Chapter 340

Didn't we just meet a few days ago, and agreed to meet at the bottom of The Chasm? Why are you showing such a disgusted expression now?

Dainsleif was full of doubts, but this was also a matter of course; he didn't know at all.

Lumine and Paimon were looking forward to the person appearing at this moment being Luo Li; that guy had said before that he might be interested in The Chasm.

Although he later denied that he would probably not go, the probability was not zero.

Precisely because of this, if the person appearing here at this moment was Luo Li, the two didn't know how happy they would be.

Unfortunately, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment in reality.

Dainsleif said calmly: "Is there a problem with me?"

"No, just feel it's a different way of appearing," Paimon said insincerely.

Lumine didn't have time to complain and asked straight: "Since you have come here, you can tell us the things that weren't explained clearly before, right?"

"Yes, yes, we have many things to ask you!"

Paimon put her hands on her hips and echoed. 21

Dain pondered for a moment and said: "The previous meeting and parting were a bit hasty; I understand your mood; fate does owe you an answer."

Thus, he informed them of the news he had about chasing the Abyss Order during this period.

For example, he was currently chasing the whereabouts of an Abyss Herald, figured out the structure of a part of the Abyss teleportation network, and needed more time to investigate.

The narration didn't take long; Dain told the two that The Chasm hid a certain plan of the Abyss Order, and the Hilichurls were part of this plan.

Lumine was not very interested in these; what she cared about most was one point.

"What about your relationship with my brother?"

Looking at her, Dain didn't hide it this time, but raised his head slightly and fell into memories.

"Your brother Aether and I were once travel companions; that was a journey of searching for fate while holding pain, but we failed to reach the end together... During that journey, we experienced too many things, which is also one of the reasons why he and I walked on different paths..."

During the narration, Lumine’s face was heavy, and her mood was very complicated.

"Then do you know the reason why Hilichurls gathered in large numbers?"

"You want to know the answer?"

Dain hugged his chest with both hands, and under the two people nodding constantly, his posture was very cold: "I happen to know a little."

"Related to that upside-down city over there?" Lumine guessed.

"It is understandable that you cannot detect the abnormality; the weirdness of this place actually lies in the fact that the environment here is weakening the effect of the curse."

Dain, as a citizen of Khaenri'ah, was also cursed with immortality, so he had a certain influence.

Although the immortality curse sounds very good, and ordinary people can also have the ability to live forever, this "gift" also has its own price.

For hundreds of years, the pain brought by the curse still entangled him every day, but coming to this place, his body felt a moment of breathing.

For example, at this very moment, his body instinctively expressed his will to the owner, which was to stay.

This explanation made the tool duo silent.

"Moreover, the so-called immortality curse is not permanently immortal; under the effect of erosion, the soul and body will still be worn out, even if it is not in the form of death."

"When those Hilichurls realize that the end of their self is coming, they seem to instinctively look for a quiet and dark corner to say goodbye to the pain of hundreds of years, and this place that can weaken the effect of the curse must be the best coffin for them."

When saying this, Dain’s tone was heavy and carried an unexpected ease.

"The reason for the gathering of Hilichurls... turned out to be like this."

Lumine and Paimon were somewhat unbelievable; they thought there was some deeper secret, and it turned out to be just this?

Half a moment passed, and the atmosphere was still silent.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Paimon joked: "By the way, Dain, what happened to the eye of the first Ruin Guard?"

Dain replied expressionlessly: "I have settled it; before figuring out the true face of the so-called Loom of Fate plan, there is no need to worry about it falling into the hands of the Abyss."

"I see, that's good."

Replying dryly, Paimon racked her brains to think of the next question.

However, Dain interrupted them: "Before continuing to ask me questions, I suggest you investigate the secrets of the depths first; now the Abyss might be peeking at us in the dark."

Being mentioned by him, Paimon was suddenly horrified, always feeling that there were many pairs of eyes in the dark staring at them with bad intentions, scaring her to fly to Lumine’s side and hug her tightly.

"Alright, then let's set off."

Lumine agreed immediately, so the three planned to set off toward that upside-down city.

However, just as the three were approaching the city, they found many gathering places of Hilichurls, but they were all empty, and they couldn't see a single Hilichurl.

What was even more surprising was that just as they were about to approach the city, a large group of humanoid creatures in black armor and holding long spears suddenly came out of the darkness.

They didn't say a word, but roared and waved their weapons to kill the three.

Lumine and Paimon still wanted to explain, maybe they were humans guarding here, but what happened afterward surprised them.

Because they were forced to resist, they fought timidly, and soon, this resistance was blocked by Dain.

He fought the entire knight order alone.

"Dain? We'll help you!"

"No need, leave them all to me!"

At this time, Dain had a touch of sadness and pain in his eyes.

Lumine and Paimon didn't know why, but they soon found out.

"These people are Black Serpent Knights, who once belonged to the Khaenri'ah Palace Guard."

What?!

The tool duo was quite surprised; didn't that mean they were all Dain’s subordinates?

After all, Dain was the captain of the Khaenri'ah Palace Guard and had the honorary title of "Twilight Sword."

Lumine and Paimon fell silent; the familiar subordinates of the past had now turned into monsters with unclear consciousness, not even recognizing their former superior; this indescribable sadness was truly uncomfortable.

The battle didn't last long, because a cyan knight in the Black Serpent Knight order who was different from the others saw Dain and roared, as if giving an order.

Immediately afterward, all the other Black Serpent Knights retreated, slowly retreating behind the cyan knight.

The weirdness that appeared on the scene made the three of them vigilant.