Chapter 147: Chapter 147: Sacrifice!
Crystal Winslow felt as if she were dreaming in a daze.
The person she was just yearning for now appeared vividly before her eyes.
Is this... an illusion?
But when she felt the warmth coming from Aster Grant’s fingertips, she suddenly woke up.
This is not a dream!
But the next second, immense panic swept over her heart.
Blood oozed from the corner of her mouth.
She wanted to speak and warn Aster to leave this place, but....
The Domain had shattered, and she had reached the very end of her life.
She couldn’t control her body.
Even more terrifying was...
The aftereffects of Life Burning had also begun to appear at this moment.
Her body was rapidly aging.
Her once luminous skin was withering and wrinkling at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Master! Quickly use Celestial Grace!"
Lazuli’s exclamation jolted Aster Grant out of his trance.
He trembled as he activated the Sovereign Talent, with silver light swirling madly in his eyes.
"Celestial Grace!"
One after another, holy beams descended, finally slowing the aging process.
But Aster quickly realized that Celestial Grace could remove negative status, yet it could not replenish the life force already burnt out...
"That’s enough..."
A wrinkled hand gently pressed against him.
Crystal Winslow shook her head with all her remaining strength, her voice as light as a sigh in the wind:
"Don’t waste your strength..."
"Go quickly... Monarch Level..."
Before she could finish the sentence...
Her eyes gradually lost focus, and her long eyelashes drooped slowly like a butterfly with broken wings.
Aster Grant felt the progressively cold body in his arms, his heart seemingly clenched tightly by an invisible hand.
No... it can’t be...
His hands trembled uncontrollably, this young man who never retreated on the battlefield, now consumed by an unprecedented fear.
Just as despair was about to engulf him——
"Lord Aster!"
Sally’s figure suddenly appeared, holding a large barrel filled with the glowing green Spring of Life.
She urgently exclaimed:
"Quickly put Lady Crystal Winslow into it! The Spring of Life can temporarily maintain her life force!"
Aster Grant awoke from his daze and carefully immersed Crystal Winslow into the spring.
As the emerald waves rippled, the girl’s pale face finally regained a tint of color, and her fading breath gradually stabilized.
"Phew..."
Seeing Crystal Winslow’s condition stabilize, his taut nerves were just about to relax——
"Humans, have you forgotten my existence?"
A cold voice slithered into their ears like a snake. The Monarch Level Demon Clan had finally fully recovered from the explosion’s impact, now looking at them condescendingly.
Aster Grant slowly looked up, a cold fury igniting in his silver eyes.
But when he saw the demon’s attributes, the anger in his eyes suddenly halted.
Because...
[Blood Demon]
[Talent: Demon Lord]
[Level: Monarch Tier Three]
[Power: 100,000]
[Constitution: 100,000]
[Spiritual: 100,000]
[Speed: 100,000]
[Skills: Demon King Domain, Demon King’s Body...]
Even if he could disable this Demon Lord’s Domain, with its attributes nearly reaching a hundred thousand...
With the current Lazuli and Veridia...
There was absolutely no possibility of victory!
Escape?
With the Commander Level Scarlett, if he wanted to leave.
No one could stop him!
But...
He could leave!
But the citizens of Lythos, he couldn’t take them with him!
Moreover...
Looking at Crystal Winslow’s pale face in the Spring of Life.
This stubborn girl, willing to burn her life to protect this place, how could he easily give up?
But to defeat this demon....
"Lord Aster!"
Sally’s voice snapped Aster Grant back to reality.
He turned to look at the little maid who always stayed by his side, seeing an unprecedented determination in her eyes.
"You surely have a way to deal with this demon, don’t you?"
This statement suddenly made Aster think of the [Soul-devouring] skill——
[Soul-devouring: Unconditionally increase Beastbond’s attributes by 200%]
[Special State: Sacrifice (sacrifice one Beastbond to make the boost effect become 400%)]
A 400% increase...
With Lazuli and Veridia’s current attributes...
Perhaps they could really contend with a Monarch Level!
But to sacrifice one Beastbond...
Aster’s face turned deathly pale in an instant!
No way!
Every Beastbond was his irreplaceable partner, this price he couldn’t bear to pay.
Sally seemed to see through his hesitation and softly said:
"Lord Aster, actually the Elf Queen’s prophecy has two parts!"
"The first part is that the Prophet would descend upon the Elven Sanctum, as for the second part..."
Sally didn’t continue speaking, but instead took out a golden Life Tree Leaf from her bosom.
"The second part...is the mission of our Cat Clan!"
Before the words were finished, she had already pressed the golden leaf to her forehead.
In an instant, the leaf turned into a stream of light and merged into her body.
At the same time, Aster clearly felt a spiritual link emerge in his mind——
This is...
Sally?!
Aster’s pupils suddenly contracted, a terrifying speculation rising in his heart.
At this moment, Sally was bathed in golden light, her gaze towards Aster filled with unprecedented resolve:
"Lord Aster..."
Her voice trembled slightly, "Could I call you Master just this once?"
"Just this once..."
"Since the day you saved me, I’ve dreamed of becoming your Beastbond..."
Her voice grew softer, "But I know... my talent doesn’t match you..."
"So I studied hard, hoping to be your most competent maid..."
"But now..." her figure began to be engulfed by scarlet flames, "Your little maid... would really like to call you Master with her own mouth..."
Aster’s entire body trembled violently.
How did it come to this?!
He obviously hadn’t activated the Soul-devouring Talent, yet the sacrifice had already begun.
The memories of the time spent with Sally flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern, anger, fear, sorrow...
All these emotions surged within his chest, almost suffocating him.
He opened his mouth, but couldn’t make a sound...
Sally waited for a response in vain, the light in her eyes gradually dimming.
She lowered her head but lifted a gentle smile at the corner of her mouth:
"Lord Aster... I understand now..."
"If... there is a next life..."
"Sally still wants to be your... little maid..."
The scarlet flames suddenly surged, engulfing her figure even more fiercely.
"No!!!"
Aster finally found his voice, and yelled with a heart-wrenching cry:
"I agree to it!"
"Stop it now!"
Yet once the sacrifice ritual begins, it’s like a wildfire that cannot be stopped.
In the blaze, Sally’s figure was becoming fainter, yet upon hearing Aster’s answer, she showed a relieved smile.
In the final moment, her lips gently opened and closed.
Even surrounded by fierce flames, Aster could still clearly recognize those two silent words:
"Master..."
The scarlet tongues of fire completely engulfed the petite figure, leaving only a trace of golden brilliance flashing in the flames, finally dissipating into scattered starlight...
Sacrifice completed!
Blood-red spiritual power surged madly around Aster, yet he was completely oblivious.
His body trembled uncontrollably, with only one thought left in his mind:
Today...
Crystal Winslow’s life was hanging by a thread, Sally sacrificed her life...
All the culprit——
"It’s all you!!!"
Aster suddenly looked up, his blood-red eyes locked onto the Monarch Level Demon Clan, his voice laced with unprecedented madness!
Kill him!
He must kill him!
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