Kingdom Bloodline

Chapter 351 The Pulse of the Earth

Thales stayed in the dark for a while.

He calmed himself down before turning around and carefully walking away into the darkness.

What does that guy mean? Thales cautiously felt around the cold rock wall beside him, thinking heavily: I'll find a way out if I turn around.

but……

Thales looked up at the pitch blackness before him, feeling a headache coming on as he could barely see anything.

The thought of possibly finding a strange human head on the dark rock face, or suddenly seeing a stiff human face, made the prince uneasy, so he ultimately gave up the idea of ​​activating the River of Sin to explore the way. He used both his hands and feet to explore the rock walls around him and the ground under his feet, not daring to relax for a moment.

However, the danger of the Black Path still exceeded Thales' expectations. He had only taken a few steps when he immediately felt something strange under his feet!

"Crash-"

The sound of rocks rolling down.

Startled, Thales didn't react at all. He only felt his feet slip and lost his balance with a scream. He leaned forward and fell downward!

how--

Knowing things were going to get bad, he instinctively clutched his head and chest to prevent further injury from the impact.

However, Thales' luck was clearly even worse: his elbow barely touched the ground, but he couldn't stop his body from falling. He continued to slide down with inertia and even rolled forward!

Oops!

Thales thought in panic and anguish: This is still a damn slope!

"Clap..."

As his body rubbed against the rock strata, Thales desperately protected his head and face, curling up as if he had been beaten in an abandoned house long ago, trying to avoid injury during the tumbling.

In the darkness, his back ached from the impact, his knees and elbows were scraped, and his clothes were worn out in many places on the rough ground. The burning sensation spread throughout his body, making Thales curse this damned place once again.

Finally, after rolling for what seemed like sixteenth or sixteenth time, a dizzy Thales came to a stop with a loud bang and a sharp pain in his left elbow.

He touched a flat, less hard surface.

"Damn..."

In the darkness, Thales lay on his back on the ground, groaning in pain.

How am I supposed to get out of here?

However, from the impenetrable darkness, a low, hoarse, chilling moan echoed: "Ahhh—"

Thales, who was rubbing his injured elbow, suddenly felt a tightness in his scalp!
"Who is it..." The voice was intermittent and arrhythmic, echoing faintly in the cave, light and mysterious.

"Who disturbed my sweet dream..." came the gasps that sounded like someone struggling to survive.

A chill crept up Thales' back.

isn't it?
Thales let out a painful breath and shivered slightly in the cold air of the Blackpath.

It's hard to believe that he encountered those things again.

"Which idiot is it?" the voice continued, with a chilling rhythm:
"dare……"

Biting his lip tightly, Thales lay prone on the ground, holding his breath, not daring to move or make a sound, wishing he were a numb, unfeeling rock, lest he be discovered by something unknown in the darkness...

"How dare you disturb my rest..."

Eh?
Wait a minute.

As Thales listened to the terrifying low moan in his ear, a question arose in his mind.

This voice...

He abruptly raised his head and spoke in a trembling voice in the darkness:

"Kez?"

Filled with surprise and doubt, Thales tentatively asked in the darkness, "Is that you, Krz?"

The breathing in the darkness paused slightly.

A few seconds later, the chilling, mysterious voice transformed into an even colder laugh:

"Hehehe..."

A cold laugh echoed in the air, spreading out in a low voice: "So it's you, kid."

It sounds like...

Thales felt another chill: Why does this sound so strange?
He swallowed hard, and with a mixture of confusion and fear, he asked hesitantly:
"You, you, you're still alive?"

The silence in the darkness lasted for a long time.

In those few seconds, Thales could even hear his own heartbeat getting faster and faster.

"Do not."

The voice came again, cold and distant.

Krzysz's voice was slightly somber, even weak, carrying an eerie quality: "I'm already dead..."

Telston froze for a moment.

He closed his eyes and sighed softly.

Ugh.

Kerz, she...

At that moment, Thales said dejectedly, "I'm sorry, Krzysz, it was my fault, I couldn't..."

However, as if sensing his emotions, Krzy's voice came again, softly.

This time, however, it was quite different: "But..."

"If you get off me right now..."

Kuz's weak voice grew clearer, and Thales gradually caught the gritted teeth and anger in his words: "Stop suppressing me..."

"I can still be resurrected."

Thales felt a chill run down his spine, then realized what was happening and cried out in fright, scrambling to his feet.

It left Krz's poor back.

I think...

Why is this place so warm, and so...?

soft?
Amidst Krzy's painful groans and indignant hisses, Thales, embarrassed and terrified, managed to escape the charge of manslaughter after repeatedly apologizing.

In the chaos, he helped up poor Krzy, who had narrowly escaped death and was lying on the ground panting.

"You, you're actually alright... I saw you from..."

In the darkness, Thales, filled with surprise and excitement, grabbed Kerz's arm and blurted out, "You're actually alright!"

Thales could sense it: Krzysz gave him a disdainful look in the darkness.

"Look at what you're saying, what is this..." The seamstress was still weak, but her voice had returned to normal: "I grew up surrounded by corpses!"

The seamstress leaned against a protruding rock, panting heavily: "She's incredibly resilient!"

Thales let out a deep breath and smirked.

"Is it."

"I'm glad you're alright," the prince said softly.

Krz paused in his complaint.

A second later, her loud voice rang out again.

“It was just this random rockfall,” Krzys said, seemingly pounding his back in the darkness. “It was really unlucky; it felt like everything was collapsing wherever I went…”

"I must have forgotten to bring my lucky leggings when I went out..."

Thales looked up.

“The rock strata collapsed,” he nodded and repeated, “so,”

"You can't see those wandering souls..."

Thales whispered.

A questioning voice came from the darkness: "Huh?"

"Those what?"

Thales scoffed and shook his head dejectedly.

"nothing."

Therefore, only he could see it, only he knew that those collapses were the work of the dead.

Thales recalled them appearing in the rock face.

Whether it was the sins of the River of Hell that caused them to rage and manifest, or the cleansing power of the End that allowed his eyes to see those souls of the dead...

Thales sighed: This method of enhancing eyesight or hearing with the sins of the River of Hell seems convenient, but…

This is practically a "hellish sensory experience" of seeing ghosts with your eyes open.

Just now.

"Rumble..."

With a deep rumble, the ground shook again!
Thales and Kez both gasped. "No way?" the seamstress's voice rang out incredulously, "One more time?"

"Does it really mean that wherever you go, the roof will collapse?"

A loud crash rang in their ears: "Bang!"

Feeling the pebbles hitting his face, Thales instinctively raised his arms to protect his head and face and backed away.

The ground shook more and more violently.

A strange sense of foreboding washed over Thales.

No.

This vibration...

Thales had a strange feeling, as if he knew what was about to happen here.

The prince suddenly remembered what the Silver Shadow Man had said earlier, and his face turned pale.

“No, this time it’s…” He tried his best to suppress his panic and heart palpitations, but he couldn’t remain optimistic: “This time it’s for real…”

Thales sprang to his feet, grabbed Krzysz's arm, and spoke with barely suppressed panic:
"Come on!"

He clung to the rock wall in the darkness, his fear growing stronger.

"This place is going to be completely sealed off... The entire Blackpath is going to collapse!"

Thales shouted, "Get out of here!"

Krzy exclaimed "Ah!" and asked in confusion, "But how come you..."

"Snapped!"

Another rock landed not far from them.

Both of them were shaken so badly they staggered!
"Fuck him!" Enraged, Kuz didn't hesitate any longer. She struggled to her feet like a rabbit, ignoring her injured legs, and limped forward, leaning on Thales' shoulder.

"boom!"

The slope they rolled down was buried under rubble.

But after advancing a few meters in the darkness, Krzys sighed heavily and shoved Thales away.

"No."

The tremors of the ground continued unabated, but Krzysz's voice came weakly:

"This isn't the route I know... The lights are broken, it's too dark, I can't find my way at all..."

Faced with Thales's confusion and anxiety, Krzys said sadly:
"Besides, my legs...we can't walk fast..."

Thales frowned.

No.

Do not!
“You can go now,” Krz said with a desolate laugh amidst the roar of engines. “If we’re lucky, we might still be able to sneak out…”

Thales managed to regain his balance amidst the tremors.

In his anxiety, he instinctively reached for Krzyzee's arm: "No, we must have a way, we can't let go..."

But he was grabbed and held down by Krz!
“If you get out of here, tell the cripple that I’ve done what he asked,” Krzys said breathlessly, chuckling softly. “And tell him to forget about that girl.”

“No!” Thales refused resolutely, roaring, “Get up!”

Thales wrapped his arms around Kuz's neck, held her waist, and tried desperately to lift her up: "It's not over yet... Get up, you bastard!"

A crisp sound rang out, and the rock strata behind them shattered inch by inch.

"Wow--"

A cave not far from them appeared to have completely collapsed.

The boy lost his balance and fell down onto the rock face along with Krz.

"Let's go..."

Kuz, panting, pushed his shoulder, urging him to leave: "If you don't want to be buried alive right now..."

No.

In the darkness, Thales gritted his teeth.

So what if you can't find the way?

As long as... as long as I can see clearly what's in front of me...

He grabbed the rock wall, unwilling to give up, and was about to recklessly unleash the sins of the River of Hell, entering the "hellish senses" he once deeply loathed.

But before he could even invoke the sins of the River of Hell, just as he touched the rock wall...

Thales felt a tremor in his hand, but his heart calmed down at that moment.

strangeness.

Somewhat different...

Thales was stunned.

His feelings...

"Hey, if you don't leave now, we're all going to die here..."

In the darkness, Kuz, frustrated and exasperated, cursed as he pushed Thales with all his might but to no avail.

But then she suddenly realized something and burst out laughing.

“Never mind,” Krzysz chuckled, a weariness in his voice. “To die alongside a prince, clinging to each other, embracing and refusing to leave each other until the very end…”

Thales was so engrossed in his own feelings that he paid no attention to anything else.

At that moment, Thales touched the cave wall, feeling the roughness and layers unique to the rock strata, and a strange thrill stirred in his heart.

“When I was a girl,” Kuz sighed, leaning against the rock wall in a daze, “I dreamed of this day, of some powerful, handsome, and devoted nobleman discovering me, this beautiful little white flower blooming in the mud, and riding his horse to take his princess home…”

Thales didn't pay attention to what Kez was saying. He touched the rock wall and felt that his surroundings were different, which made him even more surprised.

This is……

It feels like...

It felt like I was touching the pulse of some creature...

One by one, wave after wave, gust after gust...

Just like...

It's like the earth breathing.

Like mountains dozing off.

It's like the soil snoring.

Thales trembled as he touched the rock strata, sensing the information emanating from within, filled with astonishment and wonder.

What is this...

No.

It does not matter.

The important thing is.

Most importantly—Thales raised his head absently and looked gently in one direction: there.

Even though he couldn't see anything.

But he knows.

There.

That's it!

"Until that night, those drunken thugs sneaked into my tent..."

"You son of a bitch..." Kuz scoffed, slowly shaking his head. "What prince, what wedding? The stories I heard as a child are all lies. Princes do marry princesses, but don't worry, there's only one princess, and that's definitely not you..."

"In the end, you'll find that the most reliable man is actually that bastard next to you who's always cursing and complaining, has a lot of flaws, and is stubbornly unrepentant..."

"And so, his eyes aren't even on you; he's always lusting after some bitch in his dreams..."

Just now.

"Will not!"

Thales jerked to his feet and, amidst Kertz's gasp, grabbed the seamstress's ample waist and forcibly helped her up!

Having figured something out, the prince breathed heavily, his body trembling with excitement.

"We won't die here!"

The earth began to tremble again.

The rocks behind us were falling more and more frequently.

In the darkness, Thales struggled to propel Kerz forward, shouting angrily:
"follow me!"

"I know the way out!"

Don't read these three chapters yet!
I'm not feeling well and don't have time to polish the sentences and word choice. I can only revise them when I get back tomorrow night!

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