Yarra's Adventure Notes-Chapter 1458 - 244: She is Awakening

This time, it was Danacus who fell silent, and the Divine Soul that occupied Nellie’s body seemed unable to comprehend the current situation. The typically vibrant face of the female knight showed a very strange expression, a mix of surprise and confusion, with a hint of anger hidden beneath. If one observed closely, they could also read a touch of relief deep within his eyes.

"What’s wrong, Lord of the Divine Power of Death, can’t understand what I’m saying?" Pannis had indeed rejected Danacus’s temptation, but it was clearly a difficult refusal. His face was still somewhat pale, his fingers trembled slightly, and even his voice sounded a bit hoarse, "Indeed, if it were only for myself, I would never reject your temptation. To bring her back to life and to regain the days we once had is a luxury I dared not even dream of for over a hundred years. For that purpose, what is my soul and body? Take them if you will, I think it’s worth it. But I am not here for myself, and I am not facing you for myself either, this time, I am here, apart from protecting the entire Yarran World behind me, more importantly, for her,"

"So what?" Danacus’s expression darkened again, and without realizing it, the relief in his gaze also vanished, leaving only ominousness, "You came for her, but you don’t want to use your life to save her? Can that be considered as coming for her?"

"Want to, of course I want to, no one wants it more than me, but it’s just wishful thinking." Pannis sighed and said with his head down, "I answered her call to fulfill her desire and to make her wish come true. She had many, many wishes, but the only one she did not have was to give you a suitable body for her own resurrection. That is not only something she did not wish for, but also something she would never want to see. Do you understand? It’s not that I don’t want to, but she doesn’t want to, she does not wish for me to do this. What she wants to see is your death, what she wants is for the world she poured so much energy into and the Undead within it to live on quietly and happily, what she wants is for the living and the Undead to coexist in harmony, with no more outbreaks of brutal war. However, your temptation, or rather your proposal, is completely opposite to these wishes. If you survive, and even more so in a better state than now, she can’t accept it. If you continue to control this world, the Undead will inevitably return to the state they were in over a hundred years ago, she can’t accept it. If your plan is successfully carried out, the Undead and the living will certainly slaughter each other, and eventually together with the Deities, they’ll all become nourishment for you, she still can’t accept it. Do you understand, you and she, cannot coexist, because your goals are like two sides of a coin, they are completely opposed."

"So what about it?" Danacus still attempted to continue his own temptation, "These are all her wishes, not yours. Your wish is to save her, to let her come back to life, isn’t it? Don’t you believe that in order to redeem the past mistakes and cleanse yourself of sins, you would pay any price? Although she would hate you for what you’ve done, she would still be resurrected, and you would have achieved your goal. And her hatred, precisely, is the price you need to pay. If you accept my offer, your mistakes, your sins, will cease to exist, and for such a simple price, what’s there to hesitate about?"

"You still don’t understand, but having experienced her memories, do you truly not understand, or are you pretending not to understand?" Pannis shook his head helplessly, sighing as he spoke, "Humans, as a species, should not live only for themselves, that’s too selfish. Sacrificing the future of the entire world just to bring her back to life, and the end goal is actually just to satisfy my own desire? I can’t do that. Moreover, from another point of view, my wish for her to come back to life is to make her happy, to let her enjoy life, not to hope that she carries sins and guilt and lives in pain. What would happen if I agreed to your deal? Even if you haven’t deceived me and she really could live again, then what? Would she dream every night that it was my death that brought about her revival? Or would she dream of the Yarran World, where countless living beings and Undead wail under the threat of death? For over a hundred years, I’ve had enough of living in such agony. How could I possibly let the person I love most experience the tragedy I’ve gone through again? Rather than that, I’d rather bear the guilt of having killed my lover by my own hands until death. That’s what she hopes for me to do, of course, not including the last part about bearing guilt."

"You have no idea if that’s what she thinks, this is just your excuse," Danacus said bitterly, "It’s just an excuse for your own cowardice and fear of death. You’re just reluctant to sacrifice your life."

"I’m sorry, I know, and you told me in person," Pannis said calmly, looking at the furious Danacus. "Have you forgotten? You were the one who told me first, that Nellie’s wish was for me to become the new God of Death. That explains everything. Her wish essentially told me to kill her body in order to inherit the Divine Power of Death and to ensure that the future of the Undead will forever be out of your grasp. Heh, this wish is indeed cruel to me, but I must fulfill it, not for me, but for her. It’s a debt I owe to her, a debt that can never be repaid."

"Good, very good," the voice of Danacus was filled with anger. "I intended to give you a chance to achieve your wish before you died, as a reward for coming here and offering your body to me voluntarily. But you have rejected my kindness, so don’t blame me. I will take over your body, then extract both your and her souls, and make the two of you wail in the flames for millions of years."

"Lord God of Death, I can’t help but start to doubt your intentions," Pannis said, unafraid. "You should know that saying such things, other than making me more determined to kill you, won’t have any effect. If that’s the case, why do you still bother doing such superfluous things?"

"Kill me? Hehe, alright, then the negotiation has failed," Danacus finally gave up using non-combat methods and stood up from his throne, pointing at Pannis from afar and saying, "I’m tired of this game, so please, hand over your body." freeweɓnøvel.com

"Do you really think you can do that, Lord God of Death?" Pannis squinted, revealing an indifferent smile. "Haven’t you felt something unusual inside you?"

"What have you done?" Danacus asked with a strange expression. "What’s going on?"

"Nothing much, just someone starting to fulfill their promise," Pannis said with a smile. "Have you noticed? Her power, her soul, is expanding inside you, isn’t it? She’s awakening, right?"