The goddesses attempted to gain my salvation.

She wanted to shout Ryan's name, to throw herself into his arms, to tell him about her longing for him, the joys and sorrows of this time, and most importantly...

The feeling of love.

but!

Tracy was about to take action!

The next instant, Tracy, surrounded by dazzling light, felt a chill in her chest!

Looking down, he saw a sharp knife, for some reason, piercing straight through Tracy's chest!

That's... the dagger that Grandon gave her!

But why...

The next moment, Tracy realized that it was all Grandon's doing.

Blood streamed down his chest, staining the warm coat crimson.

In the end, blood flowed down his feet, staining the snow around him red.

Like a red spider lily, it is slowly blooming.

Tracy felt very cold, her strength was rapidly depleting, and she eventually could no longer support herself and collapsed helplessly into the snow.

what......

A puff of white mist escaped from Tracy's reddened lips and gradually dissipated in the cold wind.

She mustered her last bit of strength and weakly raised her hand, wanting to touch the light in the sky.

But that light was simply too far away...

It's simply untouchable.

"Ryan..."

"I love you."

Just as Tracy's life was about to end!

The entire palace was trembling!

This vibration originates from deep underground.

The entire capital city nearly crumbled under the tremor. Towering buildings collapsed one after another, and countless people were crushed to death by the rubble, crying out for salvation.

Meanwhile, inside the royal palace.

As he watched the blood dripping continuously from above onto the statue's head, Grandon's expression was one of unprecedented relief.

what......

The day has finally arrived.

Tracy, use your blood to activate this statue!

"Hehehe..."

"Hahahahaha!"

"Tracy, Tracy. If your mother had known you would end up in this miserable state, would she have committed a grave mistake to save your life?"

"Since you have inherited their bloodline, you must naturally bear the price that comes with it!"

"Hahahahaha!"

"Missis!"

"You were wrong after all! Wrong! Wrong!!!"

Blood flowed slowly from the countless grooves and lines on the top of the statue's head, down to the corners of its eyes, and dripped down.

Like two lines of blood and tears.

at the same time.

The statue, which had been silent for many years, has finally moved!

The hard outer shell kept peeling away, revealing the bluish-purple skin underneath.

The creature with a human body and a fish tail stared coldly at Grandon, the trident in its hand gleaming with a chilling light that could steal one's soul.

"Gatekeeper of the Forsaken Land."

“If you don’t do something soon, that girl who shares your bloodline will die.”

"Are you really going to stand here forever?"

The tall, indistinguishable male creature slammed its trident into the ground.

His eyes were filled with rage, and he even wished he could tear Grandon to pieces on the spot.

However, the owner of that blood was already on the verge of death.

"The gatekeeper..."

"You are free now."

"You can go and save your own people. But in return, you must cleanse the entire empire of all the remaining extraterrestrial life forms for us."

"The empire's thousand-year prosperity cannot be lost in this generation."

The creature known as the gatekeeper, upon hearing the word "freedom," showed a strange emotion in its eyes, as if it thought it must have misheard.

The empire spent so much time, effort, and money to imprison itself in this statue.

Now, this generation's king has so casually uttered the words "give him his freedom."

He couldn't believe it.

But we have no choice but to believe it.

He was determined to save his people no matter what!

He raised the trident high, then aimed it at the location of Tracy in that bloodline memory and gently tapped it!

The next instant, the earth shook violently!

The palace collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye!

This magnificent palace ceased to exist from that moment on.

Then, the dying Tracy was enveloped in a layer of hard ice, turning into a crystal.

Her life, which had been lost, was frozen in that moment.

The gatekeeper used blinking magic to instantly appear beside Tracy, looking at her with the tenderness one would show to a daughter, as she remained inside the crystal with her eyes closed.

Two lines of bloody tears flowed down.

"Roar roar roar roar roar!!!!"

He let out a heart-wrenching roar, a roar born of his hatred for the empire and for the entire world.

The apostles, as large as mountains, stopped in their tracks after sensing the roar and the imposing presence of the gatekeeper.

However, the anticipated life-or-death struggle did not occur.

The gatekeeper simply watched the apostle calmly, then raised his trident high. Countless snowflakes turned into warm currents, carrying the gatekeeper himself, along with the crystal that sealed Tracy, away.

However, before they had gone very far, a brilliant light flashed across the sky.

Ryan appeared before the goalkeeper.

He saw the crystallized Tracy in the other person's hand, and a surge of intense anger welled up inside him.

"Put her down."

However, the goalkeeper once again made an unexpected move.

He sensed the radiant flames and karmic fire surging within Ryan's body due to his emotions.

He glanced at the crystal in his hand and then closed his eyes.

The trident, which he had always held tightly in his hand and never let go of, was thrown to the ground without hesitation.

Then, she hugged the crystal tightly with both hands, as if she were using her own body to protect Tracy.

Like parents protecting their children...

This action greatly shocked Ryan.

"you......"

"What exactly is it...?"

Chapter 276 Lord of the Deep Sea

Ryan and the creature with a human body and a fish tail faced off in this way.

Ryan didn't move aside, and the fish-tailed man didn't attack; he simply held Tracy, who had turned into a crystal.

The darkness in the sky drew ever closer, and the Mountain Apostles gradually regained their sight, preparing to continue their journey.

Danger is approaching.

But compared to the Apostles, Tracy is more important to Ryan.

"No matter who you really are..."

"Put Tracy down!"

"Otherwise, you wouldn't have left here alive."

Ryan's tone was unusually cold, and there was already karmic fire burning in his palm, which meant that Ryan was not just talking.

The creature with a human body and a fish tail also noticed this, and tightened its grip on the crystal. It struggled to adjust its throat and managed to utter a very broken human language.

"Humanity......"

"I meant no harm..."

“She is…my bloodline…only the deep sea can heal her wounds.”

"If she stays here, she will only die."