Chapter 70 Temporary Separation
Elise smiled faintly as she shook her head, “Compared to the past, compared to the choices made before, Brother Lotte, we are meeting in our current capacities.”
The white-haired maiden’s flawless face reflected in Verafia’s eyes. She was smiling, but her gentle and moving tone carried a mournful sadness.
“Current capacities…” Verafia repeated.
Although she was still the pure and flawless girl in her memory, just as she had said, both she and the current Elise had changed completely.
The current her was a woman completely different from before; she was Verafia, the Goddess of Life.
And that pure and flawless maiden had accepted the impure and rotten abyss that brought annihilation. The current Elise was the Saintess of the Abyss.
“Elise, but no matter what, what you are doing is destroying this world.”
Verafia bit her thin lips gently, her beautiful golden eyes lifted slightly, and her slender, exquisite fingers like jade bamboo shoots gripped the hilt of the Mistedine sword.
“Brother Lotte, indeed, you are still the same as before…”
Elise sighed. She looked at a wisp of the abyss touched by her white fingertips, her eyes hazy, “But not now. Let’s meet at the final moment, Brother Lotte, and at that time, I will be waiting for your judgment sword—for you to judge my sins.”
All that remained was a faint, lingering voice. Elise turned, her white hair falling to her slender waist, and the soft light was swallowed by the silent darkness as she turned and walked into the abyss.
Verafia still held the sword hilt until Herafir walked up to her side and gently stroked her smooth golden hair, saying, “Veer, she is just a projection. Elise, that is the name I got from your memory. She just wanted to see you.”
“I know.”
Verafia shook her head slightly, her tender hand pinching the sword hilt. A green light flashed, turning into a ray of light and returning to the World Tree in the Emerald Forest.
As Elise left, the abyss that had extinguished the blazing divine fire also gradually shrank until it disappeared into the gaps of the planes.
Her slender eyelashes closed slightly, and Verafia turned her face, seeing the concern in the eyes of the goddess beside her, and couldn’t help but blink.
“Sister Herafir, you just ignited the twilight…”
“Perhaps it is as she said, the flames of twilight are not enough to burn the abyss. Veer can consider this a choice of avoidance.
“Avoidance…?” Verafia’s golden eyes flickered.
She recalled her time as the Goddess of Flame, even though…
“Just as I said, the so-called deities, their afterglow is already in the past, a burden that binds us. We sleep in history, waiting for the final awakening. Our liberation should perhaps only bloom within the flames.”
Herafir shook her head and sighed. Seeing the girl gazing at her with her beautiful golden eyes, she suddenly smiled, “However, since Veer chose to save me, then we should consider the abyss now.”
“Mhm.”
Verafia nodded, raising her head, “Sister Herafir, can you tell me what exactly is the abyss?”
“The abyss… I think Veer has already guessed.”
Verafia nodded. Herafir’s delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, “However, what the abyss truly represents… Veer, wait a moment, I’ll tell you later.”
“Mhm. Sister Herafir… Thank you.”
Verafia’s slender fingers pulled at her white skirt hem. Seeing the goddess’s face, she recalled her tolerance and affection for her, and her heart couldn’t help but stir, letting out a sound.
“It’s nothing, Vera is my sister, after all.”
Herafir smiled, extended her fair hand, and gently stroked the girl’s smooth hair. She raised her head again and, as the God King, uttered an ancient divine phrase.
Verafia heard it clearly; this was a command to all gods in the capacity of the God King.
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“Human youth, conversing with you is not bad. No wonder that Highness took a liking to you.”
The Sun Goddess Sura smiled cheerfully at Igert, turning her face to look at the two goddesses converging at the end of the sky.
“However, I should bid farewell. Mother is calling us. Mother wants to tell the Goddess of Life what I just said, and of course, Mother should have told her personally.”
Igert looked up, “Sun Goddess Highness, it’s because of what you said before…”
“Yes, all the gods, including myself, have fallen. We were awakened by Mother’s blazing flames.”
The Sun Goddess said, then stood up and walked towards the Goddess of Blazing Flames.
In the sky, countless divine phantoms walked towards the burning flames. Although there were no words, in their collision, Verafia could still hear the words of the gods and glimpse the era of deities.
“It is also time for me to leave.”
Herafir stroked her hair, smiled, and left with the army of gods and orcs. After the last follower left, the goddess turned around and saw the girl gazing at her with golden eyes, and said softly,
“Alright, Veer should relax. Today is the day you won. If you continue like this, not only I, but your friends will also worry.”
Verafia raised her head, about to say something, when suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Igert walking closer.
“It’s Igert.”
Herafir also saw him and couldn’t help but smile, “Entrusting Vera to you has not disappointed me. However, you must take good care of her.”
With that, the Goddess of Blazing Flames made a stroke with her fair hand, and a crimson blaze tore through the vast space, entering it.
“Goddess Herafir… I should apologize to her. My attitude towards her was very bad back then.” Igert held Verafia’s small hand, gazing at the fading crimson flames in the dimensional rift, and said.
“You idiot, you dared to disrespect a goddess when I wasn’t around. It’s a good thing my sister didn’t hold it against you guys.”
Seeing Igert approach, Verafia put away her scattered thoughts, let out a soft hmph, and raised her beautiful golden eyes imposingly.
However, contrary to her imposing demeanor, her delicate body tilted slightly, as if leaning on the young man’s shoulder, and a slight smile bloomed on her lips as she looked at Igert beside her.
Although she didn’t remember the specific details clearly since she had been asleep, she could still vaguely guess that Igert had offended Herafir because of her, and her heart couldn’t help but feel a touch of sweetness.
“By the way, the goddess who was next to Igert and talking with him, was she your daughter, the Sun Goddess Sura?”
Verafia suddenly thought of something else, her white chin tilted slightly, her big eyes blinking, and she asked Igert with great interest.
