"What?" Pannis stretched out his hand, gently touching the long black hair hanging on his shoulders with his fingertips. The past and present gradually intertwined in his gentle touch. Neri's heroic face and Catherine's gorgeous face flashed alternately in front of his eyes. At the same time, Flar's elegance, Lina's changeableness, Vivian's concentration, and Freya's nobility. Sighing softly, Pannis retracted his hand, looked up at the dark night sky, and smiled with a self-deprecating smile: "Do you tell us about our failure experience back then? Repeat how arrogantly we tried to destroy Danakus' soul, and then finally failed?"

"Yeah." Catherine nodded unexpectedly. If it were in the past, the Knight Girl would never have tried to uncover the wound that others would most reluctantly touch as she is now. However, in this dark night without stars and moons, in this small harbor supported by a faint light source in this dark sea, Catherine, who was leaning against Panis on his shoulder, actually nodded and said softly: "I really want to know, ha, I'm not Lina, I don't want to satisfy my curiosity, but this time I really want to know. If I can't find the answer to this question, I always feel like I'm missing something. And I think it's time for you to tell this story now. If you don't want to say something, I'm afraid..."

"Ha, I'm afraid my heart is still not complete. When facing Danacus, I will still be as afraid as before, right?" Panis let out a series of low laughter and naturally patted Catherine's head leaning on his shoulder: "This is the most critical reason. You are worried that I still dare not face the past, you are worried that I will repeat the old road a hundred years ago, and you are worried that I will collapse again in front of Danacus, so you would rather hold on to the possibility that someone hates in your heart and ask this question. I'm right."

"Hehe." The knight girl was exposed and couldn't help but smile. She couldn't see the girl's expression clearly in the darkness. She could only see two rows of white teeth reflecting faint fire. Catherine moved her body, making her lean on Panis's back more comfortable. She squinted her eyes and stretched her legs like enjoyment, and said softly: "So, are you willing to meet this requirement?"

"Huh, what else can I say?" Panis smiled helplessly and said softly: "Actually, this story is not interesting at all, and it is certainly not a good ending."

"Ha, because that is not the end of the story." Catherine said half-closed her eyes, as if she was pointing out: "The story continues. Who knows if there will be a beautiful ending? Maybe what you said is just a bumpy journey in the whole story. After passing it, it will be a bright and beautiful curtain call. Are you right?"

"Hahaha." Panis was amused by Catherine's answer and nodded, "Maybe, maybe, haha, no one can predict the answer in advance for the play that has not been performed yet. Maybe it's really like you said."

"Hehe, that's of course." The white teeth bit her lips gently, and the girl's smile became gentler: "So, with expectations for a beautiful ending and recalling the bumpy past, it is also a rare experience."

"Well, as you wish, my Valkyrie." Panis took off the leather wine bag hanging on his waist and took a mouthful, handing it to Catherine, then relaxed and said: "The stories we circulated in the world are basically over the rituals of entering the Temple of Danacus. Of course, there are a few people who know that we defeated the three and half dead for the first time in the rituals. However, few people know what happened when we passed through the Gate of the Fog and entered the Real Kingdom of Danacus. There are probably no more than ten people who have learned about the experiences except those who witnessed them, because that is indeed not something worth boasting."

"Then I am the eleventh?" Catherine whispered: "It's such an honor."

"At that time, we thought we were fully prepared, and everyone adjusted our mental state to the best. Flar even opened the hunting arrow, and Ms. Mina could restore the dragon form at any time. After I made sure that nothing was missing, I was the first to enter the Gate of Mist." Pannis thought for a while and added: "Oh, I forgot to say that the Gate of Mist is the middle of the ritual, connecting his temporary kingdom of God and this land of the Dead. In fact, it was a cloud of fog. There was no gate at all, it was just that we called it."

"Yeah, I can guess." Catherine nodded and said, "Danacus just huddled in it?"

"Behind the Gate of Mist is an infinite space. Of course, it is hard to say whether it is really infinite, but at least we did not find the boundary of that space." Panis continued: "There is no sky above our heads, no borders around us. Only from the ground composed of countless bones under our feet, it is the appearance of a huge temple. A long way from the exit of the Gate of Mist, there was a throne made of bones. Danakus was entrenched on the throne and welcomed us."

"Divine throne." Catherine closed her eyes and imagined the scene that Panis saw at that time: "No wonder you didn't mind the infinite space rituals when fighting with the two half-dead people in the Death Forest. It turned out that you had already experienced it. At that time, you finally met Danakus for the first time. What was he like?"

"I really can't answer this question. At that time, he was just a soul." Panis shrugged: "Like the Ghost Mr. below, can you describe what he looks like?"

"Well, surely not." Catherine smiled bitterly, "So the appearance of the soul is the same as that of an ordinary soul?"

"It's a little different." Panis narrowed his eyes, as if he saw the enemy that he would never forget: "The ghost's form is half-fixed and half-true, while Danakus's soul is more like a vague shadow, but this shadow is three-dimensional. If he hadn't known his identity, it would be difficult to think of Danakus's identity through this shadow. However, the characteristics of divine power and divine power will not lie. We can confirm it at first glance, that is Danakus's original body."

"He was probably surprised to see you," Catherine asked. "I don't think he could imagine that you would rush into his territory in the opposite direction."
Chapter completed!