"No, I think it's fine like this, I have died long ago, and I was unable to protect Naiad. I failed to do so... I don't really want to speak with these people, I would only feel sha," Eustace sighed.
"Oh well... I guess I get where you're coming from," I nodded. "Let's leave it be then..."
I suppose he really didn't want to expand into this subject anymore. Maybe he was indeed still mourning Naiad. It was better to leave him be, he had already avenged her, and lived as a ghost only to help Celes.
I think he might eventually pass away peacefully once Celes grows up, he probably only wants to see him grown up and strong before moving on.
I had almost forgotten why ghosts exists to begin with.
"So that's how it happened," Lucifer nodded. "I see, Naiad's sacrifice was very noble, and she will live in all of your mories, as she lives within our hearts."
"Thank you for listening," the King nodded. "Now, I suppose we should move onto the other matter, the present."
"It happened over a week ago, a bright star fell from the skies, a completely golden, yellow star that clashed into the water's depths," the Queen explained. "It moved fast even underwater, passing right next to our Kingdom, and then landing far away."
"We heard a loud explosion, a boom! Like nothing you've ever heard before. Especially because we're underwater, so sound is not so easy to even "hear". As you might guess," the King sighed. "The first squad of soldiers I sent to explore the area where the King of the Depths had been sealed was almost completely massacred, only a single person ca back, reporting that the Seal had been shattered, and countless cracks were constantly spreading. What's worse, it was all the star's fault."
"Apparently the star fell right over the seal, I don't know if it was intentional, perhaps a punishnt of the Gods, or maybe it was our karma, bad luck..." sighed the Queen. "But not only did the star break the seal and weakened it, slowly letting the King of the Depths seep out its influences again, but it seed to be stuck there."
"Stuck?" Partner wondered. "You an the star is inside of that seal?"
"Yes, more or less sothing like that," nodded the King. "It was reported it was
empowering the King of the Depths, whose power should have decreased over ti as he was sealed..."
"That Star can't be sothing less than a divine relic then, right?" I wondered. "Pharaoh, have you heard of anything like that?"
The Pharaoh we had recruited back then in the first city of the Golden Dunes we visited had been looking at the three fragnts of the Starship we had secured.
After visiting all three pyramid Dungeons from all three cities, we collected the pieces, which his ancient civilization had built to visit the God's Realm.
He had been inspecting it and trying to find a way to repair it together using his ancient knowledge, so he had been quite busy, and constantly asking for a lot of materials.
As I called him, he quickly appeared out of my shadows, startling the King and the Queen, the princesses, and even the guards.
"Yes, it must definitely be so sort of Divine Relic," he nodded. "Sotis the Gods would discard them, throwing them into the world below without thinking about the consequences they could cause... Such as the Scepter of Radiance, which my people found long ago and treasured as a gift from the gods, only to find out it was sothing they discard, which they didn't want mortals to touch."
The Scepter of Radiance, a powerful Divine Relic that encompassed the Divine Power of Sunlight, the Pharaoh's Ancient Civilization found that item and used it to facilitate their lives, eventually bringing forth the wrath of the Gods, who couldn't accept the mortals using this power without their permission.
If I recall correctly, it was Baldr, the bastard I killed and ate that ended their entire civilization within seconds. I've avenged his people, but even now, he must still feel rather bitter, especially because we've been unable to find the Scepter even after investigating all three cities.
I think Hendrick might have sold it to soone long ago, I'll have to browse the mories I acquired from eating his soul to find out more about that.
"A Divine Relic!" cried the Queen. "D-Does that ans that the Gods will co down to retrieve it?! What will happen to us now?!" the queen panicked a lot.
"Calm down, dear..." the King hugged her, caressing her head to calm her down.
"It's fine, we will retrieve that "Star" and kill the King of the Depths," I said. "It's not like we were going to leave without finishing the job. But now that we know it's a Divine Relic, it pretty much confirms the reason why that monster had the power to open those portals." "Yeah, it might be using the Divine Relic's Divine Powers to enhance its abilities even further!" Eraldine said. "If we don't stop it before it completely assimilates the Divine Relic's powers, it might end up freeing itself completely and escaping before we can catch it." "After seeing how we just killed all of its monsters, it probably is quite scared of us now..." I nodded. "Or at least slightly wary."
"Hmm, so we go right now, or should we rest?" Lucifer wondered.
I looked at the children, they looked very sleepy right now.
"I think we can do this tomorrow, the children are quite sleepy after all," I said. "Would that be alright with you, King, Queen?"
"But of course, Lady Maria!" nodded the King. "You may stay as much as you please, our ho is your ho."
"There are a couple large rooms inside this bubble," said the Queen. "They're a bit dusty because not many like sleeping on dry land, but you can use them to sleep comfortably." "Thank you," I nodded. "Well then, shall we go rest for the night?"
However, as we were about to make our way to those rooms, a guard ca flying here.
"Your majesty! There's a problem, the number of people affected has increased again... There are more infected than before...!"
"What? Again?!"
Infected?
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