After activating the anchor point, Ying immediately opened the map on her body and was relieved to find that a section of the Inazuma region had indeed been unlocked.
This way, even without Beidou, we can reach Inazuma directly...
However, if possible, it would be best to meet them. After all, having more friends is always a good thing...
Ying looked around. Seeing no monsters nearby, she stretched her body and then lay down on the grass.
"Haa~ It's been so long since I've been able to lie on the grass carefree... By the way, Aether, how long are you going to keep me imprisoned?"
Aether wiped the cold sweat from his face and said speechlessly,
"Uh... how am I imprisoning you..."
"Still trying to argue? Who was it that just dragged me into the Abyss? (￣へ￣)"
"That was just to temper my sister. If I really wanted to imprison you, why would I negotiate with you?"
"Hmph... as glib-tongued as Lumine... truly siblings indeed... Sigh~"
Ying sighed and then asked again,
"Then how will I get back later? I can't just walk out of the portal, can I?"
"Hahaha... actually, that's exactly what I was thinking~ (^_^)"
"Huh?!"
Before Ying could ask, Aether continued,
"But since you've guessed it, I'll come up with a slightly more complicated method..."
Ying scratched her head: "A complicated method? What method?"
"Hmm... it's just a few more steps. Let me slowly explain it to my little sister's little bride~ (^_^)"
"Hey! I already told you I'm not a daughter-in-law! I have my dignity, okay!"
"Uh-huh... then can you promise my sister that she will obediently listen to you?" Aether asked curiously.
If that were true, wouldn't I be able to see a genuinely well-behaved and clingy sister?! But from the observation just now, she looked like the one being controlled no matter how you looked at it.
Thinking this, Aether sighed in disappointment.
"Sigh~"
Ying's gaze captured Aether's expression, and she clenched her fists in anger.
Damn it... He must think I can't make Lumine listen to me with that expression... He's underestimating me too much!!
"What sighing for! I can make Lumine listen to me whenever I want!"
Yeah... I just need to act a little cute with her...
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"Therefore, you have, and only have, one choice: return Ying to me and take me to find my brother!"
The Abyss Herald did not agree immediately. Instead, he turned and opened a portal. Then, turning back, he said,
"I can agree to your terms, but the premise is, do you have the strength? If you want to save your sister, then return to the beginning..."
As soon as he finished speaking, before Lumine could ask, the Abyss Herald had already entered the portal.
Dain wished to use his abilities to capture it directly but was forcibly stopped by an even more powerful force.
"Huh?"
It was completely useless. Could it be him...
Lumine, standing beside him, was recalling the words the Abyss Herald had just spoken, trying to decipher their meaning.
"The beginning..."
Could it be that beach? No, Ying and I didn't meet on a beach, so that guy couldn't possibly know...
After much thought, only the place where Ying was captured seemed to fit the hypothesis. Thus, Lumine briefly summarized the situation to everyone present and led the three of them back to the vicinity of the ruins...
As soon as Dain entered the ruins, he felt an extremely familiar sensation. He immediately said,
"Be careful. I can sense a very strong scent of the Abyss here. They definitely have an ambush."
"Mm."
Lumine nodded in agreement, took out her Aquila Favonia, and then quietly reminded Paimon and the others.
"Paimon, Paimon, hide behind me. I might not be able to take care of you later."
"Okay!"
Paimon immediately flew to the back and hid. Paimon, standing in front of her, looked at her with a dark expression and said,
"Don't you have combat power, you guy..."
Paimon: "Ahem~ You don't understand. I call this conserving strength, and I can also protect you. Think about it, if all of us were to rush forward, and then they suddenly attacked you, it wouldn't be good to capture you and threaten us (*￣з￣)."
"Emm... that makes a lot of sense!"
Paimon nodded and followed by her side, feeling reassured.
As the group slowly advanced, they gradually began to hear sounds from a distance.
Dain recalled and quickly realized it was a chant, but he couldn't be sure of its purpose, as he had never heard these chants before.
After the group had advanced for some time, they heard other sounds...
The camera shifted to Aether's side...
Ying was sitting reluctantly on the bed that Aether had specifically transported into the ruins using a portal. Her eyes gazed listlessly at Aether, who was personally drawing a magic circle on the ground.
"I say, is it really necessary? You said it was fake, yet you're making it seem more real than reality..."
"Hahaha~"
Aether wiped the sweat from his forehead: "No matter what it is, I want to do it without any regrets. You should learn from me too. Don't let yourself and my sister be separated by life and death like last time."
"Ah, this, how did you know about that?! Σ(|||▽|||)"