Chapter 356


    vin was in excruciating pain. He was pierced through by eighteen chains. These were not simply


    embedded within him. Rather, they transformed into countless tiny links, thousands upon


    thousands, binding his entire skeleton. Even the smallest joints were entwined and fused with the


    chains.


    vin and the chains had be one. His bones felt as if they were corroded, and the unbearable


    pain nearly caused him to faint, as if countless ants were gnawing at his bones. It was a torment


    beyond words.


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    This was judgment, this was the ultimate trial!


    "Eh..." The Ivory Turtle, suddenly hanging limply in front of vin''s chest, was stunned. It turned its


    head to look behind at the ring ivory chain on its shell. “What''s going on? Am I dreaming? Why


    would I dream such a thing? Am I addicted to suffering? No, this is real, these are chains.”


    It nced at its shell, then at the chain around vin''s neck, and after a moment, let out a hoarse


    cry of despair, "Curse you all! Can''t you leave me be?"


    The little turtle''s spirit sank. It slumped, hanging from vin''s neck. Its eyes were vacant, and its


    expression was one of utter sorrow.


    In the chaotic forest, all eighteen royal effigies descended, enshrouded in a light so strong it was


    like a cluster of proud suns, illuminating thend. Thick chains stretched out from within, extending


    into the deep forest ahead, where vin was half-kneeling, drenched in cold sweat. His expression


    looked pained, and his body trembled slightly.


    The chains went from thick to thin as they burrowed into his back, fusing into his entire skeleton.


    "My lord!" Godfred flew into the forest. His shock was inexplicable as he watched the tormented


    vin and the chains protruding from his back. His gaze followed the chains to the light beyond,


    where many terrifying beasts seemed trapped. Their presence shook the earth and startled the


    night. The dreadful aura made his heart tremble. What was this?


    "Godfred..." vin''s voice trembled as he slowly rose.


    "Eh? My lord, what are they...?"


    "Clear a path for me!" vin clenched his teeth, his muscles writhed as he summoned the brute


    strength within him, and took a few steps forward, tightening the chains.


    "Wwhat path?"


    “As mountains crumble, so shall they be scaled. As rivers flood, so shall they be bridged. Forge me


    a path straight to Stormcast, for I am to drag them... back to the ancient city." vin''s voice was


    hoarse, and his expression seemed pained yet resolute. He tore off his upper garment, revealing a


    muscr torso. With a muffled growl, his muscles tensed, and he took arge step forward, pulling


    on the chains that extended five hundred meters behind him, plunging into the vast tide of light.


    Each chain embedded in his chest was of eighteen royal statues.


    With each step vin took, the chains tugged the royal statues forward by a meter, moving millions


    of tons of weight. The strain was nearly enough to shatter his bones, an agony beyond words.


    Destion swept through vin''s heart as he looked up into the dim forest. “Each step is so hard,


    how shall I return to Stormcast? How long will it take?”


    The Kings fell silent, like ordinary statues, submerged in the blinding light. Each statue weighed


    over a million tons, and with eighteen of them, one could only imagine. To drag them over two


    thousand kilometers across mountains, rivers, and dense forests seemed nigh impossible. Yet, this


    was the very trial set for vin. “Seed, and we shall rise again to guard; fail, and sorry, but we


    shall return to the depths of the earth, to slumber forever, and even... relinquish our legacy.”


    "Lord vin, what has happened? Tell me!" Godfred was frantic, his plea almost a roar.


    "Godfred! Clear the way! For the Mallister family, for the ancient city, for the future of us all... clear


    the way..."


    vin took a deep breath, and his teeth clenched in a fierce cry. His body tightened, muscles


    bulged, and veins popped. His eyes, veined with tiny blood vessels, shone with a fierce golden light.


    He could notpromise, could not give up. It was but a trial, and he... epted it!


    “Is it not but two thousand kilometers? Is it not but statues of millions of tons? I... vin... ept the


    challenge!”