Ashes Of Deep Sea

Chapter 400 - 400 404 Interwoven

?Chapter 400: Chapter 404 Interwoven Chapter 400: Chapter 404 Interwoven The damp, cold Second Waterway corridor echoed with footsteps as the gatekeeper strode towards even darker depths.

The black clothes representing the City-State Defender were already tattered, and the magically crafted combat staff bore numerous scars. Pain and fatigue seemed to have become distant illusions, leaving only the hollow echoes from the deep bowels of the earth ringing in her ears.

Blood seemed to be running out, but her heart still beat, and death was so imminent that with each breath, it felt as though she could sense the chilling cold of the world of the dead—In this dark and solitary corridor, no comrades remained in sight, and enemies had not been seen for quite some time.

Yet, something was still accompanying Agatha on her journey, providing a small, not very bright but somewhat warm flame at the very end of her march toward death.

Agatha cradled the “fire-seed” in her left hand against her chest, protecting the flickering flame carefully. Its soft green glow illuminated her chin and a short stretch of the surrounding corridor. She felt, even relished, the slight warmth the fire-seed brought, because she could feel the road ahead growing colder by the minute.

Or perhaps, it was her own body that was becoming cold.

“I’ve already crossed the Upper City District’s intersections and am nearing the branch corridors around the boiling gold mines…” Agatha whispered to the flame, lifting her head and scanning over a plaque on the sidewall—a mottled, ancient plaque labeling the streets of the City-State correlating to the sewer beneath, which helped determine her current position, “I’ve barely encountered enemies on this path, but the going is getting tougher, and there’s a… suffocating coldness dragging at my steps.”

A majestic and deep voice resounded directly at the bottom of her heart, “Perhaps those Heretics have given up delaying your progress with their minions… They’re concentrating their efforts on the final moment.”

“How are things outside?”

“A heavy fog has risen, shrouding the entire City-State. The City-State Guards are maintaining order and urging residents to return home. At some intersections, Defender squads can be seen—they’re carrying lanterns used for night patrols because the thick fog is blocking the power of the sun,” that authoritative voice within Agatha continued, “At sea, around the City-State, fog is also forming, possibly extending out for hundreds of miles.”

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