CHAPTER 211: CHAPTER 188 AWAKENING

Lin Ke only felt... no feeling.

Death, perhaps not pain, not numbness, not depth, nor fear, not darkness.

In the face of death, pain also represents a kind of mercy, representing the ability to feel pain.

After death, it should be void.

In a previous life, what death represented was the demise of the body’s vitality, changes in matter leading to the death of the brain, which is losing consciousness after the loss of brain signal transmission.

And here, it’s not far off.

Lin Ke felt his soul.

Apart from the void, he couldn’t even feel darkness, only his own faint soul state, without any thoughts.

Void.

What is void?

Open one eye, close one eye, then cover the closed eye with your hand, and use that closed eye to feel, to see.

It’s not darkness, nor is it light, it’s just a void.

If there’s no accident, people dying in Naseng are in this state, their souls wandering in the void.

Perhaps torn apart by mysterious storms, turbulence, explosions in the void, or possibly swallowed by unique creatures in the void.

Or, their former bodies may possibly become mediums for spells by a Necromancer or Soul Manipulator, who can retrieve their souls.

After retrieval, making them into undead creatures, or devouring them as snacks, or releasing them to return to their bodies.

But aside from that, most souls can’t escape the fate of dispersal.

Yet at this moment, Lin Ke suddenly felt a powerful force pulling him out in an instant from the void.

A massive tearing feeling came, as if his body had turned into a lump of pork inside a meat grinder, being stirred, torn, crushed.

Pain!

Too painful!

But precisely because of such pain, Lin Ke’s consciousness suddenly returned!

Excruciating pain!

Pain through the marrow!

A shared destiny led Lin Ke’s mere six-year-old body to endure immense pressure.

Every drop of Azanen people’s blood, during Lin Ke’s absorption, reversed through his blood vessels, cutting through his flesh, veins, and internal organs, so it could give him super strength.

However, the cost of power is destruction.

In agony, Lin Ke took a deep breath.

Then immediately felt the burst of pain from his shattered lungs, dust and blood filled his trachea, so much that he coughed with difficulty, coughing out some pieces of his liver together with blood.

In pain, he opened his eyes, trying hard to lift his right hand.

During what he thought was a coma, the Staff of Annihilation hadn’t left his hand!

I want... to protect Azanen... Lin Ke’s blurry consciousness vaguely recalled before fainting as if the Moon Goddess wanted to kill them all.

Now, he wants to invoke the second force of the Staff of Annihilation, to protect all Azanen people!

The three bloodline saplings in the Soul Space were dying, unable to provide an ounce of strength to Lin Ke.

The three saplings were manifestations of Lin Ke’s bloodline, yet now Lin Ke’s body’s blood vessels and internal organs were all rotten, how could the bloodline operate?

Yet Lin Ke relied on his willpower, raising the Staff of Annihilation in his right hand!

"Pro...tect... Az... Aza..." Lin Ke’s mouth overflowed with blood water, making his speech unclear.

But the words "Protect Azanen" still came out in his weak murmur "thundering".

Protect Azanen!

Lin Ke stared intensely, originally tender and delicate face became determined due to his gaze.

He wants... to protect Azanen!

However, what meets his eyes is not the dark night sky and a full moon, but a middle-aged man with a pair of small mustaches on his upper lip.

Lin Ke’s ears had already been deafened in the previous battles, he could faintly see the man’s lips moving, seemingly calling his name.

Yet as he coughed violently, a series of dizziness filled his brain, making him nearly faint again, his arm dropped instantly, only the Staff of Annihilation was still tightly held.

With an exceptionally strong will, he forced himself to open his eyes, seeing the people around him.

Fulon, Antova, Ove...

His family, his teacher, his followers, almost all are here!

And the Azanen people! Everyone’s here!

The sky had cleared!

Especially... this man!

Lin Ke felt he was lying in a broad and majestic chest, safe and comfortable.

He couldn’t help but relax inside, losing consciousness once more.

...

Warmth, intimacy, softness...

Lin Ke seemed to return to infancy, lying in a swaddle, gently rocked by Fulon, speaking words filled with maternal love.

Not knowing how much time had passed, he felt his body seemed to regain strength, then a sense of awakening from a big dream.

"I... I..."

Consciousness suddenly returned, Lin Ke opened his eyes and sat up.

"Splash—"

Who am I?

Where am I...?

He glanced around, seemingly lying in a coffin-like water tank without a lid, a pungent, unpleasant smell wafting from the water.

Just like the smell of Chinese medicine!

Chinese medicine!!

Lin Ke’s memory suddenly returned, opening his mouth to shout: "Garoce, watch out for the Moon Goddess!"

He shouted and then realized something was wrong.

There was an echo!

And at this moment, he saw clearly where he was.

This was a strange room, his "coffin" placed in the center, around it various herbs and two servants holding hot water, seemingly watching over, likely adding water to his coffin.

The two servants saw Lin Ke sit up, froze for a few seconds, then both exclaimed joyfully:

"Young master, you woke up?!"

"Great, young master is alive!"

One of them shouted excitedly with a hoarse voice: "Young master woke up! Young master woke up!"

Shouting, cheering as he opened the door and ran out, faintly heard his excited shouting outside.

"Where am I?" Lin Ke asked somewhat puzzledly to the other servant.

"Young master, this is our Azaenn Castle!" The remaining servant was so excited his face turned red.

"Azaenn Castle?" Lin Ke’s tone was a bit puzzled.

But the servant’s expression changed: "Young master, did you lose your memory?!"

Then he yelled in horror: "Yo...young master lost his memory!!"

"Shut up!" Lin Ke shouted at the servant incredulously: "I mean whose room is this? Haven’t seen it before."

The servant who thought Lin Ke had lost his memory turned pale with fright, then relaxed upon hearing Lin Ke’s words, explaining: "This is the newly built room by the master, just to treat you well, young master!"

As soon as the servant finished speaking, a sudden flash of lightning appeared in the room from outside the window.

It was Ove!

At the same time, the aura of professionals surged, rushing into Lin Ke’s room.

Lin Ke, finally awakened!