Chapter 122 - 104: The Grand Chessboard (Part 2)

"Stop avoiding the topic! Can’t you see how dangerous you are right now?!"

Dorothy spoke rapidly: "You’ve actually been falling into the Abyss all along, if you drag it out any longer, you’ll never get out!"

"Don’t worry, I believe Roland won’t give up on me."

Eleanor staggered a bit, but she continued to shield the children, never taking a step back.

Using her curved saber to support herself, she faced the endless twisted knights and revealed her sharp teeth: "I’m still waiting for him to help me fetch the ship."

"It doesn’t matter if the ship sinks, I can bring a library to pick you up!"

You could hear the urgency in Dorothy’s voice, almost on the brink of tears: "All the land-dwellers are liars! You must have been brainwashed! We Doragon can only trust each other!"

Trust...

Eleanor pondered.

The Black-winged Calamity Master had already become a figure of blood, and at this moment, she was like the most ordinary, cornered Chaos Pirate.

Of course, she was aware that the Doragon people never belonged to the land, that there was no ship belonging to her in the New World, and she was aware that Roland was an extremely terrifying being, with secrets beyond anyone’s wildest imagination.

Indeed, the children behind her weren’t that important.

So why did she choose not to flee, but instead choose a suicidal, foolish path?

Maybe it was Roland’s style that truly suited her, or maybe she was infatuated with the weightless, beautifully dreamlike homeland.

Or perhaps that ancient Heart Scale proved that Doragon also had trustworthy companions.

But ’investment’ or ’justice’, in truth, they didn’t matter that much.

Ultimately.

Eleanor had long grown tired of the Doragon people’s life of wandering and exile.

Therefore, she willingly stepped onto this gamble against fate, choosing to chase with her life the unknown, magnificent new future.

Just like a moth drawn to a flame.

Those black wings drooped down, and the storm gradually calmed into silence.

Eleanor smiled, once again raising her blood-stained curved saber.

Seeing the Doragon at their arduous limits, Ryan abruptly stood up, stepping forward.

"Take it slow, Knights, take it slow, just cut off her limbs..."

The Abyssal Bishop’s voice was gentle yet fervent: "I want to personally dig out her flawless heart, I want to savor this supreme delicacy!"

"Haven’t you kind of overlooked something, you bastard?"

Eleanor’s smile was dangerously wild: "My sharp teeth are pretty deadly too, you know?"

"You’ve always been smart, why are you so stubborn now! There’s no one beside you!"

Dorothy’s voice carried a hint of sobbing: "You’ve been abandoned!"

Boom!!!

In the next instant, heavy artillery roared!

The space inside the Royal Court shook violently, and the blinding burst of light tore apart a corner of the palace!

The fierce storm from outside forcibly poured into the endless space, and the sound of a moth fluttering reverberated in everyone’s ears, drawing closer! Closer!

The Shattered Star had navigated into the Abyss!

With the howl of starlight, the steel fortress began to charge recklessly within the layered Lion Heart Palace, smashing through corridor after magnificent corridor, crushing all the blood knight barriers in its path!

It came to an abrupt halt before Eleanor.

The sound of flipping book pages vanished instantly.

The cabin door was opened, and a gray-haired boy’s clothes fluttered in the storm as he gazed upon the blood-drenched King of Pirates, frowning deeply.

"Am I late?"

Lin Lan asked.

"No."

At this moment, Eleanor’s beautiful face blossomed with the brightest smile: "You’re right on time."

"Captain! You wandered into danger all by yourself again!"

A petite witch poked her head out from behind Lin Lan, "We had to bombard several times to break open the Celestial Calamity’s barrier!"

She shook her fist fiercely, wearing a fierce expression like a riled-up little squirrel: "Hurry up and get the kids on board, we’ll ram that disgusting Prince to death!"

Eleanor obliged readily.

With her last bit of strength, she used the wind to send the children into the cabin, then wobbled onto the steps.

Lin Lan grabbed her blood-soaked hand and helped support the Pirate Leader’s shoulder firmly.

"Ah, ah... I’m so damn exhausted..."

Eleanor carelessly leaned her weight onto the boy, not minding the blood and grime smearing his clean clothes.

"So how did I do?" She murmured weakly into Lin Lan’s ear: "Didn’t embarrass our Ark, did I?"

"Incredibly badass!" Lin Lan nodded in her tone, ignoring the state of his attire.

And deep within the palace, the Lion Heart Prince, with a ring of flesh above his head, gazed dazedly at the Ark War Chariot before him.

"Ah... see, Olivia, more guests have arrived."

He suddenly clutched the skull in his arms, whispering reassurance: "Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, they can’t hurt you..."

"I remember when I was very young, whenever night fell, Father would drink and then abuse us with a wet whip, ordering us to strip, and then..."

Ryan paused: "At that time, you always stood in front of the siblings, pleading for Father’s forgiveness for us."

"I remember... I remember everything..."

"From then on, I swore I would always protect you, my dear sister..."

Ryan gently laid down the shattered skull: "Wait for me a bit, Olivia, don’t worry, I’ll be right back..."

Blood completely engulfed the entire outline of the Royal Court!

The entire space transformed again, turning the sky and ground into an endless sea of blood, like a true Endless Abyss.

The Shattered Star had plunged into the deepest domain of the Celestial Calamity Gray Realm.

Countless blood tendrils swayed like serpentine tails, while the mountains of corpses and seas of blood wriggled beneath Ryan’s feet, shaping a throne that lifted him high.

The Lion-Hearted Monarch sat upon a throne made of bone and flesh.

With a triple halo of feathers above his head, he gazed down at the figure of the gray-haired boy.

"I allow you to witness my supreme presence, Roland Howard."

The Abyssal Bishop smiled courteously.

He raised his arm, and the broken skull filled with sweet liquor: "The great Master of the Abyss watches over the lands of Lion Heart at all times, our soul spirits are eternal and undying, your crude and ignorant actions were meaningless from the start."

"From the moment you stepped into this great chasm, your fate was sealed, on this intertwining matchless chessboard, you are the perfect pieces!"

He raised the goblet high, his smile devout and fanatical: "Let us toast, toast to our future within the Abyss!"

Lin Lan observed the changing environment, lifting his gaze.

"That guy seems to have changed again..."

His expression was peculiar: "What’s he babbling up there? I didn’t catch a word."

"Ignore him, let’s just ram right into it!"

Lucia eagerly put forth her idea, the high-speed chase seemingly fulfilling the witch’s insatiable adventurous spirit.

"In fact, ordinary attacks are difficult to affect him."

Eleanor continued the conversation, looking into the ever calm eyes of the gray-haired boy: "Roland, do you have a way to deal with the soul?"

Ryan was utterly immobilized.

They... disregarded his words?

The very next moment, that handsome face twisted with utmost malice.

"You dare to ignore me..."

He discarded the goblet, shouting in hysteria: "How dare you disregard a Monarch who holds supreme power?!"

Instantly, countless flesh monsters were molded from the boundless sea of blood into grotesque forms.

Lionheart Knights, like pawns, guarded the Lion-Hearted King, then mounted their eight-legged flesh steeds, laughing madly as they charged towards the Ark War Chariot!