"The sky is getting darker!" Elder entered as he carried a bowl containing something Ivan didn't really bother to look at.
Instead, he was holding Lilly's hand as he cast a cursory glance outside.
A month had passed since that awful incident. Nevertheless, it was still fresh in their minds as it seemed as if the sky in the Nether was being weighed down by something… It was as if it wanted to crush this world like a gnat.
Lilly had been unconscious for a month. Besides, she had been screaming in pain just a few moments ago.
A month in the Nether was equivalent to about three months in the underworld and two years in the Human Realm.
Why haven't Blake and the others arrived yet?
…
Human Realm.
Bettany adjusted the shawl on her body as she gazed at the sky.
The snow fell early this year. The gray tones coloring the sky only made it seem much more oppressive.
Lilly hadn't been home for Christmas for two years.
Bettany remembered what she had said the last time she left as though it was yesterday, 'Grandma, take care of yourself. I'll definitely be back for Christmas! So, you have to wait for me!'
Bettany whispered, "Lilly, Grandma will definitely wait for you to come home."
It didn't matter where or how far her dear granddaughter traveled. She was certain Lilly would surely return.
If she couldn't make it back in two years, she would surely be home in a decade.
If a decade wasn't enough, she would surely rush home in a hundred years.
Bettany didn't care if she had to wait until her soul decided to leave her physical body. She vowed that her spirit would still be here, waiting for Lilly to come home.
…
"Still no luck finding it?" Jean had gone past worried and was moving on to panic!
Radley had left the Nether begging for their aid.
Fortunately, the Earth Goddess had just emerged from seclusion and happened to find them. She and Blake immediately decided to follow Radley to the Nether.
Alas, the 'black hole' at the bottom of the evil eye pond had disappeared!
In other words, their shortcut to the Nether was severed.
Blake and the Earth Goddess searched high and low. Alas, they couldn't find even a single crack to suggest that there was a pathway to the Nether. So, they had no choice but to travel to the Nether Door.
However, only Emperor Greenbow could open the Nether Door. Even if Blake and the Earth Goddess were right in front of the entrance and pushing with everything they had, there was no way they could make the door budge an inch.
In the end, Blake left the Earth Goddess in the underworld to continue searching for another path to the Nether. Meanwhile, he went to the Human Realm to pick up the recently three-year-old Matthan.
Matthan was completely bewildered. Even though he was born with the innate ability, he hadn't reached his maturity. Therefore, it hadn't awakened just yet.
In the end, they spend months in their fruitless endeavor. It didn't matter how worried or upset they were as they still couldn't find a way to the Nether.
"We can only open the Nether Door by force," Blake said solemnly. "There won't be another path to the Nether after that passageway is closed!"
The Earth Goddess was irritated. "I'll bring King Earthid over!"
As soon as she said that, she disappeared.
In the small mountain village, an old man had raised his head to look at the dark sky.
Most people had assumed that this was merely some abnormal weather that would eventually pass.
For example, there was a desert that had been in drought for hundreds of years before it suddenly experienced a flood. In fact, there was also a place that had started snowing during the summer.
Even though the sky was gloomy as layers upon layers of clouds had shielded the sun from view, the setting sun would suddenly appear during the evening, dyeing half of the sky bright scarlet.
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