Chapter 432

Northern region of the Formless Empire.

Within the manor.

Maple was calmly eating his breakfast. Bumbietta was currently sitting across from him.

She was currently using a spoon to scoop up small pieces of cheese and place them onto her bread. Today, she was wearing a white one-piece dress. Although it seemed normal on the surface, if one looked past the surface of her dress, they would be able to see that there were still ropes tightly bound around her body.

The rough ropes would cause red marks to appear on her delicate skin where they came into contact with her skin.

These ropes hadn't changed at all since two days ago. Bumbietta was still able to easily destroy them, and she was also able to use Reiki to prevent them from coming into contact with her body. However, she didn't do anything.

It wasn't that she couldn't do it, nor was it that Maple forbade her from doing it. It was simply that she didn't want to do it.

She didn't know why she didn't want to do it either.

"Today's the last day."

Maple sliced off a piece of bread, smeared a spoonful of strawberry jam on it, and took a bite. After he finished eating the entire piece of bread, he looked at Bumbietta and spoke calmly.

Bumbietta paused in surprise for a moment. She raised her head to look at Maple with a dazed expression.

"The Star Cross Knights will arrive here in about five minutes."

Maple finished drinking the remaining milk in his cup and gently put it down. He then said calmly, "This should be the last amount of time that I'll be staying here. There's not much time left."

An indescribable feeling welled up in Bumbietta's heart when she heard Maple's words.

She was panicking. She was panicking about what would happen next.

There was also a strange reluctance. Rather than experiencing what would happen next, she seemed to want to stay here forever.

"What … will you do?"

Bumbietta had a complex expression in her eyes. After several seconds of silence, she asked Maple in a small voice.

Maple smiled and said, "I'll completely resolve the conflict between the Death God and the Soul Destroyer, then leave this place."

Bumbietta fell silent for another few seconds. She opened her mouth and wanted to ask something, but she was hesitant and afraid. She didn't dare to ask.

She wanted to ask what would happen to her.

Although she had always been rather ignorant about Maple's background and information, she was still able to clearly determine one thing: Maple was obviously on the Death God's side.

In a matter that concerned the survival of the Death God and the Soul Destroyer, her existence was obviously insignificant.

Perhaps she was only able to live until now because Maple wanted to amuse himself. In that case, when everything came to an end, perhaps it would also be time for her to die.

She was still afraid of death.

That was why she didn't dare to ask about her own ending. She didn't want to receive an answer that would cause her heart to sink into an abyss.

However, she didn't dare to ask about it. Maple still chuckled and told her the truth.

He looked at her and asked, "Do you want to ask about your ending?"

"…"

Bumbietta evaded Maple's gaze slightly as she looked at him. She didn't admit or deny it.

Maple smiled faintly and said, "You're probably thinking that I'll end your life. However, unlike what you're thinking, I'll give you two choices."

"The first choice is for me to remove all of the restrictions I placed on you and retract your undying characteristic, allowing you to return to your original appearance. You can then return to the annihilator faction just like that."

"The second choice is for you to give up on those restrictions and continue to be tortured by me like this, continuing to live like this.

You'll be able to survive both choices. "

At this point, Maple retracted his smile and said with a calm expression, "The Star Cross Knights will arrive here in three minutes, so you have roughly three minutes to consider and make your choice."

After saying this.

Maple stood up, left the side hall, and walked out of the manor. He walked all the way out of the manor and stood outside the southern wall of the manor.

In front of him was a vast plain that stretched as far as the eye could see. Light breezes blew past, causing the green grass to sway in the wind like green waves.

One minute …

Two minutes …

When the third minute arrived, blurry black figures appeared in the distance on the plain.

Those black figures gradually became clearer as they approached. Surprisingly, they were a large group of people. Each of them held a Spiritual Bow or Spiritual Blade in their hands, and all of them were annihilators.

At the very front were thirteen figures. The Spiritual Pressure fluctuations coming from each of them were completely different from the others, and they also wore epaulets that were completely different from the other knights.

They were …

The Star Cross Knights!

Maple saw Yugelan and the others, and Yugelan and the others also saw Maple.

Even though Maple was the only one standing in the open space outside the manor, Yugelan and all the Star Cross Knights felt a sense of pressure.

"It really is him."

Yugelan walked forward step by step, his eyes gloomy as he muttered.

The Invisible Empire was hidden in the shadows of the Spirit Palace, and the mission of the Star Cross Knights was to monitor every move of the Spirit Palace. They knew most of the things that happened in the Spirit Palace like the back of their hands.

Under such circumstances, Maple's existence was undoubtedly something that every official member of the Star Cross Knights knew very well.

Origin King!

The existence that created the Soul World and the Void Circle a million years ago. He was the true creator of this world!

Just as Yugelan and the others slowed down and gradually came to a stop a hundred meters away from Maple Night, a figure walked out from the manor behind Maple Night.

It was Bombietta.

She also saw the dense mass of people in front of her. The thirteen members of the Star Cross Knights, led by Yugelan and the others, were all gathered here, including the Captain!

"It looks like you've already thought about your choice."

Maple's gaze swept past Yugelan and the others as he spoke calmly.

Bombietta looked at Yugelan and the others, who were gradually coming to a stop a hundred meters away. A hint of hesitation appeared in her eyes as she struggled in her heart.

Maple looked at Bombietta and said, "Tell me your choice."

"I …"

Bombietta clenched her fists slightly. In the end, she bit her lips, lowered her head, and said, "I'm not going back."

After saying this, even she was at a loss. She didn't know why she would make such a choice.

Maple smiled.

He smiled a little.

He looked at Bonbietta, and for some reason, he felt as though he had cleared a game. He chuckled.

He smiled and said, "Louder."

Bombietta hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she still raised her voice and said, "I'm not going back …"

Maple smiled and said, "Say it more clearly and louder."

Looking at Maple's smiling face, Bombietta closed her eyes after a few rapid breaths.

Even though she didn't know what she was doing, she was like a scale that had lost its balance. Once it tilted in one direction, it would only continue to tilt in the other direction.

Perhaps when she walked up to Maple and lowered her head, the second choice only occupied 51% of her heart at most. It was just a tiny bit more than the second choice. However, this tiny bit had completely drowned out the other half of her heart.

She was just like a person who was climbing the edge of an abyss and finally gave up and let go, allowing herself to fall into the abyss forever.

In the end, Bombietta closed her eyes and loudly said, "… I'm going to continue being tortured by you. I'm not going back!"

After saying this.

Her chest heaved up and down violently. She didn't dare to open her eyes. What entered her ears was a series of laughter.

That was Maple's laughter. It went from soft to loud, as if he hadn't felt so carefree in a very long time. That was because he had once again found a bit of the excitement he had when he played those strategy games in his previous life.

This excitement that he hadn't felt in a very long time almost instantly dispelled his soul that was gradually moving towards divinity due to his great power.

It was just like a thermometer with a scale of 1 to 100 degrees Celsius. The top of 100 degrees Celsius would be divinity that had completely lost all emotions, while the bottom of 1 would be the purest human nature. The previous Maple had cultivated for more than 20 years, and this thermometer had already increased to more than 70 degrees Celsius. Not only that, it was still slowly increasing.

And now.

At this moment, the scale of this thermometer instantly slid down to 30 degrees as if a floodgate had been opened. Then, it stopped there, and even the upward trend disappeared without a trace.

Only Maple's laughter remained in the field. Apart from that, there was only the sound of the breeze.

Amidst Maple's laughter.

Askin, who was standing on the left side of Yugelan, looked at Bumbietta with a slight frown. After recognizing her identity, he said, "That seems to be … Bumbietta Family's missing eldest daughter, right? What did you do to her?"

Buzby stared at Maple and said in a deep voice, "There's no trace of Ashen Dou's aura. As expected, he was killed by you? You … "

Maple's laughter gradually stopped.

He glanced at Buzby and Askin, and with a light smile on his face, he took half a step forward.

* Hum!!! *

A vast and indescribable terrifying pressure instantly emanated from Maple's body, crushing the entire field in front of him.

Askin, Buzby, Gerrard …

All the annihilators of the Celestial Cross Knights felt as if an entire mountain was pressing down on them, suffocating them. Without any resistance, they fell to the ground one after another.

In an instant.

On the spacious plain, more than four hundred annihilators, including the Celestial Cross Knights, all fell to the ground, unable to move. Almost all of them revealed expressions of fear.

The only one who didn't fall was Yugelan, who was standing at the very front. However, he was also unable to remain standing, and was forced to kneel on one knee by the terrifying pressure. He used his sword to support his body, and his whole body trembled continuously.

Bonbietta, who had closed her eyes, couldn't help but open them a little when she heard the strange movements. The scene in front of her made her instantly fall into a daze.

This is …

What happened?

Although she was a little dazed because of the scene in front of her, she still had the ability to control spirit droplets at the level of a commander. When she looked carefully, she could vaguely see that … the entire world was collapsing!

The spirit droplets of the entire Invisible Empire were trembling violently, condensing into one, and crushing the area in front of Maple. The annihilators were bearing the weight of the entire world!

Moreover.

She could clearly see that those spirit droplets were not only being controlled by Maple, but they were also trembling at Maple, as if expressing their liveliness, as if they were happy that Maple could use them!

Although she didn't know much about the Soul Society, she knew that this wasn't something that any Death God could do. This was no longer the ability to control spirit droplets, but the spirit droplets were born from him.

Annihilators and Death Gods were enemies, and a lot of knowledge was the opposite of what Death Gods knew. However, regarding the most ancient history of the Soul Society, regardless of whether it was Death Gods or Annihilators, their inheritance was the same.

A million years ago.

The two kings created this world, created everything in this world!

"He's … one of those two kings …"

Bombietta muttered to himself as he watched Maple Night's back.

After murmuring to herself, she once again lowered her head.

It didn't matter what Maple's identity was anymore. He had already surpassed the Star Cross Knight that she aspired to be. In the beginning, she had wanted to capture Maple and toy with him, and that was her crime. Now, there was even less reason for her to be unwilling.