Because of the lies that he uttered indiscriminately, for the past two weeks, Cheng Zhichu had to pretend that he liked Chrissis very much, and tried his best to please him, so that he lived very miserable every time. Every moment is waiting for the time warp to appear sooner, so that he can quickly go back a thousand years and kiss the twin knights.
This kind of torture continued until two weeks later. This morning, Crisis suddenly brought Cheng Zhichu into the study, and showed Cheng Zhichu the magic book he had asked his father to buy, and asked him to help him get started with magic.
Since a long time ago, there has been a taboo in the human country to talk about and learn magic. As a result, magicians on the surface are very rare, but the nobles in private hope to have the opportunity to learn magic. After all, most people do not know how to learn magic. Refuse to be able to master this mysterious and powerful force.
But even if you have a magic book, you cannot use magic without the guidance of a formal magician to draw out the first strand of magic in your body, and the magician in charge of the guidance must be someone that the learner trusts, otherwise there may be a danger of magic explosion. .
It is precisely because of this that for many years, Crisis has never learned magic, and he cannot find a magician worthy of his trust. Cheng Zhichu is the first.
Cheng Zhichu didn't know magic, nor was he a magician, so he couldn't help Krissis, but with the help of the system, he not only succeeded in getting Krissis to obtain magic power, but he also had real magic himself.
[However, the magical ability is limited to your use here. After returning to the millennium, the magical ability will disappear. 】
The system said: [Because you don't have magic power in the first place, this is just a trick. 】
"What about Chrissy?" Cheng Zhichu couldn't help but feel a little lost, and asked again, "Will his magic disappear after I leave?"
[No, he is really full of magic power, and he will become a powerful wizard in the future. You know, after a thousand years, he will be the lord of Eternal Sleep City, an undead lich, and possess unparalleled dark magic. 】
"But in this way, could it be that I influenced him a thousand years ago and made him a magician...?"
Cheng Zhichu was very surprised, and suddenly thought: "If this is the case, will he recognize me after I return to a thousand years?"
[Well, if he hasn't forgotten you, he should recognize you. 】
The system said: [This is on the premise that you meet him, but you have already kissed him here, there is no need to go to the city of eternal sleep, go directly to the twin knights, complete the last kiss, you can purify all the projections . 】
At that time, you can throw the spirit coins, let this copy collapse, and Mr. Mu will be completely dead...
Cheng Zhichu raised his head and glanced at the night sky above his head. The starry sky was in stark contrast to what it looked like a thousand years later. By that time, these worlds had been completely destroyed by Mr. Mu, and only his indescribable terror existed in the sky.
With the magic book, Cheng Zhichu and Chrisis began to learn magic. Cheng Zhichu's control of magic was quite good, but he was far less than Chris's magical talent - Chrissis doesn't seem to be in the "Learning", but "recording" magic, no matter how complicated it is, as long as he learns it once, he can master it perfectly.
Cheng Zhichu couldn't help but feel very envious, because Chrisis could use astrological magic freely. When using this kind of magic, stars would appear in the sky. It was magnificent and powerful. It was Cheng Zhichu's favorite magic.
However, astrological magic is extremely difficult and requires the mastery of complex astronomical knowledge, which makes Cheng Zhichu have to give up astrological magic and can only watch Chrissy perform it every day.
But Crisis also liked to use it in front of him. Cheng Zhichu was sure that this guy must have done it on purpose, but he not only couldn't get angry, but also praised Crisis with a smile on his face.
"How about it?"
The microscopic galaxy in the sky gradually faded away. The handsome boy put down his wand and raised his eyebrows to look at Cheng Zhichu. Cheng Zhichu immediately clapped his hands in cooperation, and began to spare no effort to praise the boy. Let him boast very disobediently.
"You exaggerate too much, it's obviously very simple, that is, you idiot can't learn it."
Even though he said so, there was an obvious smile on the lips of the boy, and he was obviously in a good mood.
He pinched Cheng Zhichu's cheek, and after a while, he asked someone to bring something in, and he took it and unfolded it in front of Cheng Zhichu. It was a magic robe, and the soft black fabric shone with silver light, like the stars in the sky. .
"The magic circle above was created by me."
The boy said, put the robe on Cheng Zhichu's body, and said, "You put it on."
"This is..." Cheng Zhichu asked hesitantly, "Do you want to give it to me?"
Crisis doesn't deny it: "If you don't want it, throw it away."
"Of course I want it."
Cheng Zhichu's eyes lit up, and he happily put on the robe, because this magic robe is something that can bring out the copy: "Thank you, Chrissy, I like it very much."
Seeing that he liked it, the young man's expression softened unconsciously, and he said, "How are you going to thank me?"
"Ah..." Cheng Zhichu was stuck, but found that he had nothing to give him, "what do you want?"
He thought hard, but couldn't guess what the young man wanted to thank. The young man's smile gradually faded, he snorted coldly, pinched his chin, and kissed his lips close to him.
"Remember, idiot, thank me for that in the future."
…
Such a leisurely time did not last long. Cheng Zhichu found out that recently, Crisis has been getting busier and has no time to learn magic. Very tricky thing.
Cheng Zhichu didn't know until the city master called Cheng Zhichu and asked him if he had any magic that could solve the epidemic or food shortage.
Earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, plagues... are engulfing this continent at an alarming rate. Even the Emerald City, which is famous for its tranquility and prosperity, has also been seriously affected. A large number of refugees poured into the city-state, causing an epidemic. The entire bureaucracy in the city hall is dealing with the problems brought about by the refugees.
"I can brew potions for the residents."
Cheng Zhichu could indeed buy medicines from the mall to cure the epidemic, but he couldn't do more and couldn't stop the disaster.
Only he knows that this world will soon usher in the end, turning into a terrifying hell, and all the residents of the Emerald City will also become walking dead, one by one falling into eternal sleep.
His heart became very heavy, but when he heard that he was able to make potions for the residents, the city lord, who didn't know it, looked relieved. He entrusted this important task to Cheng Zhichu, and the city-state would return him a reward that would satisfy him.
Cheng Zhichu naturally refused the reward, and after a brief discussion with the city lord, he left the hall where the bureaucrats were working. However, when he was going out, the sky was suddenly billowing with dark clouds, and the sky darkened in an instant. It rained heavily.
The rain came suddenly and violently, and the dense rain curtain fell to the ground, almost turning into a vast white, and nothing could be seen clearly.
Such a heavy rain was not enough to completely avoid getting wet with magic. Cheng Zhichu ran back all the way, soaked all over.
He changed his clothes, stood in the room and wiped his hair. He heard the rain "crackling" against the window, so violent that one could not help worrying that the glass would be shattered.
[This rain is really aggressive. 】 The system said, 【If the city of eternal sleep is not still there after a thousand years, I will definitely suspect that this heavy rain will cause floods and submerge the city. 】
"You don't want a crow's mouth..." Cheng Zhichu couldn't help but say it.
…
That night, the rainstorm continued, and Crisis, who was always busy until late every day, finally came back on time, but his face was obviously tired and looked a little haggard.
Cheng Zhichu has been living with Crisis these days. Hearing his return, he opened his eyes in a daze and helped Crisis to change his wet clothes, but halfway through, he was suddenly taken off. The other party hugged tightly.
Chrissy's body was soaked with icy rain, so cold that Cheng Zhichu shuddered, woke up, and asked at a loss, "What's wrong?"
"...I have a very bad feeling."
The teenager held him in silence for a long time before slowly opening his mouth: "Although my father and I have done a lot these days to maintain the stability of the Emerald City as much as possible and help the refugees, but..."
His voice became deeper and deeper: "But the more we do, the more I feel that we are powerless to reverse this disaster, and there must be more terrible things waiting for us. By then, perhaps even this continent will be lost. will be annihilated…”
Cheng Zhichu was speechless for a long time after hearing it, and hugged Chrissis back, his heart sank.
He knew that Crisis' hunch would come true, and that day would soon come.
However, for him, only when this land and land becomes more chaotic and the time and space are distorted, can he get the chance to go back.
Chrisis was very tired and fell asleep after a simple shower. Cheng Zhichu was lying beside him, but had some insomnia, staring at the ceiling silently with his eyes open. After a while, the system suddenly screamed.
[I detected a time warp, and it's around here! 】
"what?"
Cheng Zhichu immediately sat up, lifted the quilt and ran out, because the system could use this power to send him back to a thousand years later only if he entered the range accommodated by the time warp.
The torrential rain in the middle of the night still has no tendency to stop, but in order to be able to go back, Cheng Zhichu couldn't care less.
It was only when he walked to the door of the mansion that he looked at the torrential rain outside and remembered that he had not left the potion to cure the plague for the city lord, and the soaked magic robe had also fallen into Chrissis's bedroom, not with him. body.
Although he knew that his potions would not be of any substantial help, Cheng Zhichu quietly left a few bottles of potions in the hall with instructions for the city lord to pour them into the water source for use.
Then he turned back to Crisis' bedroom, took the magic robe in his hand, and was about to put it in the system backpack, but at this moment, the lights in the room turned on, and a sound came from behind him. The boy's extremely cold voice.
"Where are you going?"
Cheng Zhichu was startled, and looked behind him. Chrissy's pupils were as cold as ice, and he looked at him blankly, but there was strong anger in his voice.
"You're leaving me, and you're not going to talk to me?"
"I… "
Cheng Zhichu opened his mouth, but he couldn't explain that he just went to the toilet, because he was soaked in the torrential rain, obviously he had gone out, and now he came back just to take away the magic robe.
"You're running away? Is it because you can't make a potion for the plague?"
Seeing the flustered look on his face, the young man softened his tone slightly and said, "If that's the case, you don't have to be afraid. Even if you can't do it, it doesn't matter. With me here, no one can question you."
"… "
Cheng Zhichu's head was sweating, and he couldn't explain it, so he immediately activated a teleport card, moved dozens of meters away, grabbed the magic robe and ran away, and didn't even have time to put it in his backpack.
But now Crisis has also learned magic. Seeing that he was still about to run, his eyes suddenly turned cold. He grabbed the wand in his hand, and moved out, chasing behind Cheng Zhichu, and called out the guards to let them Stop Cheng Zhichu.
Cheng Zhichu hid in the mansion of the city lord's mansion. Following the system's instructions, he finally escaped from the inside of the building, ran into the dark rainstorm, and looked for a way out. But at this moment, the rainstorm stopped without warning, and the sky suddenly changed. clear up.
"pat, pat..."
The rain fell from Cheng Zhichu's body to the ground drop by drop. He stood in the courtyard in a daze, and he didn't realize why the rainstorm stopped so suddenly.
"Don't let him escape!"
Chrissy chased after him angrily, asked the guards to surround Cheng Zhichu, and said in a cold voice, "Don't even think about going anywhere, you can only stay by my side."
At this time, the card was in the cooldown period and could not be used. Cheng Zhichu looked at the guards who were slowly approaching him. He was a little overwhelmed, but suddenly noticed that the puddle on the ground showed a bright red blood light.
The dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipated, and large blood-red rays of light poured down. No one knew why the moonlight suddenly turned crimson.
The stars in the night sky are disappearing one by one, and at a certain moment, even the moon has disappeared, replaced by blood-colored red balls, one of which is split from the middle, as if a huge monster is opening its eyes. , revealing red eyes.
"Gollum... Gollum..."
The rain on the ground bubbled up, and under the reflection of the blood, like boiling magma, a bloody hand suddenly crawled out of it, and then the head and upper body emerged, like a dead man who had been skinned.
"What is this!?"
The guards were in an uproar, threw the spears in their hands, and pinned the skinless monsters to the ground, but more monsters emerged from the water and rushed towards them.
The blood-colored eyes opened one by one, and the red light in the sky became brighter and brighter. After bathing in the light for too long, the movements of those soldiers gradually became stagnant and dry, their complexions were pale, and the expressions on their faces disappeared. There is no more fluctuation, just an empty shell, watching everything that happens next to it without any emotion.
Krissis also felt that he was gradually being controlled by some kind of power, and this power came from the blood light in the sky, his expression changed slightly, he immediately grabbed Cheng Zhichu's wrist, and led him to escape into the house: "Go! "
This bloody light had no effect on Cheng Zhichu, but it made him extremely horrified. He didn't expect that he would actually see the scene of the curse being imposed on the Emerald City, and the living person who was cursed really turned into a walking corpse, with empty eyes, wandering aimlessly in the courtyard.
They ran into the building, and without the bloody moonlight shining, Krissis let go of Cheng Zhichu's hand and spoke with a very solemn expression.
"That kind of power is like a curse. It is full of strong malice and strong magic. We must not go out casually. We have to wait until dawn. I hope the residents are sleeping peacefully, and don't go out to walk..."
"boom-"
"Boom!"
There was a sudden loud noise outside, like the sound of a house collapsing, and then the panicked screams of residents and the sound of monsters roared everywhere.
Chrissy's expression changed drastically, he immediately grabbed the umbrella by the wall, added a layer of light-absorbing magic, and rushed out holding the umbrella, Cheng Zhichu immediately followed behind him.
"Don't come out, dangerous, go back!"
Crisis didn't expect Cheng Zhichu to follow him, and immediately turned his head and scolded him sharply, and put an umbrella over his head.
Cheng Zhichu hurriedly pushed the umbrella back and said, "Don't worry about me, I'm immune to this light, you should go back!"
"I can't go back, my father must be saving the residents right now, I can't watch him in danger and do nothing myself."
Crisis tried his best to maintain his composure, but he was still a teenager after all, and he couldn't help showing a nervous look. Cheng Zhichu couldn't persuade him, so he went with him to find the city lord.
On the streets, they saw many residents who had become immortal, but had been removed from their emotions. A few people were panicking. The streets were full of dark creatures, chasing the remaining living people.
Crisis used magic to kill these dark creatures continuously, but they were like a tide, and they couldn't be removed at all.
In desperation, he had to take Cheng Zhichu to avoid these monsters, but at this time, the sudden change occurred again, and the ground suddenly shook and cracked, revealing a huge crack in the ground, which quickly spread in all directions, and also affected Cheng Zhichu and Ke. where Lysis stood.
[There is a time warp in the cracks, I can take you to teleport! 】
The system quickly said something to tell Cheng Zhichu not to panic.
Cheng Zhichu was sure in his heart, but the crack that spread at this time had already arrived at the feet of Crisis in a blink of an eye. He was not Cheng Zhichu. If he fell, he would definitely die. Cheng Zhichu was shocked and pushed Crisis aside to avoid him. He fell into the crack of the ground, and his figure leaned back, as if he would fall into the crack in the next second.
【I'm going to send you! 】
The system said so, Cheng Zhichu's body flashed a little white light, and his figure disappeared on the street.
"Shh-"
From beginning to end, he didn't have time to put the magic robe into his backpack. Due to inertia, the black robe that he had been hanging on his arms flew out and landed on Chrissy's body, which also blocked his sight.
Holding the umbrella, he took off the magic robe with the other hand in a panic, but saw that there was no one in front of him, and looking in other directions, there was no Cheng Zhichu.
Before being blocked from sight, he clearly saw that Cheng Zhichu was falling towards the ground.
"Snapped."
The umbrella fell to the ground, and the blood on Crisis' face suddenly disappeared. He knelt down on the edge of the ground and lit it up with astrological magic, but he couldn't see anything.
"… "
After a few seconds, the ground stopped shaking and everything was silent. He sat dazedly beside the ground seam, still holding the magic robe left by Cheng Zhichu in his hand, opened his lips, his eyes became red, as if he was about to shed tears in the next second, but it stopped abruptly in the next moment.
The strange and ominous blood light corroded his heart out of the black hole. All the sadness, anger, fear, and pain eventually turned into nothingness, leaving no trace. His face was like a calm lake, losing all vitality.
All his emotions were finally pulled away.
A cold tear rolled down his cheek.
Krissis raised his pale fingers and wiped away the tear, his knuckles tinged with water.
He raised his hand and looked at it for a long time, until the water dried up, he put his fingers down, and he didn't feel any heartache.
Even if his heart has been completely torn.
…
The Twin Knights followed Crisis into the City of Eternal Sleep.
The fissures and devastation of millennia ago have been completely restored, and the place is still beautiful, but no longer has any real life.
All the blooming flowers are carved out of precious stones, and the birds resting on the branches have no internal organs or flesh, only colorful feathers, and the chirping comes from magic.
The pedestrians on the street were all dark creatures. When the lord's carriage fell from the sky, they bowed their heads and respectfully waited for the lord to pass by.
The carriage drove into the former city lord's mansion, the door quietly opened, and the young and handsome lord walked off the carriage with Jingling in his arms. The black robe on his body was shining with a little streamer, and the scene of the stars of the past was looming above.
He carried the mirror spirit into a spacious bedroom, and placed his body gently on the bed. The ground and walls were engraved with complex magic circles, flowing with a luster like water, concentrating magic power in the center.
"I need to mend him with a lot of soul, and flesh and blood."
Krissis's unwavering gaze fell on the twin knights at the door, and said: "Your strength is very powerful, suitable for providing him with flesh and blood. Starting today, you must feed him your blood regularly."
"Yes, Your Excellency Crisis."
The Twin Knights bowed their heads and responded to him.
…
The twin knights have their own names, the elder brother is An, the younger brother is Kai, this is the name they had before they became dark creatures, but apart from the name, the memory of being human has long been forgotten by them, and there are only some sporadic fragments left. .
When they first became dark creatures, they were still very weak, and they were taken in by Cahill, the leader of the vampires, and they have been serving him until now.
An and Kai have a cold temperament. Apart from their tasks, they rarely have contact with others. Because of their strength, no one dares to approach them, and no one can tell the difference between them, even Cahill.
Since returning to Eternal Sleep City, in order to complete their tasks, An and Kai have stayed by Jingling's side day and night, feeding their blood to Jingling according to Chris's instructions.
As knights, they are always vigilant, even in the most stable city of eternal sleep, and never take off their armor.
But sometimes they take off their helmets, and they reveal the same faces, very handsome, with black hair and blue eyes, sharp and stern, like the paladins of light that were sung in old poems, but paladins have It doesn't exist, only dark knights like them are left on the continent.
On this day, An took off his metal gloves, cut his wrists, raised Jingling's jaw, and fed blood into Jingling's mouth, and fed a lot, far exceeding the minimum required by Crisis.
Kai is puzzled by this. Although they have always completed their tasks faithfully, they also never do much. They will do whatever they ask for. Besides, feeding blood will weaken their strength. He doesn't understand why An To do more.
"Okay."
Kai stepped forward, held down his brother's hand, and stopped him: "I feel your breath is weakening, be careful to hurt your origin."
"I see."
An raised his hand gently, and the blood remained on Jingling's lips, with a bit of flirtatiousness, so that his eyes stayed for a while before he looked at his younger brother.
He nodded to Kai: "I will pay attention."
"Your attitude towards him is a little strange." Kay looked at the exact same face and said, "You care about him. Why?"
"I hope he wakes up soon." An replied in a low voice, lowered his eyes, and put the gloves back on after the wound healed.
"reason?"
"I have no idea."
Hearing Kai's question, An answered truthfully, and there was a rare trace of confusion in his cold pupils.
Since that day he hugged this mirror spirit, he has had a different feeling in his heart.
The hug seemed to awaken something inside him, but he didn't know what it was, maybe it was some kind of memory, or some kind of emotion...
Perhaps it was because of this that he hoped that Jingling would wake up as soon as possible, so that he could determine the doubts in his heart.
He looked at the pale face of the person on the bed, quiet and gentle, as if falling into a deep sleep, and suddenly remembered the legend about the city of eternal sleep.
This seemed to be the story of the "Sleeping Beauty" he had heard as a human child.
Although it would seem very ridiculous to regard Chrissy as the protagonist in the story, but this mirror spirit, he is unexpectedly suitable, just like the princess in the story, waiting for the prince to kiss her awake...
Thinking of this story, An couldn't help leaning down and looking at Jingling more intently.
But when he woke up from his thoughts, he found himself kissing Jing Ling's lips involuntarily.
He was startled and got up immediately, while Kai, who was standing beside him, was also looking at him with a hint of astonishment in his eyes.
At this moment, Jing Ling, who was lying on the bed, quietly opened his eyes.