novelraw Chapter 60 – So, where are you?
Chapter 60 – So, where are you?
After the words of the golem—or rather, Synlos—there was a long silence.
Just like the swirling thick fog, it silently enveloped confusion and anger.
Moments later, Yveline's reaction was even more intense than Xia Ya's. As the golem lowered its head, the restraint was lifted, and the Dark Elf immediately stepped forward, gripping Xia Ya's shoulder, her eyes red as she stared at him.
Her whole body was trembling.
The complex meaning behind this was probably the most common trope in modern melodramatic web dramas—
The female protagonist suddenly discovers that the ordinary boy who has been pursuing her with relentless determination and is about to succeed is secretly the son of the CEO of her company... He deliberately disguised his identity to woo her! And the reason he knows her so well, appears so strong, so omniscient, is all because his father is the CEO!
And he went to great lengths to hide his identity to prevent threats from rival companies... all fake sincerity!
There's only one feeling about this.
Disgusting!
Utterly disgusting!!
I've been deceived all along! That despicable liar!!
Xia Ya's mind felt like it had been trampled by a snowfield elephant doing the Riverdance, and he even started seeing a carousel of illusions.
Scenes from Synlos's Nest played out in equally sized frames, spinning in his mind...
Finally, it stopped on one scene.
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Only Valkyrie Orinshiru remained in the scene, sitting on the throne.
The Destroyer of Worlds lay prostrate at her feet, a willing submission on his face.
Even exuding a glow of devotion.
As if standing from an omniscient perspective, Xia Ya directly saw into his heart.
Synlos was fearful, yet devout like a believer:
Only you are the will of The Abyss...
Only you are the true child of The Abyss!
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What the hell am I, really?
Xia Ya took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing this question.
"Believe me, I don't know why this is happening either, but there will be answers soon."
He looked directly into Yveline's eyes, almost pleadingly, and the Dark Elf's suspicion and anger gradually receded.
"Alright, I need an explanation."
"There will be one."
Xia Ya turned and walked towards the golem.
"Get up."
"As you wish, Master."
The golem raised its head, meeting Xia Ya's gaze. Even lying on the ground, it was as tall as Xia Ya, over 3.5 meters long, with wingspan comparable to a Grey-headed Harrier Hawk. To be precise, this magic egg had mutated from the egg of such a hawk.
But those eyes...
Xia Ya was sure, this was Synlos.
The fanaticism, the devotion, and the chaos buried deep behind the emotions in those eyes.
"You remember what happened in the past."
"Yes, I remember."
Xia Ya's breathing became heavy, his heartbeat uncontrollably quickening.
"How much do you remember?"
"I remember your heroic figure resisting the human vanguard all by yourself, and the Valkyrie's sword that seemed to split the heavens and the earth..."
"And before that?"
The golem shook its head, then nodded: "Vaguely, I only remember failing, then you found me, showed power that made me submit... Then those damn bugs came one after another..."
So it only remembers the final battle... Xia Ya felt a slight disappointment.
"And after that? What happened?"
"This... this is hard to describe, please follow me."
The golem crawled past him, heading straight for the entrance of the ruins.
Xia Ya cast an inquiring glance at the Dark Elf, who followed him closely with a cold expression.
This was a relic composed of an internal chamber and a three-stage maze on the outside, divided into three levels. When the outer three layers were gradually breached, they would peel away like the skin of an onion, revealing a bridge to the core, eventually leading directly to the chamber from the entrance.
"Lus-zupk. [Abyssal language: Path]"
The command issued from the golem's mouth, and the path automatically formed.
The golem gestured for Xia Ya to step onto it first, and Xia Ya frowned at it.
"Are you trying to burn me to death??"
"Oh, oh, oh... Please forgive my oversight..."
The golem suddenly remembered that the path activated by the command had a section of scorching obsidian that hadn't cooled down yet... Its body, mixed with dark ink gold, was impervious to high temperatures, but Xia Ya's flesh and blood would sizzle like iron plate barbecue if he stepped on it...
This was also designed to prevent the Nightingale team from efficiently looting the ruins.
"Zo-wassi. [Abyssal language: Water flow]"
Water cascaded down from the ceiling, and the path was instantly shrouded in white mist, the hissing sound filling the entire ruin.
"Truly worthy of being the child of The Abyss, please allow me to praise your omniscience once again."
The golem was eager to kneel before Xia Ya.
Xia Ya also felt like kneeling before it.
"Could you just shut up?"
The gaze from behind grew even colder.
Sigh, no... listen, let me explain...
...
Finally entering the chamber, it was a room 4 meters high, 5 meters long and wide. Both the walls and the floor were made of neatly arranged square stone slabs, but each slab was set in a way that could drive someone with OCD crazy, with some slightly protruding, some embedded in the wall, and others suspended in mid-air as if supported by an invisible rectangular block.
The golem stepped onto a central slab, causing it to slowly sink.
A flash of light, as if activating some mechanism, and all the stone slabs began to move slowly.
The recessed ones gradually moved outward, the protruding ones slowly retracted, and the suspended ones were drawn back to the plane by some force...
Finally, everything returned to a flat surface.
Click.
A soft sound.
The light in the chamber suddenly went out.
Yveline thought the golem was about to attack them and was about to break the contract when Xia Ya grabbed her hand.
"It's alright, the remote projection is about to start, this is just a necessary preparation."
The Dark Elf shook off his hand, "Hmph, very omniscient, aren't you, child of The Abyss."
Xia Ya sighed helplessly.
The darkness was quickly dispelled, replaced by a transformed chamber.
It was no longer a chamber but projected as Synlos's Nest, everything vividly clear, but if one tried to explore, they'd hit the wall after just 5 meters.
"Where is this?" Yveline asked.
"Synlos's Nest..."
Xia Ya stood up, his expression grave.
He began to understand the golem's, or rather Synlos's, intention... It was indeed hard to explain, because he himself was somewhat confused.
This was Synlos's Nest, yet it was also a ruin.
The nest was located at the easternmost edge of the continent, at the end of the Red Earth Prairie. The glacier from Allendale was also corrupted by Arcane Energy there, turning into a black swamp exuding strong chaotic power. The lingering black fog shrouded a towering mountain, as if it were the wall of this world.
The nest was within the mountain.
But now, the mountain had been split open.
At the top was a crack, dim sunlight filtering through, illuminating the scene within the nest.
A shattered throne, lava cooled to a charred black... devastation everywhere.
The latter should have been intertwined with the corpses of the human vanguard, but now only charred black remained. Like a piece of bread with blueberries picked out, leaving only unsightly holes.
The nest was split in two, yet not a single person was in sight.
Xia Ya remembered this scene, the final moment of the 177th cycle, Orinshiru raising the Holy Sword Nashir, transforming into the ultimate light.
But now there was neither the human vanguard nor Orinshiru as the victor.
Not even Synlos was present.
He turned to the golem, meeting its gem-like eyes.
"So, where are you?"