Find a Troubled Girl after leaving the Guild

Chapter 827 - 400: Eternal Regret

"Teacher, I never expected that you were..."Another person who was shocked in a different sense was ALulu.

"He should have been freed later, otherwise he couldn’t have adopted you, right?" Li Ang patted Xiaoniu’s head.

"Mm."

ALulu held Li Ang’s hand and asked, "That blue-haired girl, she’s amazing."

She must be connected with Ivynis, perhaps possessing the same power, the same lineage?

There was too little information, and Li Ang couldn’t say for sure, he could only make rough guesses.

From the scene, it could be seen that the Star Souls were resisting the Deus People, and to achieve this, the blue-haired maiden in the Dragon God Robe was crucial.

"Incredible, incredible."

Meimei’s voice trembled, "To actually witness the ancient battle of the Star Soul gathering here. That was a war whose aftershocks could affect today, influencing the continuation of the future world!"

"Isn’t there a record in the World Wedge?"

Li Ang remembered, according to the Da and Xiao Mei estates, the World Wedge, which seemed to have existed since creation, recorded information from more than one world line, and it should also include this ancient war.

"My power isn’t enough to see that much."

Meimei looked at Li Ang, recalling something, her cheeks reddened with anger, "It’s unbelievable, the first thing you think of when seeing such a scene is just selling it for money?!"

"Of course, it’s not just that." Li Ang shrugged.

"Just the thought of selling it is enough to make me angry at you."

He sighed, looking helplessly at this young girl, "The past is important..."

"It’s crucial, that blue-haired maiden, it’s already known she’s related to the Creator God, and she might even have the power of a God. Unlike the Dragon Gods restricted by the World Rules, she, someone like her, might be the key to saving the world for us now!"

"Mm hmm, yeah, I get it."

Li Ang naturally didn’t think such information was unimportant. He glanced at the Purgatory Spirit and Othella beside him, at the events on Lupus Island, they had been central, but at the moment related to ancient matters, they seemed, for a moment, like irrelevant bystanders.

"Huwaaa..."

As her gaze met Li Ang’s, Othella hurriedly waved her hands, panicking.

She and the Purgatory Spirits were shocked by the ancient scene. Unlike the majority with adventure experience and having witnessed the Star Souls’ power firsthand, in their past lives, they had just been ordinary girls from the Lupus Island Country.

Even bound with the Molten Mountain Star Soul’s presence, suddenly receiving so much information made their brains overheat, well, their brains were probably gone, and they themselves were quite hot, but that’s about the gist.

Adding the talk of ancient times and world-saving, it only added to the chaos, turning them into seemingly irrelevant personnel.

And it’s because of Othella and others like them that made Li Ang certain that he couldn’t dwell on the shock of the previous scene, that what’s happening now is what’s crucial.

"Alright, our purpose is to find Lady Hestia, we can discuss ancient matters later too." Li Ang said to everyone.

Farin and Zoe’s gazes returned, nodding.

He then said to Meimei, "My thinking capacity is divided into several parts: the ancient, the Star Souls, the Dragon, the current matter, how to achieve the goal, how to protect team members. It’s not that I don’t want to think about it, but at the moment, ancient situations don’t occupy much of my thinking ratio."

Meimei realized the current situation, turned her gaze aside, her face reddening.

She touched the wall beside her; at this position, they could already break off some Star Crystal Shards from the walls.

Due to the nurturing of the entire Underground Lava World, Hestia was much stronger than Eden, and the power emitted was enough to generate some not so good Star Crystal Shards.

This could prove that they were already close to the center of the Star Palace.

Starting forward again, after not walking far, a painful bellow of a bull was heard ahead.

The intense sound reverberated through the passage, reaching far behind, and the group barely managed to withstand it by covering their ears.

"It seems like someone is speaking?"

In the once again silent Star Palace, a faint female voice appeared ahead.

She seemed a bit hysterical, making it hard to understand what she was saying.

"Is it Lady Hestia?" Othella’s spirit lifted.

"It definitely is," Li Ang said.

"S-sorry, I said something unnecessary... I-I was just thinking, who is she speaking with?"

"A demon?" Zoe’s tone was calm and serious.

Li Ang glanced at the girl with the Ice Wolf posture, once part of the recent battlefield, she seemed more like a battle-tested soldier, suddenly much steadier.

"Be prepared, we’ll find out by moving forward."

Li Ang glanced at the cooling water space previously conjured by Meimei, and along the journey, he’d considered the construction of this spell whenever he had free time, and now it was almost ready.

He raised his magic staff, taking over the cooling spell, and began enhancing the effects to strengthen it.

In front of the moving group, several shield-like ice crystals took shape, quietly hovering, maintaining the same distance as the advancing group.

In the Fire Star Palace, where external temperatures rivaled the Mechanical Creation Furnace, constructing a Pure Magic Ice Shield was impossible without the power supply of Orichalcum.

Meimei once again stared intently at Li Ang’s magic staff, her gaze was not much different from that of a genuinely "greedy adventurer."

Setting up their defenses, the group took their steps forward.

But they didn’t see Lady Hestia; what they saw was another phantom.

Ahead was a cloud layer rushing at high speed, with scenes from the sky rapidly sweeping past from their side. Not far away, the immense silhouette of the Thunderstorm Celestial Dragon appeared within the clouds, moving in the same direction as a giant eight-legged Celestial Horse and bird-shaped and various beast-shaped Star Souls.

Compared to the previous battlefield, the number of Star Souls here was significantly less.

After sensing for a dozen seconds, everyone understood that what they were seeing now was from the perspective of a certain Star Soul.

"We must catch up, we must catch up."

A gentle yet firm voice echoed at their ears.

"Lady Hestia, is that you?"

Othella’s expression was anxious. Though usually timid, she urgently called out to the surroundings.

"She’s not here, although she is very close."

Zoe’s perception was the most convincing, and the scene before them was still a phantom.

Just this time, they were seeing from Hestia’s first-person perspective.

It would be more accurate to say that this was Hestia’s craft, whereas the previous scenes with the Dragon God Robe maiden were probably reparations of memories from the mind.

"This is post-battle, isn’t it?" Farina said.

"What’s she trying to catch up to?" Meimei tilted her head.

"Sounds like she’s trying to save someone." Alulu frowned slightly.

On the other side of the clouds, a magnificent and luxurious palace revealed its grandeur. Its high walls were imposing, and its spires stood tall. Words could hardly describe the luxury and extraordinariness between its walls and window lattice.

Its appearance, which combined the strengths of many artistic styles, was secondary. The protective array that enveloped the entire palace, the floating platforms between the towers, the courtyard growing Exotic Fruit Immortal Mushrooms, and the Exotic Beasts filled with indescribable power were what truly amazed people.

But Hestia’s gaze did not linger on the palace’s beauty. She flew at high speed, surrounded by starlight shimmering in mid-air. Her speed suddenly decreased, and her direction changed from flying to falling, evidently transforming into a human form.

She landed on the palace’s rooftop, swinging a Giant Hammer to shake the rune-engraved outer arm, the Magic Power vibration stirring a thunder vortex, while Baal and the eight-legged Giant Horse shot thunder and rainbow starlight respectively behind her, helping her pierce through the rooftop.

Hestia landed inside, and the sight before her caused her eyes to widen in rage, a fear, urgency, and pain so intense it even allowed Li Ang and his group to empathize.

This was a space that seemed like a Magic Tools Hall and also a research area, surrounded by facilities engraved with runes but with purposes that couldn’t be comprehended.

A figure floated in the air, a blur, violently shaking. Evidently, Hestia’s memory here had begun to blur, perhaps she had forgotten, or perhaps didn’t wish to remember this person’s appearance.

Below the figure were round basins similar to culture dishes but as large as pools. They connected to pipelines, transporting liquids resembling High-tier Alchemy Potions and various kinds of high-tier Magic Power.

At this moment, these basins were filled with blood, where countless young girls dressed in white curled up within these blood pools.

Beside the figure high above floated the Star Soul Greenhouse, weak and frail.

"No!"

Li Ang heard Zoe beside him cry out with tears in her voice.

The figure saw Hestia’s arrival, casually waved a hand, and harvested the lives of these young girls.

"Why! Why!"

As the pitiable, fragile girls fell from the sky, the entire space echoed with Hestia’s heart-wrenching, tragic cry.

"$&@#ИωÎ@...What do you mean why? Dare you to defy the master of your creation, you wouldn’t think we’d allow your energy to remain in the world?"

"Even if God’s radiance is desecrated, those vile criminals who committed the great sins against nature will eventually be swallowed by the sands of time."

The figure finished speaking, already consumed by the surging flames incited by the Molten Mountain Star Soul.

Li Ang’s ears resonated with a burst of static, upon careful discernment, it was Hestia’s myriad thoughts, sad, anguished, sorrowful, and suffused with a regret so intense it felt almost tangible.

So direly she wished, so direly she wished to see a vibrant world with these children, to witness the starry river together, to count stars.

She had promised to carry them flying from one end of the world to the other.

She was just too weak, as a weapon, she couldn’t overcome the restrictions they set down, she was still too late.

The meaning of victory is ultimately...

"Yes, it’s correct, you useless and helpless cow, as a creation you’re still too short-sighted, utterly ignorant of how to wield true Power."

Whose voice is this?

From the surrounding space, a slippery voice seemingly squeezed from countless bubbles began to speak, Li Ang sensed that it didn’t belong here.

This was not a voice from Hestia’s memories, nor was it her voice. From the disgust on his companions’ faces, Li Ang could see they thought the same.

"Deliver your body to me, let me wield this flame-like Power!"

The shouting of the Divine Bull and roaring flames ostentatiously presented themselves ahead, all phantoms dissipated within starlight, melted Star Crystals wantonly flowed, within them, the giant bull’s body shattered, lava-like blood splashing everywhere, it collapsed to the ground, its beastly visage still discernible in its persistence and struggle.

In its chest, the blood cocoon seen previously burst open, revealing a peculiar half-bodied humanoid floating within, ceaselessly uttering venomous words towards the giant bull.

Half of his body was humanoid, the other half covered in Crimson Thorns, half of his face akin to a shriveled corpse, with void empty eye sockets, half of his face still human, but scorched by extreme heat to the brink of decay, with only that eye emitting an eerie blood-red light.

Seeing Li Ang and others approaching, the freak instantly withdrew worm-like into the Divine Bull’s chest, the blood cocoon about to close.

But his escape abruptly stopped, a certain force overcame him, rendering him momentarily immobile.

"Come out, you."

Li Ang extended his Demon’s Left Arm, grasping across space, slowly pulling the freak out from the blood cocoon.