Parting

"They might be siblings, but they're probably not blood brothers. After all, the older brother seemed to have said that his sister's mother was his teacher... and the older brother felt there was danger down there, while the younger sister wanted to take this opportunity to explore down there. The older brother eventually agreed, and the younger sister thanked him... that's roughly the gist of it."

To prevent Xiao Wu, Romantina, and the others from making unfounded guesses, Zhou Qing reluctantly described the parts he understood.

When Abel heard that Zhou Qing actually understood the general meaning of their conversation, he was slightly surprised and said in the Soul Land Common Language, which was more fluent Riko's, "You actually understand our language?"

Xiao Wu, Romantina, and Wang Sheng were all surprised; they hadn't expected Zhou Qing to actually understand Abyss Language.

But Tang San was not surprised.

After all, there are some books related to ancient scripts outside, Zhou Qing often reads and even studies, so it's reasonable that he has some understanding of the Abyss Language.

Zhou Qing explained the same thing to Abel, and then asked Abel, "Teacher, do you know the meaning of the name Romantina?"

"Romantina?"

Abel looked at the "tall" Romantina and said, "Your name is beautiful. In our language, Romanti actually means 'romantic,' which, when translated into the Soul Land Common Language, is 'Romantic,' meaning romantic. And Na usually refers to a beautiful woman. Therefore, the meaning of the name Romantina is the beauty of romance."

Romantina was also surprised that her name had this meaning. You see, most of the literature about another language on the mainland has been lost. People with unusual names like her can only learn about the past through fragments of oral tradition.

When her father, Romanyac, named her, he used Roman as her surname. Tina, the character "Ti" means flower bud, and "Na" in the Soul Land Common Language refers to a beautiful woman. Only the surname "Roman" is a bit inexplicable.

Only now does she realize that "Roman" actually comes from "Romantic," meaning romantic.

"Actually, if it only refers to 'Roman', it also has another meaning."

Abel continued, "Firstly, it's a place name, and it also refers to a type of people in that place, the Roman People, or the Rome, just like we are called the Abyss People by outsiders."

Tang San and the others nodded, finding this to be reasonable.

But Zhou Qing was secretly furious. He did know that "Roman" meant "people of Rome," but hearing the word "Rome" from the Abyss People—

Rome?

Isn't this a bit too abstract?

Could Douluo Continent have been Earth in a much more distant era? Perhaps some accident caused history to go astray?

Or perhaps, all the ancestors of humanity in the Douluo Continent came from Earth?

After all, in the Douluo Series world, the human body structure seems to be the same for everyone. Even when Great God King Tang was reincarnated in Douluo V, he could still cultivate the Mysterious Heaven Skill, which operates based on the Eight Extraordinary Meridians ...

"In addition, Roman has another meaning: Angel's Believer."

Abel continued, "In the historical documents I have studied, Roman was the most devout believer in Angel 20,000 years ago."

"My ancestors were actually Angel's Believer?"

Romantina was a little confused. Once she started to learn about history, she discovered that her ancestors seemed to be related to some ancient "god".

However, she accepted it quickly.

However, she herself does not believe that her "guardian" will comes from some inexplicable Angel, but rather from her own choice.

Perhaps her ancestors were guardian Angel, but she, Romantina, is there to protect the people and their good lives!

However, Zhou Qing's expression was strange.

Because the word "Roman" does indeed mean Roman Catholic, and Zhou Qing doesn't fully understand the specific form of rule of the Spirit Hall, but it does contain specific terms like Pope and Red Cardinal that are only found in Catholicism.

"Perhaps so. After all, these are just histories, dating back 20,000 years. Their authenticity is still unknown." Abel said calmly, then began to talk about exploring the Abyss Ruins. "You came here to participate in the so-called Continental Elite Tournament Finals, right? Do you really have time to explore down there? But for us, we don't really care about you venting your power on fighting each other."

Everyone already knew that the Abyss People disliked fighting. After all, the Lord of Tianming City had initially invited the Town Chief of Abyss Town to preside over the event, but the Town Chief declined, only ordering the Adventurer's Guild to suspend the use of the metal descent platform so that the Finals could proceed.

The Abyss People acknowledge that there is indeed an instinctive urge for "movement" within the human body, but that this urge would be more effective if used to explore the unknown.

Just like Abyss Town, although Abel had never been outside, he learned from some outside Soul Master that Abyss Town might not be as good as major cities in terms of building scale and luxury of life, but in terms of Soul Tool and mechanical inventions, it far surpassed the outside world.

"We only have three days, so we won't go too deep, maybe the Third Layer or Fourth Layer," Zhou Qing said. "Therefore, you can rest assured that we will come up in three days."

However, Riko exclaimed with delight, "At most, we're just going to the Fourth Layer!"

"Don't underestimate the Fourth Layer. The Ascension Curse on that level is extremely severe. It will cause you to bleed all over and produce intense pain. If you can't endure it, you might even die from the pain." Abel's eyes became extremely serious at this moment, but compared to his healing round face, he looked a bit silly and cute. "Even some Black Whistle Explorer choose to stay there because they cannot bear the pain of ascending."

"Of course I know that."

Riko's gaze sharpened.

Is that so?

Abel sighed, knowing that for Riko, being a guide for these outsiders was only temporary. Since she had chosen to go to the Second Layer, she had no intention of coming back up, but instead planned to continue exploring downwards.

Searching for her mother...

This is only one of the purposes.

Fifteen years ago, Riko was handed over to him, her student, by her mother, who told her:

When Riko the courage to explore downwards, do not stop her, because everyone has their own choices. It is enough to wish her that she finds the meaning of life in the process of exploring the Abyss.

"I hope you won't forget the residents and friends of Abyss Town during your exploration."

Abel knew he couldn't stop Riko, not because he couldn't forcibly restrain her, but because as an Explorer, he couldn't restrict Riko's personal freedom.

Absolutely not!

Riko nodded vigorously, tears welling in her eyes, because she knew that if she went down this time, she might not be able to come back up.

Because she absolutely cannot withstand the Ascension Curse of the Third Layer and below of the Abyss Ruins.

But she had to go for her mother's sake!

This was her choice!