Chapter 383: Chapter383-Kate, the Secret in Her Heart

The aura of death around Yorick instantly dissipated.

Faced with that blazing miniature sun, even he did not dare to withstand it head-on!

The violent flames burned for a full five minutes.

Using that brief window of time, Caelan swiftly rescued Kate and fled toward the exit.

He held Kate in his arms, and at the same time, he could clearly feel that Kate had been affected by the aura of death. Right now, the vitality inside her body had almost become impossible to sense.

"Brother... is that you?"

Kate struggled to open her eyes, but after trying several times, she ultimately failed.

At this moment, she was frighteningly weak. Even breathing had become extremely difficult for her.

Even so, she still gritted her teeth and used every last bit of strength she had to say,

"Brother... I found the [Lunar Robe]... for you..."

At that moment, Caelan felt as though the softest part of his heart had been touched.

He solemnly accepted the [Lunar Robe], took a deep breath, and forced down the surging emotions in his heart. Then he gently patted Kate on the back.

"Come on. Big Brother is taking you home."

However, in the very next moment, Yorick and Karsus had already caught up.

Without the slightest hesitation, the two of them launched an attack directly at Caelan and Kate.

Karsus continued chanting the Requiem of Death. On the other side, Yorick glared fiercely at Caelan and said,

"Well, well. I already let you go once, yet you actually dared to come back and deliver yourself to death?"

"In that case, I’ll bury both you and your little sister here in the Abyss!"

As he spoke, the shovel in Yorick’s hand slammed heavily into the ground. At the same time, towering walls of earth instantly rose from the surrounding ground, trapping both Caelan and Kate inside.

At this moment, Caelan’s eyes were already filled with endless rage.

He did not dodge again. Instead, he held Kate with one arm while gripping his longsword horizontally in the other.

"[Peerless Blade Storm]!"

Endless sword beams erupted with Caelan as the center, instantly slashing indiscriminately in every direction.

Dense, innumerable sword beams gathered into a roaring tornado. In just a few breaths, they sliced the surrounding earthen walls into fine grains of sand.

On the other side, Yorick and Karsus exchanged a glance. Both of them saw a trace of astonishment in each other’s eyes.

Yorick in particular frowned deeply.

The last time Caelan had entered the Abyss had clearly only been a dozen or so days ago. Yet Yorick could distinctly sense that Caelan’s strength had once again undergone a tremendous increase.

This kid’s power was terrifying indeed!

And do not forget—Caelan was still maintaining his Deathborn King transformation. Therefore, at least in terms of attribute points, he was not weaker than Yorick and Karsus.

"We need to change our strategy!"

Yorick looked toward Karsus beside him, his tone becoming exceptionally grave.

"No matter what, we have to keep them here this time. Enemies like this grow far too quickly. If we don’t kill them now, they will definitely become a major disaster for the Abyss in the future!"

Karsus nodded in agreement. At the same time, he flipped open the second page of the Requiem of Death in his hand.

The next moment, an incomparably dense aura of death instantly swept across the entire bottom of the Abyss.

"In that case, we’ll use pure rule power to suppress them!"

In an instant, Yorick and Karsus made their tactical decision.

They understood very clearly that the current Caelan was much harder to deal with than Kate had been just now!

On the other side, Caelan took advantage of this brief opening to desperately pour all kinds of recovery items into his mouth.

Although the previous battle had not lasted for very long, the consumption had been enormous.

Moreover, because of the Deathborn King transformation, the drain on him was already an exaggerated figure to begin with. Therefore, Caelan had to recover his condition as much as possible, ensuring that he remained at peak combat strength at all times!

The next moment, Caelan once again swung the longsword in his hand. All of his attacks poured out as if they cost him nothing!

In the blink of an eye, the entire lowest level of the Abyss was already covered by endless sword beams!

A fierce storm of blades swept through every corner of the Abyss’s depths.

In order to prevent Kate from dying, Caelan also used a large number of recovery items on her. However, the power of these recovery items could currently only offset the corrosion caused by the aura of death.

Kate’s breathing was still as faint as a thread, but fortunately, her condition did not continue to worsen.

As Kate’s state gradually stabilized, she immediately used [Simulated Cell] to replace the dead cells in her body.

Along with this power that resembled rebirth, her body also began to shrink little by little, until she finally returned to the form of an eight-year-old girl.

Caelan glanced at Kate’s current condition. Only after confirming that her life was no longer in danger did he finally ask,

"Weren’t you supposed to be on the giant island of the Alliance of All Races? Why did you secretly come to the Abyss?"

Hearing Caelan’s question, Kate lowered her head in embarrassment. Her voice also became incredibly soft, sweet, and childlike.

"Because they said... I’m only a Mirror Image, not the real Kate. They said my existence would only bring trouble to you..."

At this point, Kate could no longer hold herself together. Large tears rolled down her cheeks one after another.

When Caelan saw this, he instantly felt as though his heart was about to shatter.

He raised his hand and gently wiped away the tear stains at the corners of Kate’s eyes. Then, in an incredibly gentle voice, he said,

"Silly girl. You can’t just believe what other people say, understand? To me, you are my little sister. You are the real Kate!"

Hearing Caelan’s words, Kate immediately broke into a smile through her tears. At the same time, a snot bubble appeared from her nose.

She suddenly threw herself into Caelan’s embrace, her voice soft, sticky, and coquettish.

"I knew it! Brother, I knew you liked me!"

"Actually... there’s something I’ve never dared to tell you."

As Kate spoke, her voice suddenly paused.

She seemed to be going through an intense struggle in her heart. Only after a while did she lean close to Caelan’s ear and continue in a small voice,

"Brother... actually, back then, I let you eat me on my own will..."

"So... you really don’t need to blame yourself so much!"

"And also... thank you for truly treating me as your little sister, my dear brother!"

As she spoke, Kate’s body suddenly began to collapse uncontrollably once again.

A massive amount of death aura erupted in an instant, and the recovery items that had been working earlier immediately lost their effect.

"Kate, what are you doing? What’s going on!?"

Caelan sensed the abnormal change in Kate’s body in his arms. Almost instinctively, he took out all of the recovery items in his storage space.

However, when he chose to use them, he discovered that Kate had actually taken the initiative to reject the use of the items.

In that instant, Caelan understood Kate’s intention.

She wanted to sacrifice herself and return to the main body, giving Caelan the ability to escape alive!