Hollow Knight: Hallownest

Ancient basin, inside the white palace.

The White Lady stared closely at the black particles seeping out from the gaps in the white stone slabs, constantly blocking them to the ground with roots, trying to prevent them from spreading, but even though the roots had spread throughout the palace, they still could not Something effective.

"How could something from the abyss come here?"

Madam White could clearly feel the chaos contained in those black particles, but how could something that had been accumulating in the abyss for many years float up to the White Palace for no reason?

"Delia, come with me to the abyss."

After informing the White Queen about the change, the response she received was to ask her to protect the palace. The White Lady understood the priority of the matter. Even though the White King's words were firm, she could not stay here forever. The roots could not stop those void substances. Then We can only trace its roots to cure the root cause.

After receiving the order, Delia, who was in the martial arts arena, rushed to Queen Bai's side and followed her towards the abyss.

"What...what happened here?"

The further the two of them went down, the more the White Lady's brows frowned, and the void material beside her became more solid. The chaos in it was thick enough to leak out, but at the moment they were only standing at the edge of the abyss. Entrance.

If we go further down, Mrs. Bai can roughly guess what the consequences will be.

"Delia, stand behind me."

"No! Queen, I need to ensure your safety!"

Delia could obviously feel the unknown malice beside her. The abyss at this moment seemed like the mouthparts of a giant man-eating insect. Once she stepped into it, she would be in a situation of no return.

"This is an order! Stand behind me!"

The White Lady became rarely serious. She understood Delia's intention, but things were far beyond her control. If she was not careful on the next journey, it was not impossible that one of the five knights would be missing.

She wouldn't allow that to happen.

"......yes!"

Delia wanted to insist, but seeing Lady White's appearance, she had no choice but to agree and stand behind her, and the two of them walked into the abyss together.

Every time you go deeper, the void material becomes more and more viscous. Fortunately, Mrs. White has self-defense skills to isolate the influence of those materials. Her roots can wither in a few breaths with just a slight touch. , the power contained in it is self-evident.

"I can't... sleep with my eyes open, baby."

"You can't sleep while you're still breathing, baby."

An inexplicable singing sound came upward from the bottom of the abyss. As the two of them went deeper, it gradually reached their ears. The sadness contained in it rushed into their hearts like a river and kept wandering in their minds.

"This singing voice... belongs to Commander Nuo!"

After hearing the singing, Delia looked puzzled, but the White Lady's pupils shrank. This voice was familiar to her. It came from the leader sent by the White King to guard the abyss, Noais.

The surrounding environment told her that Noice's current situation was absolutely difficult, but if she wanted to find out why she was singing so loudly at this time, she just had to speed up her pace and reach the bottom faster.

"Baby...you say some nasty things when you are sleeping...your little claws scratch and scratch everywhere..."

After finally stepping on the ground, the two came to the bottom of the abyss. The singing was still coming from a certain direction. Madam White followed the sound and quickened her pace. After a while, she finally saw the back of a figure sitting cross-legged on the ground. The singing was exactly what she was singing. issued.

"Commander Nuo, what happened?"

Mrs. White's first inquiry did not receive a response, so she turned her eyes and looked into Nois's arms. She saw Nois holding many masks and shaking them gently, as if comforting the baby. The scene was very... Weird.

"Commander Nuo, please answer my question!"

Nois still didn't react at all, she just repeated the shaking motion in her hand and hummed her incomprehensible nursery rhyme.

"Bold! Although you hold an important position but ignore the queen, you deserve to die!"

Delia looked extremely impatient. She dared to treat the queen so lightly in front of her. No matter how Nois explained later, she would not let her off easily.

She slowly walked up to Nois, took out the bone nail, and was about to question him.

"Noice! Why are you... hmm?!"

The questioning words came to an abrupt end, and Delia's pupils continued to tremble, as if she had seen something unbelievable.

Upon seeing this, Mrs. Bai hurriedly walked up to Nois. With just one glance, she was frightened for a moment.

Noice's once bright eyes seemed to have been dug away, leaving only empty eye sockets, and there was a lot of black liquid flowing down her face, which made people feel horrified.

"Commander Nuo, you...how did you become like this?!"

Madam White lost her voice. The beautiful face in her memory had been replaced by the terrifying sight before her. Could it be that this was the price of guarding the abyss?

As she spoke, she also transferred her power to Nois. After a moment, Nois finally responded. She raised her head blankly and looked around for a moment with her empty eyes. , the singing also stopped.

"King...Queen, are you...are you here? Are you here to see me?"

"I...I comforted the children of the abyss very well. Please rest assured that I have completed the task assigned to me by the king."

The tragic situation of Nois at this time made the white lady's heart twitch uncontrollably, but at the same time, she also captured extraordinary news in her words.

"Child? What child? Those in your arms are just masks!"

Nois's words only made Mrs. White think that she had gone crazy. Her mind was affected by the black substance here, and she began to talk nonsense, but Nois's next words made her freeze in place.

"Mask? No, queen, look, the children in my arms are all my children, and this and that! They are all my children!"

"My precious children, fall into my arms and I will sing you into sleep."

The song sounded again, and Madam White discovered that the pile of masks under her feet was leaking out of some unique void matter. They slowly condensed into shape in the air, and at the moment they were formed, Madam White seemed to be drained. With all the strength in her body, she was about to collapse to the ground, but fortunately, Delia's quick eyesight and quick hands helped her.

"This... this is impossible. The king said that once the ascension fails, the container will die on the spot. How... how could it become like this?!"

The soul of the container floating around Nois exuded the familiar aura of the White Lady. The power hidden in it came from her and the White King. Only now did she understand one thing.

King Bai lied to her.