A great battle came to an end, and both sides temporarily died down because of heavy losses, and entered into a confrontation.
As night falls, everything seems to fall into silence.
Including the true temple, fairy palaces, temples, airships, magic towers, etc. The reincarnated bases assembled by various painting styles are laid out on the sky.
On the other side facing it far away, among the coalition forces of the Yilan Continent, a high hanging castle is particularly eye-catching.
This is a war fortress that was jointly refined by the top masters in the Elan continent. Incorporating an unknown number of alchemy formations that could be triggered at any time, and equipped with an unknown number of terrifying extraordinary weapons. Accompanied by the bloody aura that has not dissipated for a long time, this mysterious and dark fortress hangs in the sky like a dormant bird in the dark. The ferocious beast in the middle quietly exudes an oppressive aura.
Suddenly, an undetectable wave passed over the fortress. In an instant, the patrolling soldier couldn't help but stop, and raised his head in doubt.
The companion next to him looked at him strangely: "What's wrong?"
"It feels a little bit wrong, as if a shadow floated past my eyes." The soldier muttered, "Maybe it's because I'm dazzled."
"...Of course it's your eyesight." The companion disagreed, "This is the top battle fortress. Without authority, even a saint can't break through the alchemy formation in a short time. If someone leaves from the inside, they have to first Through the authority of His Royal Highness the Son; as for the enemy, if they really got to such a close place, they would not be able to remain silent, and they would have made noise long ago. I think you are under too much pressure and have hallucinations."
"Ah, that's right..."
While the two were talking, a figure suddenly came to the window in a room on the top floor of the war fortress that was arranged as a study, and looked out.
Immediately afterwards, his figure quickly faded away.
But in the blink of an eye, accompanied by a faint spatial fluctuation, this figure appeared outside the battle fortress, and he walked towards a place in the dark night with an unusual spatial fluctuation.
It seemed empty there, but as this figure stepped in, the surrounding scene changed instantly, as if a layer of black cloth that blinded everyone's sight was lifted, revealing the real scene inside.
The young man stood still gently, and with his golden eyes that seemed to be able to paint the night with a bright light, he swept lightly at the two people in front of him, to be precise, he was the one who seemed to be the leader, and said calmly: "Your Excellency What is the purpose of coming here in the middle of the night and showing my whereabouts to lure me out? You don’t want to ambush me here, do you?”
Hearing this, the man on the opposite side first laughed: "His Royal Highness, you are joking, seeing what you have done today, I don't think anyone will be so overconfident."
After saying this, he bowed his body politely again: "Excuse me, but it's really not what a polite guest should do to harass you late at night. However, I can only do this in order to get? It is an opportunity to have a good communication with His Highness the Holy Son without being disturbed by others."
If there were other people here, they would definitely be able to recognize the identity of the young man in front of him at a glance. Isn't it the mysterious Pope of True God, the high-level reincarnation responsible for carrying out the mission of ending the world? Du Lan, who else could it be
Yuan Buwei, who was wearing Asa Anchel's coat, glanced lightly at the face that he had been familiar with for a while, and then looked at Du Lan silently, like an ordinary follower in black robe. people.
As a righteous leader who is irreconcilable with evil forces, it is said that the savior who has never understood hypocrisy and obedience, of course he refused with unusual integrity: "Sorry, I don't think we have anything to talk about."
The young man's face was slightly pale, and his pupils were extremely sharp. It seemed that if he hadn't been injured at this time, he would have attacked the person in front of him long ago.
After refusing, he turned around and was about to leave.
"About the secret of the snake that devours the world, don't you want to know?"
A voice behind him stopped the boy in his footsteps. He turned around, and said with some amusement, "Even if I wanted to know, would you tell me without reservation?"
"Of course." Du Lan hardly hesitated.
Facing the surprised and unbelieving eyes of the young man, he showed a strange smile: "Your Highness, the Holy Son, don't you think that if I tell the secret of the snake that devours the world, I will betray him? No, rather, we These so-called minions of the evil god are afraid of revealing the secrets of the evil god, rather, it has been us... who have prevented you from falling into complete despair."
Undisguised anger appeared on the boy's calm face for the first time, and he raised his eyebrows: "Huh?"
— meaning: what joke are you talking about
"Let me introduce someone to His Royal Highness." Du Lan seemed to have expected his reaction, turned slightly, and gave way to the black-robed man who had been silent just now, "Ann, didn't you want to see this man a long time ago?" Junior?"
The person called "An" walked out in a few steps, raised his hand and took off the large black robe covering his head, and slowly raised his head to look over, revealing a face hidden in the shadows.
The facial features are deep and handsome, with the vicissitudes baptized by time, the dark green hair hangs over the shoulders, faintly mixed with a little frosty white, the same color as the hair, but the pupils are darker, in the reflection of the moonlight, Delivers deep, complex tones.
——This is a face that is extremely familiar to everyone on the Elan continent. It has widely appeared in countless poetry illustrations and sculpture murals since the fall of the gods. Especially in the precious painting that is said to be #Thirteen Sin Kings Swallowing Dragon God’s Flesh and Flesh Gaining Strength and Swearing to Do Their Own Power to Expel Evil God# in the Palace of the Kings, everyone has seen this eye-catching painting before s face.
At this moment, he already figured everything out.
... It turns out... that's it.
But of course, Asa Ancher, the holy son who was kept in the dark, shouldn't have deduced so many things based on a single face. Therefore, the boy made a surprised and uncertain voice: "Holy King... Louis S. Ann?"
His pupils trembled with surprise.
It seemed completely incomprehensible how a hero who had died more than a thousand years ago would appear alive in front of his eyes, and still stand with the enemy.
If it's just an imitation of appearance, of course he can't deceive him, but as the owner of the blood of the Dragon God?, as long as he has the heart, he can confirm his identity through blood induction.
He seemed to sense it in disbelief, but he sensed a blood concentration that was far stronger than any blood descendant of the sin king he had seen from the other party. That is something that can only be possessed by those who are infinitely close to the source of the blood.
The boy repeated it again, this time with a firm tone: "Louis Ann."
The person opposite didn't deny it: "It's me."
The boy's lips moved, and he stared at this man.
"-How can it be… "
It was the first time to see this son of the world lose his composure. It seemed that his ideals had collapsed. For some reason, Du Lan felt a faint sense of accomplishment in his heart.
He took a step forward and said calmly: "How is it impossible? Ann... He has been our companion for a long time. Earlier than you thought."
The disbelief in the young man's eyes turned into anger, and he stepped forward suddenly: "Why? You are the savior who saved the land of Elan, and you are the hero written into the epic. Why did you do this—"
His pale cheeks were flushed with anger, his golden pupils were almost burning, and he was about to strike without hesitation about his injuries.
—Once this happens, the hidden barriers arranged around are likely to fail, attracting the attention of others.
Du Lan and the others were taken aback, and immediately confirmed the result. For this reason, Luis An couldn't help but take his attack, narrowly dodged it, and did not forget to answer: "Because there is no hope for this world."
Fortunately, the young man who couldn't hold back his anger seemed to finally wake up when the enchantment was almost broken, and did not continue to attack. Du Lan also took advantage of the situation to remind: "Your Highness, we are here with sincerity, as you said See, we will reveal the truth to you. The premise is that you can exercise restraint for the time being."
The young man took a deep breath, his pupils burning with anger were still staring at the "traitor" in front of him, but his tone had calmed down: "... Your Excellency, please speak."
"His Royal Highness, what do you think... the so-called evil god? What is the snake that devours the world?" Everything seemed to be developing according to her own plan, and Du Lan regained her calm self-confidence, "...you think, you really have time and time again Have you defeated the evil god?"
"—what if it's all fake?"
Saying this, Du Lan stretched out her hand, and a crystal-clear diamond-shaped crystal appeared in the palm of her hand, which seemed to have countless brilliance flowing: "This is a crystal of memory, and all the truth is here. As for whether it is true or not, I believe the Holy Spirit His Highness must have his own judgment."
The brilliance in the diamond-shaped crystal seemed to flash past countless images. The young man stared quietly at the crystal, as if he was watching the Pandora's Box that was about to be opened.
After a long time, he stretched out his hand.
…
The sea of void outside the world, the "snake that devours the world" that has countless worlds as its hunting target, the endless reincarnation? Those pasture areas that have already fallen, countless semi-pasture areas that have encountered the same experience as the Yilan continent, and The hunting area that is stubbornly resisting... Finally, there are scenes of comical scenes of the savior...
Countless pictures and information, with the crystallization of memory input into the brain, exploded suddenly like stars all over the sky.
"This is... the truth of the world?"
After a long time, the boy's difficult voice sounded slowly.
At some point, he had lowered his head, his lowered eyelids covered his pupils, and even his expression seemed to be hidden in the shadows, making it difficult to see clearly.
However, after a few seconds, he seemed to regain his composure, raised his head and forced a smile, somewhat calmly: "Since the snake that devours the world does not allow the truth to be revealed, it wants us to stage heroic epics again and again... Your Excellency told me everything , and for what?"
"Of course we want His Royal Highness the Son to join us."
Du Lan is very frank.
While speaking, a crystal appeared in his hand again, the color as deep as the ocean was dreamy and blurred.
"... You have absorbed the information in the memory crystal, Your Royal Highness, you should know what it is." He gently tossed the crystal in his hand, "Awakening seed? A quota that will directly become a reincarnation. The exchange limit is extremely limited. Gao, based on the contributions I have accumulated, I have only exchanged two coins. Only those geniuses who are considered to have extremely high potential and may break through the limitations of the small world are eligible to get it? "
"—His Royal Highness, you are undoubtedly such a person."
The faint blue seed of awakening? Suspended in his palm, exuding a dreamy and blurred light, like a dream full of bewitching taste, attracting people to approach it.
The boy didn't move, just watched it calmly.
Only Du Lan's voice continued to sound.
"Sooner or later, this world will be transformed into a pasture area. This is the result that no one can reverse. With your talent, Your Highness, Holy Son, since you have seen a wider void, why continue to be trapped in this small world with no future. inside?"
"... Is that how you were bewitched at the beginning?"
He suddenly turned his head to look at the Saint King Luis Ann next to him, the prophet and guide who stood up first in this epic, the saint whose reputation in the Elan continent is only lower than that of God, and asked such an inexplicable question .
"If you can't beat it, just join?"
Luis An was taken aback, his face froze for a moment, and then he let out an indescribably complex exclamation: "It's really like, you are really like me at the beginning. They are both naive and stubborn. I thought I can save everything by myself. But the truth is, I can't. I overestimated myself." His tone vaguely made Yuan Buwei hear a bit of depression and self-loathing.
"—Since no matter how hard I struggle, I can't change the ending. What we say we have to do if we risk our lives? In the eyes of a higher existence, it's just a farce. Why should I continue to be a clown?"
His dark green almost black eyes stared at the young man in front of him, as if he was looking at the youthful self through the other party; at this moment, he seemed to coincide with the figure of the person who bewitched him back then:
"Recognize the reality, you are not the savior. This world has never been saved."
When he was speaking, the young man remained silent, until then he suddenly said: "Did you use this kind of rhetoric in front of the Scarlet King?"
The hand he stretched out was indeed a seed of awakening.
Everyone in Du Lan's second group showed shocked expressions, especially Luis Ann, who was even more shocked: "The awakened seed? How, why are you in your hands?"
From becoming a reincarnator to now, according to the time of this world, it has been more than a thousand years. He didn't stay in this world all the time, but went to many worlds to perform missions. He didn't enter this world not long ago until the final battle started.
Time flies, and it has been so long in a trance. He almost forgot the Awakening Seed given back then?.
The young man's open palm gradually clenched: "I accidentally got it from the descendants of the Red King. The Red King called it the seed of the devil. I didn't understand what it meant at first, but now I can probably guess it... Back then, he also received the same invitation, right?"
Saint King Louis Ann fell silent.
Du Lan smiled slightly at the side: "Your Highness, the Son of God, you should understand that you have worked so hard, paid the price of blasphemy, thought you saved the world, and became a hero praised by thousands of people, but in the end you found that everything you did was wrong. Useless work, it's a boring show... No one can accept it, right?"
His gaze swept across the silent Saint King Luis Ann, and his tone was a bit joking: "You applied for a seed of awakening after you agreed to join? I didn't expect it to be given to the Scarlet King... Ann, you have to? Don't say it You are very discerning. Unfortunately... the Scarlet King seems to have failed your expectations."
"... It is really disappointing that he has neither the courage to categorically refuse without leaving a trace of escape, nor can he let go of the worldly bondage of honor and disgrace. He is not worthy of his title of king."
There seemed to be a faint hint in his words, and his eyes lightly swept across the young man's face.
In fact, the truth about the world has never been hermetically sealed, especially if it is revealed deliberately. It can probably be guessed that the thirteen sin kings of that year more or less knew something later, but they couldn't bear to announce the cruel truth to the world, and finally passed away sadly with this secret.
Now, the Son of the World is yet another insider. What choice will he make
The moonlight is falling slowly, the seed of awakening? The faint blue brilliance flows gently, reflecting in the pupils of the three people with different expressions, exuding a seductive aura.
…
Half a quarter of an hour later, Luis Ann looked away as the boy's straight back disappeared from sight.
He looked at the innocent Du Lan, shook his head and said, "You seem to be failing. This young man is more stubborn than I imagined."
"No, he will make the right choice." Du Lan smiled meaningfully, as if he had seen through the temperament of the child of the world, "Compared to the Scarlet King, he has a stronger sense of responsibility, and is more upright and more honest. Stubborn. So he will definitely not escape passively because of this, but will choose to face everything directly."
His voice sounded a little deep: "...he just hasn't figured it out yet. Just wait, wait until this innocent child of the world finds out that when the outcome is already decided, stubborn resistance will only bring trouble to others If even greater misfortune comes, what he will gain will not be gratitude but resentment...he will know what choice to make."
—Anyway, what he feared from the beginning to the end was that this child of the world would continue to choose to perish together without knowing praise, causing too many reincarnations? Casualties, and ultimately lowering his mission evaluation.
—Who made the strength of the children of the world really exceed expectations, and they couldn't bear it even if they tried their best
—When I think of this, I can't help but want to pull out those middle and low-level reincarnations who have already been beaten up, and beat them up again. They were asked to help the children of the world rise, but they were not allowed to help to this extent. It was a fake show and a real rhythm! This is the legendary pig teammate? ?
- so angry.