strictlysupreme Chapter 211 Love was the sweetest sin of all
Chapter 211 Love was the sweetest sin of all
As the years passed, the stone man sank deeper and deeper into the darkness of sadness and madness. Everything he once had disappeared before his eyes, leaving him as a broken and desolate being. The stone king, in his mental agony, finally found death, leaving behind only a shattered stone man, an echo of what he once was.
Over time, his subjects began to worry about him, but every attempt to approach his abode was brutally repelled. In the eyes of those who once revered him as king, they now only saw a half-stone, half-flesh monster, a specter of the greatness he once possessed.
With the progression of the drawings on the walls of the pyramid, no one dared to climb ever again. The stone king, in his moments of fleeting lucidity, depicted these graphics as silent witnesses of his own tragedy. Even on one of the walls, it was seen how he himself traced the sad tales of his downfall.
In the last part of his testimony, the stone king had left written words with a mixture of despair and resignation:
"Once I was great, once I was a king. Once I had a queen, whom I loved with all my soul. Once I had a little kingdom. Now, I have nothing. I am no one, I am a broken man, a shadow of what I was. I am a shame to my kind, my legacy will be forgotten, just like me.@@@@
I did everything I could, I really did, but it wasn't enough. My heart hurts, it hurts so much. My mind sinks deeper and deeper into the abyss and I don't know what I did wrong... Oh, yes, I know what I did wrong: in loving her. Love led me to where I am, it led me to my doom, it led me to my death."
With these words, the lament of the stone man resonated into eternity, a testament of pain and regret that would be engraved on the walls of his abode, forever recalling the tragedy of the one who once was king.
Anthony even tried to touch them, but his hand passed through them as if they were mere shadows.
The ancient temple, once steeped in abandonment and desolation, now glowed with new life and energy. It was a rebirth, a new beginning for that place forgotten by time.
Anthony took the stone in the air, feeling its power and energy pulsating in his hands. With a smile on his face, he turned to Persephone, who was watching the stone children playing happily in the nearby courtyard.
"This is for you. Both are yours," Anthony announced as he tossed the two artifacts to her. Persephone received them somewhat clumsily, examining them with curiosity. "Didn't you say it was half and half?" she asked, frowning in puzzlement.
Anthony shrugged with a slightly enigmatic expression. "I need you to advance at least 50 levels in this test, and these two unique artifacts will be of great help," he explained as he made his way to the exit.
Persephone hesitated for a moment before storing the artifacts in her ring, acknowledging that he was right; she also wanted to get out of her class, she hated it.
With a flash, the two of them disappeared from the place, reappearing outside the huge pyramid. Now, with the artifacts in their possession, Anthony took one last look at the pyramid before disappearing again and appearing back at the house where it all began.