Salomon had asked Elquin to kill Linley, in the hearts of Delia and Bebe, they very much detested this Salomon.
“Salomon. It isn’t worth getting angry over him.” Linley shook his head. “Only, it’s a pity, Bebe. That Nisse was still a pretty good person.”
“Ninny?”
Bebe was stunned. He thought back to how he had protected Nisse, but Nisse still seemed to somewhat distrust him.
Suddenly, the sound of sobbing came from up above.
“It’s Ninny.” Bebe raised his head, but all he could see from up above was the boiling golden magma.
The golden magma caused the temperature of the entire cave to be extremely high. Even the air in the cavern was twisted and distorted.
“Linley…was wrongfully accused?” Salomon stood there, silent for a moment.
But the grief which Nisse had been suppressing for quite some time now exploded out. She actually ran straight towards that golden magma pool. Salomon was terrified, and he hurriedly grabbed Nisse by her hand. “Nisse, what are you doing? Are you trying to die?”
This was liquefied Goldflame.
Perhaps powerful Highgods could withstand it, but generally speaking, Gods who entered it would die.
“It was my fault. It was all my fault. I should have trusted Bebe. I should have trusted him!” Nisse was sobbing. Her heart was filled with boundless regret. Before this, when Bebe had charged into the golden magma pool, Nisse had felt agony in her heart as well.
But in her heart, at that time, there was another voice as well; the voice that said that Bebe had intentionally made friends with her, that he had been deceiving her!
That was the only reason Nisse had been able to remain standing there. But upon Nisse learning that Linley had been wrongfully accused, it was as though countless thunderbolts had suddenly gone off in Nisse’s mind.
She was wrong!!!
Linley had been wrongfully accused, and Bebe had been sincere towards her!
“He didn’t lie to me. He’s never lied to me. In order to save me, Bebe ignored his own well-being, but I doubted him. I didn’t believe him.” Nisse’s face was streaked in tears. She wanted to draw closer to the golden magma pool, but how could Salomon just watch as his little sister threw her life away? He firmly grabbed her by the arm and said frantically, “Nisse, Bebe is already dead. He’s already dead!!! Regret is useless.”
“Dead?” Nisse was stunned…and then she collapsed, limp, next to the magma pool.
“Ninny, why are you so beautiful?”
“I’m beautiful so you’ll fall in love with me!”
The teasing, flirtatious words the two had exchanged in past years seemed to echo in her ears. Nisse flipped her hand, and a straw hat appeared within it. It was Bebe who had given it to her.
“Ninny, I brought this straw hat with me from my homeland, the Yulan continent. You won’t be able to buy another one like it in the Infernal Realm. Take good care of it. I think that in the future, when the two of us have children, I’ll give our kid a straw hat as well. All three of us will wear straw hats, haha…”
The bygone words of Bebe lingered by her ears. Nisse looked at the straw hat in her hands, and her heart trembled.
In an instant, countless spears of regret gnawed away at her soul like locusts!
Suddenly, Nisse began to cry. Soundless cry.
Salomon, when he saw this, felt a strange feeling well up in his heart…regret! Seeing his little sister like this, Salomon felt regret as well. After all, his little sister was the only family he had. He could be calculating and vicious towards others, but he had always cared about his little sister.
“Nisse…” Salomon knelt down, stretching out with his arm to embrace Nisse by the shoulders, wanting to comfort her. “Don’t be sad. Bebe’s already dead. It’s too late. It was your big brother’s fault. I’m sorry.”
“Dead?” Nisse looked at the bubbling golden magma. She suddenly remembered how Bebe had been struck by the blade of a Highgod and had been unharmed. It seemed as though Nisse had suddenly thought of something, as she immediately turned to look towards Elquin. “Mr. Elquin, Bebe’s defensive power is so formidable, he definitely should be able to resist this liquefied Goldflame! He’s at the bottom of the lake, alive, right? Tell me that Bebe isn’t dead, Mr. Elquin!” Nisse’s tear-stained face stared towards Elquin.
Nisse’s heart was filled with regret.
She wanted Bebe to be alive, to appear in front of her.
But Elquin only shook his head. He calmly said, “Miss Nisse, I’ll tell you right now that the person named Bebe is dead! Those Highgods, that Linley and his wife, all of them who fell in are dead!”
“Nisse, if Bebe were still alive, wouldn’t he come out?” Salomon urged.
Nisse lowered her head to look at the straw hat in her hands, unable to refrain from feeling agony in her heart.
At the bottom of the golden magma pool.
“Ninny!” Bebe was crying as well. Hearing Nisse’s sobs and words, he cried.
Bebe, ignoring all else, suddenly charged towards the outside.
“BANG!” A powerful force appeared above Bebe’s head, and Bebe smashed against it, then was knocked backwards.
“Are you looking for death?!” The deep voice rang out in the mind of Linley and the other two once more. “I warned you that for now, you are not permitted to emerge from within this liquefied Goldflame pool. This is your final warning. If this happens again, all three of you will die!”
Bebe was completely stunned. He looked back towards Linley and Delia.
“Boss, sorry.” Bebe said quietly. Bebe understood that right now, their lives were completely under the control of Phusro. Acting in such a way would be thrusting Linley and Delia into grave risk.
Linley patted Bebe on the shoulders, but didn’t know what to say.
“Bebe.” Delia consoled. “Don’t worry too much. Afterwards, when you go out, you’ll be able to meet with Nisse. You can endure for a while.”
“Right.” Bebe nodded slightly.