It felt so good to be close to the witch!

After taking the dodecahedral rule magic core dropped by the black dragon, Roy arrived at the portal and went inside.

The moment Roy stepped through the door, he felt a familiar sense of spatial teleportation.

When his vision returned to normal, he found himself inside a treehouse.

The faint fluorescence dispelled the darkness, and all that could be seen, apart from the surrounding tree bark and trunks, was the black vortex in the middle of the ground.

Roy took a step and came to the edge of the black vortex.

After a brief pause, he leaped into the whirlpool.

Falling, falling...

Roy could feel his body accelerating downwards.

For a full minute, this feeling never subsided.

Several more minutes passed, and Roy's fighting spirit could be vaguely seen erupting on the ground's reflective surface. He continued to fall several meters downwards, finally dissipating the terrifying kinetic energy from the fall.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, Roy saw the familiar figure bound to the black cross.

She was wearing a white sundress, with a rusty iron chain wrapped around her body.

— Tristell.

More than a hundred years have passed, but her appearance has not changed at all, as if time has had no effect on her.

Beneath the black cross binding the girl, there was a shallow pool of blood.

"Tick..."

A drop of blood fell down the girl's body, into the pool of blood, and created countless ripples.

Daily book recommendation: *Naruto, Be My Son*

【Recommendation】：

After the end of the Battle of Marineford, Edward Newgate, who was once known as one of the Four Emperors of the New World and the strongest man in the world, thought that he would be buried in the headquarters of the Navy today.

Until he opened his eyes and found that he had come to a place called "Ninja World" and met a child named "Naruto".

"Gu la la la! Kid, do you have parents?"

Looking at the giant white beard, the five-year-old little Naruto trembled: "No... no, my name is Uzumaki Naruto, I... I am an orphan."

"Naruto, be my son!"

"Eh?????"

……

This book is also known as "Now, Let the Ninja World Welcome the New Whitebeard Pirates", "Ninja World Orphans, Be My Sons", and "Ninja Father"

Chapter 238 The First Gift of the Tour

In the darkest, deepest underground, a young girl is bound to a black cross, letting her blood drip and form a pool of blood on the ground.

This scene is so weird no matter how you look at it.

But strangely, despite the dark and murky environment, anyone who sees the girl will feel a sense of purity from the inside out, from the soul to the body.

Transparent and flawless.

It creates a stark contrast with the visual experience, making it extremely uncomfortable.

Roy walked to the black cross and looked at the girl on it.

A gentle female voice appeared in his ear, as if soothing him: "I'm sorry, Divine Envoy, for showing you this wretched side of me."

"Please forgive me for being unable to perform the proper greeting."

“Tristle, what’s wrong with you…” Roy’s voice was full of confusion.

He had initially thought that the pure saint Tristelle had to stay in the deepest part of the Tristelle Maze because she had important business to attend to, but now it seemed that this was not the case.

Was she sealed here by someone?

“My lord, you have misunderstood.” The woman’s voice remained gentle: “I am here voluntarily.”

“This inverted black cross was also set up by me.”

"It's a long story. I wonder if you have the time to let me tell you the whole story?"

“Of course.” Roy nodded. “I’m already here.”

"Thank you for your forgiveness." Tristle, atop the black cross, remained bowed, as if her body were already dead.

"The whole story begins with that black rain more than a hundred years ago."

"On the day of the divine descent, you shattered the Black Heart, saving the high-ranking professionals of the Holy City from peril and preserving the last spark of life for this world."

"However, the corruption of the Abyss is too terrible."

"Even though the original core was shattered, the black rain's erosion over the years has made the continent's surface uninhabitable."

"The survivors had no choice but to move underground."

"But the disasters of the Abyss have never stopped."

"Ten years after you left, a hundred years ago, one enormous labyrinth began to appear beneath the earth, and these labyrinths were inhabited by demons from the Abyss."

"Back then, the time it took for monsters to reappear after they died was only one-tenth of what it is now."

"They are powerful and bloodthirsty, causing the people who had only had ten years to recover to suffer heavy losses again."

"After exploration and searching, I and a group of fourth-tier Saint-level professionals finally determined that the source of the labyrinth's power comes from the deepest part of the Great Labyrinth of Trii that we are currently in."

"After continuous attempts, we finally developed a sealing method. The Pope of the Blazing Sun, the leader of the Starry Knights, and the Sword of the Kingdom, three top-tier hidden fourth-tier Saint-level professionals, each went to one of the three S-rank mazes, while I went to the Cuiyi Maze, which is above S-rank."

"At a great cost, the four of us sealed the power of the labyrinth, with the Great Labyrinth of Trii as the leader and three S-rank labyrinths as the assistants, reducing the regeneration rate of monsters in countless labyrinths throughout the world to only one-tenth."

"Only then did the harm caused by the maze gradually subside, and people were able to catch their breath once again."

"On the surface, that's certainly true. But I know very well that the horror of the Abyss is far more than that."

"The seal is only temporary. It's like a compressed spring. The more it's suppressed now, the more terrifying it will be when it finally bursts out."

"Take the Great Labyrinth of Trii as an example. When I entered it a hundred years ago, the strength of the lord monster on the 100th floor was far less than half of what it is now."

"Therefore, I must find a way to save the world."

"But how can a mortal save the world?"

"After countless attempts and countless failures, just when I was in despair, the divine decree of the gods appeared in my heart once again after decades."

"The deity taught me an extremely special secret technique."

"Using my primordial blood as a guide, I will draw upon the power of the world and continue for a hundred years to complete the 'Secret Technique of Reversal'."

"The divine being told me that more than a hundred years later, you, who once departed, will return once more."

"Through the secret technique of reversal, you can connect to the 'mini Abyss Passage' of this world. Only by defeating the Abyss Evolvers within can you completely sever the connection between this world and the Abyss."

"Only then will this world see a real glimmer of hope."

"I'm sorry to place all our hopes on you; it's too heavy a burden, but we really have no other choice..."

Listening to Tristle's story, Roy felt a complex mix of emotions.

Tisser was indeed a god-like being, able to deduce that he would return to the "Seventh Realm of Original Sin - Realm of Lust" more than a hundred years later. This kind of power involving time was something he could not imagine or touch at present.

Looking at the girl on the black cross, Roy asked softly, "And what about you?"

"What will happen to you after you use this secret technique?"

"Me?" Tristle's voice carried a faint smile. "Actually, I don't know either."

"As my source blood drains away, my life force gradually withers away. How could I possibly move the world with my individual strength without paying a price?"

"Fortunately, although my physical body is dead, my soul has become stronger under the nourishment of the world's power, breaking through the shackles of the world and reaching the realm of gods. Otherwise, I would probably have disappeared in this abyss long ago."

"Please do not worry about my condition, Your Excellency."

Tristle said softly, "As the last saint of the Pure Church, my life and everything I have have long been dedicated to the Church and all people."

"The only regret is that I couldn't truly experience the true meaning of 'purity' with you that night."

"Speaking of which, the grilled fish in the fishing village is really delicious... The flowers in that little courtyard are so beautiful. I really wanted to make a wreath and wear it on my head, but they said that a saint cannot do such a thing..."

Tristle spoke softly about somewhat unrelated topics, her voice gradually becoming softer until the very end.

"Divine messenger... Lord Roy... I'm sorry... I'm a little tired... Wait until I wake up..."

Roy remained silent.

There are some things he understands even if he doesn't say them.

Even with the nourishment of the world's power, and despite Tristle's soul reaching the realm of gods after hundreds of years of dedication to her origins, such a burden is difficult for even a god to bear.

Tristle did not die.

She simply fell into a deep sleep, gathering strength for her next awakening.

However, this performance proved that she could only hold on for a short time.

The pure and innocent girl in my memory, for the sake of all living beings, fell into the abyss, about to be doomed forever.

"does it worth?"

Roy really wanted to ask this question.

But he knew very well that he and Tristle were ultimately different.

Put yourself in Tristle's shoes. If you were Tristle and the people you were protecting changed from the masses to Shanika, Lilia, and others, would you make the same decision as Tristle?

he does not know.

Many things are not for people to judge or criticize without having actually experienced them themselves.

Roy looked down at the pool of blood on the ground.

Through the surging blood, he felt a sense of being transported through time and space.

The Secret Technique of Reversal, Miniature Abyss Passage, Abyss Evolver...

Roy couldn't understand how the existence of these things was related to the "Ceremony of the Tour" he needed to complete the trial mission.