Yarra's Adventure Notes-Chapter 1417 - 203 Luscia’s Second Death

Pannis’s lips twitched, or rather, the lips of all the beings present twitched. They didn’t know what expression to wear in response to this seemingly inconsequential conclusion. However, through previous interactions, everyone had gained some understanding of the Drakes’ way of thinking. Indeed, their duty was guardianship, and they were indeed upholding it with their lives, but there was a subtle difference in understanding the concept of guardianship. In the Drakes’ perception, the ignition and extinguishment of the Divine Fire, the birth and demise of life, the rise and fall of species—these were all choices made by the world itself, part of its normal course of development. Thus, events like species extinction, which in the eyes of sentient beings were the greatest disasters, appeared to the Drakes as just another change, nothing more. They would not interfere, nor could they. They would let events unfold and the world and fate to make their choices, only intervening in events that could harm the world itself. Perhaps, this was the truly correct way to guard a world, and what everyone else was striving to do was, in fact, merely the struggle for survival by one or several species.

Of course, even though the Drakes always maintained neutrality, they were creatures with their own emotions after all, and would extend a helping hand to the few friends they had, just as Guardian Mina was willing to share the potential location of the healing ritual with everyone, and for the sake of Pannis’s request, was willing to expend energy traveling back and forth between the Lost Forest and the Magical Beast Forest. However, such help could not contradict their stance and was limited to those friends they recognized. If it were just a group of strangers, Mina and Bast probably wouldn’t even give them a second thought.

The understanding of guardianship between the Drakes and the members of the adventure team was not something that could be judged as right or wrong. It could only be said that everyone had different standpoints and saw different things. There was no meaning in passing judgment on each other, so Pannis made no comment, just bitter-smiled and said, "To have Guardians watching over the doors of the temple, truly, it’s an honor many people wouldn’t obtain in their lifetimes."

"I pondered at the entrance for a moment and knew that you had succeeded," Luscia’s crisp voice laughed, not minding Pannis’s description of guarding the doors, and continued, "You have defeated the Deity in the temple, so you should have completed your mission this time, right?"

"Well, let’s not discuss the difference between many hours and a moment, talking about it with you is meaningless," Pannis twisted his mouth and said, "But, you couldn’t have sensed the situation inside the temple from outside, could you? How did you know that Danacus’s plan was thwarted by us?"

"Because I am Undead, and obviously, the one hidden inside the temple was a Deity of the Undead," Luscia replied matter-of-factly, "At the moment the Deity fell into eternal slumber, we Undead all felt it, though the other Undead without Divine Wisdom cannot understand or describe this feeling. Fortunately, I still retain Divine Wisdom, so I remember that sensation. At that time, my mind suddenly became hazy, as if my body had been hollowed out, and deep inside, there was extreme panic, as if my soul was being torn apart in agony. However, I still felt a bit happy inside because it meant that Mina’s goal had been achieved, and I was glad for her."

"Alright, maybe there really was a sense of it," Pannis, not being an Undead, was unable to comprehend the effect that struck the Undead when Danacus was severely damaged, so he simply shrugged and asked, "And afterwards?"

"Afterwards? I died once again," Luscia said, tilting her head, "I knew from the moment I sensed your success that my brief existence as an Undead seemed to be coming to an end. At that time, I thought, perhaps I truly wouldn’t wake up again, but even so, to see my kin achieve their goal and once again protect the world, I was very happy, so I happily approached my second death."

"I’m sorry," Pannis said, placing one hand over his chest and bowing slightly. Although he knew he had done nothing wrong and the other party would not blame him, the second death of the other party was indeed due to Nellie inflicting heavy damage on herself, and on the Soul of Danacus as well. Therefore, Pannis still spoke with a sense of regret, "I’m sorry that our actions had such a big impact on you."

"You don’t need to apologize, I’ve already said that I welcomed the sleep again with happiness," Luscia shook her head and said, "Besides, I’m not really completely dead, have you forgotten? I’m still right here in front of you."

"Heh, indeed it is." Pannis replied with a bitter smile, "You’ve come back to life again as an Undead."

"Yeah, when I woke up again, I was also quite perplexed." Luscia said, self-deprecatingly, "At that time, I was wondering whether I could actually die at all. I mean, if you’re going to die, die thoroughly, right? Coming back to life like this makes you feel very strange."

"Hahaha, indeed very strange, but this isn’t a bad thing for you, is it?" Pannis laughed heartily in agreement, "At least you’ve retained your own consciousness, at least you are still yourself, and haven’t turned into one of those mindless things."

"If I really turned into one of those mindless Undead, then I wouldn’t have the chance to be perplexed." Luscia’s Soul Fire pulsed rhythmically. By spending a long time with Little Deer and observing a large number of Undead in the past few days, she could discern a lot from the Soul Fire of skeletal Undead. For example, when they were agitated, the Soul Fire would flicker chaotically, when they were happy, it would pulse in an orderly fashion. If the Soul Fire shrank into a ball, it indicated they were nervous, and if it expanded to fill the whole eye socket, well, that meant they were asleep. From this, it was evident that Luscia was still in good spirits, and her light tone confirmed that her words were not forced at all, "So don’t worry, as a Guardian, my emotions are not that fragile."

"Alright, I was overthinking it." Pannis nodded, "So, what changes happened this time when you woke up from your slumber?"

"This time when I woke up, I couldn’t see any traces of other Undead around me." Luscia sighed, "The whole world was just in dead silence, with only one exception."

"The seeing you’re talking about must be different from that of the living, right?" Pannis asked, "Or do you now possess vision?"

"It’s not quite vision, just a clear perception of the environment." Luscia explained awkwardly, "It’s hard to describe in words, maybe you’ll understand if you turn into a skeleton."

"I kindly refuse, at least for now, I have no plans of turning into a skeleton." Pannis coughed dryly, "Let’s also forget about this question, cough cough, what exactly was the exception that you saw?" ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

"Do you even have to ask?" Luscia said, "The only exception was of course that person who had just regained their senses from madness."