The Ultimate Husband (Darryl and Lily Lyndon) novel Chapter 1415

The Emperor got angrier and angrier as he bellowed, "Yvette, no matter how much you like Darryl, he is dead now. You have to give up on him. Obey my will dutifully and wait for the martial arts tournament. Then, live happily ever after with your Prince Consort."

After that, the Emperor strode out of the bedchamber.

"Darryl!"

Yvette looked painfully up at the night sky outside the palace. "I'm sorry, it's all my fault. It's all my fault..."

Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably; she was heartbroken!

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Meanwhile, under the water in the moat...

Darryl felt his world spun, and his body continued to sink with the suction force of the vortex.

The water was cold, and Darryl was a little puzzled and desperate.

'Oh, no!'

'Why am I still not at the river bed? Is the moat that deep?'

It took quite some time before Darryl finally sank to the bottom of the river bed. He was extremely astonished.

'How deep is this moat?'

Even though he did not know for sure, his guess would not deviate too much from the actual number.

Still startled, Darryl looked around him; there was no more vortex at the bottom of the river, but the water quality was horrible. He could not see anything at all.

'F*ck!'

'I'm injured, so I can't swim past the vortex zone. I'll suffocate sooner or later if I stay under the water.'

Darryl was a Martial Emperor. Even though he was severely injured, he could still hold his breath underwater for quite a while. Nevertheless, it was not a long-term solution, especially when he was several thousand meters underwater. The depth would accelerate the deterioration of his injury! Darryl could already feel it as energy drained from his body.

'No, I've to go around the vortex and try to swim upward!'

Darryl fumbled forward along the bottom of the river.

The river bed teemed with water plants; it did not help at all. Darryl's vision was blocked, so he could not see clearly. He could not tell the direction at all. He could only move forward blindly guided by his gut feelings.

'Where is this?'

Darryl was curious. He went into the trench and swam forward along with it. He was surprised when he noticed that it had a very long aisle, but he did not know where it would lead to.

As he went deeper, the cavity gradually became wider. It finally came to an end after some time.

Darryl trembled when he saw the scene before him.

It was a massive ruin with torn walls and shingles everywhere. The space was huge, and there were many collapsed buildings.

'Why is there a large pile of ruin under the moat?' Darryl tried to contain his curiosity and continued to swim forward. After about half an hour, the surroundings brightened until Darryl saw a palace in front of him!

'This used to be a palace?' Darryl was excited to see the underwater palace; he guessed that it had used to be glorious. 'But we're at least a thousand meters from the ground level. The New World Royal City up there; why is there a palace buried underneath it?'

Darryl did not know that he had seen proof of an ancient dynasty—the Deguste Dynasty. It was the dynasty that had ruled the New World continent for nearly a thousand years. They were quite advanced too.

The New World Royals' ancestors had overthrown the Deguste Dynasty. Then they had rebuilt the Royal City on the site of the former Deguste Palace.

The events' timeline had proven that the Deguste Dynasty's ruin was hidden underwater for about two thousand years.