In a space filled with raging Elements, a sturdy young tree raised its branches to greet Fiona Russell as she arrived. Its green leaves looked like a child's scribbles, some bright green, others yellowing.
Fiona did not reach out to pluck its leaves. She pressed her lips together, her spirits at their lowest. "Little tree, do you think His Highness will agree to help me?"
Demons had taken her father's soul to the Abyss. The Bottomless Abyss was so dangerous that even a God would be at risk there unless he was exceptionally powerful.
Would His Highness truly be willing to put himself in danger for her?
She bit her lip, uncertainty filling her eyes.
But who besides a God would dare enter the Abyss and wrest a soul from a demon's grasp?
In every play and adventure story, the Bottomless Abyss was where all Evil gathered, the source of sin across the Multiverse and the stronghold of evil gods. The realms of every evil god, famous or obscure, lay within it.
For anyone powerful enough to travel between Planes, it was unquestionably a place of danger, where death could come at any moment.
"His Highness will help me... He's so kind, so approachable... Even if he is imposing... he really is kind."
As she dwelled on it, her impression of Jiang Hao blurred into the figure she hoped he was, bolstering her confidence.
"I'm sure he'll help me."
No wind blew, but the young tree swayed its branches. Its green and yellow leaves stirred the air, and before long, everyone central to the "gathering" had arrived.
The moment Fiona saw His Highness arrive, she hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, what price would I have to pay for you to retrieve my father's soul from the demons of the Abyss?"
*Demons