Chapter 306: Echoes Of Eternity

His dry lips were already bleeding, and his fingers were just plain ugly. Cracked and broken nails decorated Ryan's hand. 

At the same time, Ivanka was sleeping peacefully not far from him.

Not long after that, Ivanka finally woke up from her sleep.

She looked around and didn't know where she was and what time it was. Suddenly, she noticed her brother-in-law was lying in front of her.

"Brother Ryan!"

Ivanka quickly walked over to him and checked on Ryan. The man's eyes were completely red and the blood in his mouth kept flowing.

"Bro, hold on! I'm already here!" Ivanka then leaned Ryan's body on her thigh. 

In the midst of his awareness, Ryan felt that the world was spinning. When he saw Ivanka's worried face, he somehow saw his own body.

Strange, why could he see his own body?

Ryan started to worry, he was about to tell Ivanka that he was fine but his body didn't respond at all. 

Was he dead?

Ivanka was crying uncontrollably when she saw that Ryan didn't move. She couldn't stomach all of these terrifying incidents. Ryan had always been protecting her but now the man was lying helplessly on her lap.

"Bro, open your eyes! Brother please, I'm scared to be alone here ... I promise I won't make a fool of you again so wake up…! Hic… hic…." Ivanka started shedding tears again. Her efforts were useless, Ryan was still unconscious. 

The man could only see that his face was full of Ivanka's teardrops, but he couldn't make his body move.

In this desolate cave, only Ivanka's crying voice could be heard. As her cries grew louder, Ivanka's voice echoed!

"Hics... Hics... Hics…"

Ivanka was instantly terrified. She looked around and found nothing. With a brave heart she said aloud, "Who is there?"

"Who is there….? Who is there….!"

However, she didn't get an answer but her question repeated. In an instant, Ivanka understood that the terrifying voice earlier was echoing her own.

Seeing Ryan still lying limply on her thighs, Ivanka hugged him. 

"Bro, what should I do?" Seeing that there was still no response, Ivanka decided to let her brother-in-law rest.

After putting him back to sleep, Ivanka looked around. Even though there was light coming out from the cracks in the walls, the cave was still very dark. Ivanka was a little scared but she had to face this situation gracefully.

After a long time, Ivanka finally regained her composure. At this moment, she felt thirsty.

Today she climbed the mountain together with her sister and brother-in-law. Arriving at the top, Ivanka didn't have time to drink because she was busy taking photos of the scenery. After that, she watched her brother-in-law's fight and fell off a cliff. She did not know how long she had not drunk any water, her throat was completely dry now. 

At the same time, Ivanka felt her stomach growl. She was so excited to go up the mountain that she got up early and only ate a piece of bread before leaving. And now the bread was gone and her stomach demanded her some food.

Looking around, Ivanka could find nothing but the pool in the middle of this cave.

As she approached the pool, Ivanka noticed a group of small white fish swimming on the surface of the water. They were very small, maybe only the size of a thumb.

It was the first time she saw such a fish so she instantly became curious. She stretched out her hand and tried to catch one of them. But when her hand touched the water, Ivanka immediately pulled it back.

"COLD!"

After looking around, it turned out that there was white smoke coming out of the water's surface. Why was the water in this pool so cold?

The weather on the mountain could change for sure, but it should have been the dry season and this morning was really sunny and warm. Even if this cave was in the middle of a mountain, it shouldn't be this cold.

But the cold water had no effect on the white fish, they were swimming around happily. At the same time, several fish jumped into the air and started swimming again.

Ivanka swallowed her saliva, then realized that she was thirsty. Without hesitation, she dipped her hands again and took some water in them. She then drank it at once. 

Even though her hands seemed to want to freeze, she had no other choice because she could not possibly stick her head into the cold pool.

The cold water immediately drenched her dry throat. In an instant, Ivanka's body shuddered continuously, the water she drank was simply too cold.

Ivanka felt that today was the worst day in her life. As a daughter of the Lacroix family, she had only known a well-off life. The girl had never felt such misery.

After calming herself down, she wiped back the tears that somehow fell by itself. She Shouldn't act like a weak girl now.

Ivanka then took the cold water back in her hand and approached Ryan.

"Brother, drink this water."

While enduring the painful chill, Ivanka poured the water into Ryan's mouth.

Ryan could see Ivanka trying to make him drink the water though he was only a spirit, but he couldn't open her lips at all.

Seeing that Ryan did not open his lips, the water that she bothered to carry was wasted. 

Ivanka did not expect that her brother-in-law would be so exhausted that he couldn't move his lips. She then moved Ryan's body a little so as not to hit the puddle on the ground.

Seeing her completely motionless brother-in-law, Ivanka shed tears again. 

"No, no... I can't go on like this!"

After taking a deep breath, Ivanka tried to calm herself back down. Then she got up and walked towards the pool again.

"You shitty brother-in-law! What can you do if you don't have me?"

Ivanka then took the water with both hands and drank it. Then she walked over to Ryan and gave him water through her mouth.

At this time, Ryan was fighting with the ghosts from earlier in his spirit form. Each of these ghosts had a familiar face. He could see Golge who died by his hand and his enemies that he killed when he traveled the world. There were even bears that he killed for his emergency food.

All the ghosts were trying to devour Ryan's spirit. However, Ryan suddenly felt his spirit being sucked into his body and could feel the warmth returning to him. Aside from that, he also felt a stream of cold water passing through his throat. But he still couldn't open his eyes so it seemed like he wasn't fully conscious yet.

Just like Ivanka, Ryan did not drink water when he was at the top of the mountain. The cold water that entered his body woke his consciousness too.

But, what was this soft sensation on his lips? Was that Ivanka's lips?

His instinct made his lips thirsted for the cold water and the softness that grasped it. But since he was still not fully conscious, Ryan couldn't move himself. Then suddenly, the soft lips parted with him.

Ivanka noticed that Ryan's lips moved slightly after giving him some water. As if doing it was the right decision, Ivanka's heart grew happy. But after waiting about 10 minutes, Ryan still didn't make any move. Ivanka's heart shrank into sadness again.

Getting up once again, Ivanka returned to give water to Ryan through her mouth. This time, Ryan gave more reaction than before. When Ivanka's lips were about to leave, the man's lips were biting hers slowly. As if they didn't want to part and asked for more kisses!

Ryan began to move his ugly finger, it seemed his instinct was telling him that a kiss would be incomplete if he didn't touch his sister-in-law's soft chest. 

Seeing that moving finger, Ivanka was shocked. She then said to Ryan. "Brother, are you awake?"

At this time, Ivanka was slapping Ryan's face without stopping to make sure her brother didn't pretend to be asleep. If this brother-in-law woke up, she would be able to take him away from this place.

But after 10 minutes, there was no sign that her brother had woken up, it seemed that he fell back asleep again. Ivanka became sad again.

"Brother, you don't need to worry. So far, brother has always looked after me, now it's my turn to take care of you. " Ivanka said while stroking Ryan's head gently. For some reason, stroking Ryan's head made her feel calm and safe.

Ivanka returned to the pond and tore off her sleeve. Since the air around this cave was cold, she could only tear off her sleeve. She didn't want to die from freezing. 

After she wetted it with water, Ivanka then squeezed it and walked over to Ryan. The girl then slowly wiped Ryan's body that was covered in blood.