Chapter 685: Thank You…Lian

Lian looked at her.

"Yeah."

The girl pressed her lips together for a moment.

"Those children..."

Her voice became quieter.

Lian realized that even talking about the memories was difficult for her.

He sat beside her.

"You don’t need to talk about it."

Alicia looked at him for several seconds and then slowly nodded, but after a moment of silence, she continued on her own.

"When I was there, I knew something was wrong, I knew that body didn’t belong to me, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t do anything."

Her fingers tightened on her knee.

"Everything was real, even the fear I felt."

Lian slowly nodded, he had experienced exactly the same feeling, and the worst part was being unable to change what happened.

In the real world, when danger appeared in front of him, he could fight, he could escape, or at least try to find a way.

But inside those memories, all his power was useless.

He was only watching events that had happened a long time ago.

"I understand." He said in a calm voice. "Even when you know those things already happened, your instincts still tell you that you have to do something."

Alicia looked at him.

Young Vorhelm continued.

"But you can’t, because the decisions made there aren’t yours."

The girl remained silent for a few moments and then lowered her gaze.

"They hadn’t done anything..."

Lian did not answer immediately.

He had also learned through the victims’ eyes that many of them did not even know why such a fate was waiting for them.

But repeating the details would not help Alicia.

"Yeah." He finally said. "And none of what happened was your fault."

Alicia let out a short sigh.

"You only witnessed something someone else did for a few seconds, you don’t need to blame yourself for something you couldn’t change."

The girl looked at him for a moment and then gave a very faint smile.

"Thank you...."

Young Vorhelm nodded.

"It’s better for you to rest for now, we still have a long way to go."

Noah, who was standing a short distance away, let out a relieved breath.

"I’m glad you’re both safe, because I honestly have no interest in finding out what touching the rest of these things would do to someone."

"Then you’d better not try it at all." Rindo answered seriously.

Noah immediately raised his hands.

"Gladly!"

This time, even Alicia gave a short smile, and the heavy atmosphere among the group became a little calmer.

But Lian was still thinking about something else.

Velian Karth... the Fifth Ruined Realm.

He was certain that what he had seen belonged to the past of that realm.

The five upside-down arches were one of the most famous symbols of the Fifth Ruined Realm.

But if that man had lived in the Fifth Ruined Realm, how had he been brought to the Domain of the Condemned?

He was now certain that probably all the prisoners in this prison belonged to the Fifth Ruined Realm.

The question was, who was responsible for bringing them to this place?

Interesting.

Lian looked at the thousands of floating platforms around him for a moment.

Different creatures were imprisoned among the rings of light, some had appearances close to humans, while others had completely different body structures and looked more like monsters whose names he had never even heard before.

Of course, he still had no evidence to support such a conclusion, even so, he was confident in his reasoning and had found another reason to investigate the prison’s true origin.

He looked around, now was not the time to fill his mind with more thoughts, after leaving this place, they needed to rest for a while, and he needed to organize his thoughts.

He needed to put together all the information he had obtained during this time and the information he had previously learned about the earlier Ruined Realms.

Perhaps this way, he could understand the secret behind this prison and White Oblivion’s main plan.

’I also need to stop the Withered from continuing toward the center.’ He thought for a moment.

Whether by force or through other methods, he could not allow the Withered to keep moving in that direction when he knew a Calamity was planning something.

After resting for a while, Alicia’s condition improved.

The trembling in her hands had almost stopped, and she was able to stand up without anyone’s help.

Even so, Lian preferred that they not move for now.

Rindo agreed.

"It’s better to rest a little longer before continuing, we still don’t know what’s waiting for us ahead."

Noah looked at the floating platforms.

"I just hope the rest of the prisoners don’t decide to wake up right now."

Lian raised the corner of his mouth.

"You’d better not say that out loud."

"Why?"

"Because something bad usually happens after you say things like that."

Rindo laughed.

"He’s right."

Noah looked at the two of them in disbelief.

"Seriously? Now everything that happens in this land is my fault too?"

Alicia gave a short smile.

"I don’t think they’re being serious."

"Thank you! Finally, someone is on my side."

Lian shook his head and looked back toward the distant paths of the hall.

But a few moments later, Rindo brought up another question.

"By the way... do you think those other two Chosen are still alive?"

Noah turned his head.

"You mean the representative from Germany and the other member of the Twelve Ancient Guilds?"

He nodded.

"Yeah, we haven’t heard anything about them for quite a while."

Lian thought for a moment, ten people had entered the Land of the First Dawn as the Chosen.

Three from his own country, three from France, two from the Twelve Ancient Guilds, and two representatives from the academies of England and Germany.

Now four of them were together.

But the fate of the others did not look very hopeful.

Noah lowered his gaze.

"I still hope Mathieu is alive."

His voice was quieter than it had been a few moments earlier.

"The last time I heard anything from the base, things were really bad, but just because we haven’t heard from him doesn’t necessarily mean he’s dead."

Rindo nodded.

"That’s true, it’s the same with Mira."

Alicia looked at them.

"Myra was one of the Chosen from the Twelve Ancient Guilds, right?"

"Yeah, both she and Mathieu were at the base." The student council president answered.

Noah let out a short sigh.

"That’s the problem, nobody knows what happened to them after that area collapsed."

There was silence for a moment.

Lian remembered the destroyed base.

When he had returned there to investigate, nothing remained except the ruins of the structures and flowing lava.

The chances of survival for those who had been inside the base when it collapsed did not seem high, but he could not confirm everyone’s death without finding clear evidence.

Rindo continued.

"Amélie was also killed during the first judgment, so from the French group, Noah is the only one we know is alive for now."

Noah lowered his eyes for a moment, Amélie’s name still changed the atmosphere of the conversation.

He remained silent for a while and then said.

"I wish we could have done something for her."

Nobody answered, because they all knew that at that moment, they had not been able to resist the Hollow Sun’s judgment.

After a few seconds, Alicia looked at Lian.

"Wait, wasn’t another one of your classmates also a Chosen?"