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Chapter 355 Failed Exploration

When Hill found Geralt, he was resting in a temporary house built by mushroom men. The little mushroom men running around and playing around carefully avoided this place to prevent any impact.

Geralt was lying on the bed, leaning against the window, looking at Hill who arrived, and stretched out his hand to say hello.

When Hill saw Geralt, his first thought was: How could he be so seriously injured? His second thought was: How could he still be alive?

A wound extended directly from the left chest to the right lower abdomen. The subcostal arteries and veins could still be seen on the pale ribs. The diaphragm was penetrated, and the liver hidden under the ribs was still moving regularly.

The flesh and blood around the wound disappeared, and half of Geralt's heart was exposed to the air. There were wounds in the same direction as the wound on the torn pericardium.

Black energy still remained around the wound, and the energy continued to corrode the flesh and made a harsh corrosive sound. As soon as Hill arrived next to it, he smelled an indescribable strange smell.

An injury like the disappearing flesh and blood would definitely have been reported to hell on a normal person. But Geralt was still able to lean on the bedside and linger on.

"Are you okay? Forget it, is there anything else you want to do?"

Hill gave up his words of comfort and asked Geralt directly about his last words.

Geralt leaned against the head of the bed and was about to open his mouth when the pain from the wound caused by this tiny movement made him gasp for air.

"My last words are that I can still save a little bit..."

Hill looked at Geralt's showmanship and looked at him calmly and said: "What I said is true. Whatever you want, I can do it for you..."

Geralt's eyes gradually darkened, and he reached forward as if to grab something.

Hill sat next to Geralt and reached out to hold his hand, feeling only the terrifying touch of his cold body.

"I think? I actually just want to find a quiet place and do nothing. I want to live a normal life, without fighting, without these bad things... I just want to..."

Geralt's hand gradually became weak, and then his whole arm dropped.

Hill looked at Geralt's eyes slowly closing. The exposed heart was no longer beating. Black energy gradually infected the heart and gave off an unpleasant smell.

Hill put Geralt's arm back to his side, combed his messy hair back into order, then sat next to him and watched quietly.

Hill didn't know what was wrong with him, he just sat there blankly, his eyes gradually becoming hollow.

"Actually, you should shed two tears, that would be considered as a memory of my death..."

Geralt's weak voice sounded in her ears, and Hill came back to her senses instantly. She looked at Geralt in front of her and opened her eyes again.

"You! You...why aren't you dead yet?"

Hill's exclamation put a dark line on Geralt's weak face.

Geralt's fingers twitched, and now he didn't even have the strength to raise his hand.

Geralt said in the tiniest voice: "Someone is bringing something to the door. If you don't hurry up, I'm really going to die..."

Hill rushed out of the house. Only then did she notice the fierce wind sound of a flying dragon flapping its wings outside, and two mushroom men running towards here carrying a huge box.

The mushroom man placed the box in front of Hill, his dark eyes urging her.

Hill dragged the box and found that it was full of golden holy water bottles. Just by getting closer, the power radiated could bring strength to people.

Hill dragged the box to Geralt's side and asked hurriedly: "How to use it?"

At this moment, Geralt didn't even have the strength to speak. He could only gesture with his eyes and stare at his wounds.

Hill picked up the holy water and poured it towards Geralt's wound. As soon as the holy water touched the wound, thick white smoke erupted.

Like the piercing sound of frying meat, or the roar of a gas explosion, the contact between the holy water and the wound made Geralt twitch in pain.

Geralt could only grit his teeth and say: "Continue..."

Hill didn't show mercy at all, pouring bottle after bottle of holy water into Geralt's wound.

An unknown amount of time passed. Empty bottles were scattered everywhere in the room, and Geralt was lying on the bed, breathing heavily.

Geralt's wound has mostly healed, but the wound is still there, and you can even put your fingers into it.

Geralt, who was leaning against the bed, looked at the injury on his chest and could only cover it with a bandage.

Just as he was about to stand up from the bed, Geralt fell down and lay face down on the bed.

Hill helped Geralt up, put his hand on Geralt's wound, and looked at him as if he was threatening.

Geralt leaned against the bed again and said in a weak voice: "I was careless and didn't dodge..."

Hill just looked at him expressionlessly, waiting for Geralt to continue.

"I originally thought that by gathering the power of the entire Fran, I could complete the task in one battle and directly eliminate the Tomb of Casas. But I miscalculated. Not only did I not kill him, I even almost got myself involved.

I am now considered half a 'dead'. I lost my body, merged my spirit with my bones, and became a skeleton creature active on the periphery of the abyss..."

Hill kicked the bottle of holy water under his feet and asked: "Can't these things relieve your injuries? In the control bureau, these holy water can be loaded in fire trucks..."

Geralt smiled bitterly and said, "Everything you see is cheap. As long as it's water that has been blessed, I can make a bunch of it. But what I just used is not that. It's the real water that has been enriched and blessed."

A blessing from the goddess of grace. This box is already Ash’s only inventory..."

Geralt was explaining that if Hill hadn't come to help, he might have returned to the original furnace.

Geralt had reached an agreement with Warnir, the Overlord of Kass, and the two agreed to explore the abyss and find a way to resist it.

But I didn't expect that in the abyss, darkness obscured my vision, and the surroundings were always filled with the whispers of lobbyists. Those whispers can continue to disturb the soul, causing it to fall into the abyss.

The power of the abyss was eroding Geralt all the time, and in the end there was no battle at all, and he was just lost in the abyss.

And Warnir is worthy of the title of Overlord. After having been active in the Abyss for many years, he shared his power with Geralt, so that he could use his guidance to escape from the Abyss.

This is the reason for Geralt's injuries. The power of the dead will transform any life into what it will look like after death.

Warnier, who had lost part of his power, could not suppress the Casas skeletons who were bewitched by the abyss. This led to a riot in the catacombs, destroying half of the Farran Fortress.

The abyss is the gathering of human nature, but human nature is not the abyss. The dark soul obtained by the dwarf king only had the power to approach the abyss, and was sealed by the Sun King Gwen in an attempt to prevent the spread of darkness.

The abyss has always existed. In Soul 1, you can become the king of the abyss by extinguishing the fire. This is also a way to continue the world.

But it's different now. If the abyss is allowed to spread, the world will eventually return to darkness. Ashes' plan to rebuild the Black Soul will come to nothing.

This is also the reason why Geralt explored the abyss. But this exploration ended in failure. Not only did Geralt get injured, but Wolnir also lost part of his power.

Overlord Wolnir, although he is a programmatically killed boss in the game, you only need to break the three bracelets on his wrist to let the abyss take him away.

But Warnir was the one who conquered various countries and destroyed the crowns of their kings that symbolized supreme power, leaving only the last one for himself, earning him the title of Overlord.

In pursuit of greater power, Warnir became the last to die. He slaughtered the priests and snatched four treasures to protect himself from being swallowed by the abyss.

But this was just to protect himself from being devoured. Casas, who was invincible in the world in the past, became the target of destruction by the undead team because of the power of the abyss. As a result, Casas destroyed the country.

But now, Casas is rioting, and Warnir has lost his strength and is unable to suppress Casas' underground cemetery. This forces Geralt to choose a new path.

(End of chapter)