Anna had a dream.
It was a very strange dream. Apart from herself, no living creatures appeared in it, only an endless vast scene. But she still felt what the dream wanted to tell her from the silent picture.
The Abyss was born from the chaos of ignorance, and along with it, the demon world and the human world were born. The two worlds were originally one, but later gradually evolved separately. The abyss and the demon world coexisted, and they exerted some influence in the human world, weakly affecting everything within the line of life and death.
Just like a black hole, the abyss has its own mass. Its huge mass keeps it contained within a certain range. However, as time goes by, the dissipation of its mass makes the gravitational force generated by it unable to restrain itself. Therefore, It has the tendency to expand, swallowing up everything in its path.
And the mass it dissipates will gradually gather in one place in the demon world, and finally condense into abyss tree species. Abyssal tree seeds are taken to the abyss, planted, grow fruit, and thrown back into the abyss to replenish its dissipated mass, so that it can remain stable.
When Anna woke up from her dream, the expression on Rotgar's face was a bit intriguing.
Rotgar didn't really need sleep, but because Anna kept her normal schedule as a human, he followed her. When she woke up, he immediately opened his eyes, hugged her and kissed her, laughing. Said: "Want it?"
Anna pushed him away and condemned: "If you hadn't wasted those two abyss tree seeds before, the abyss would not have expanded like that."
Rotgar was stunned: "What?"
"If I pick up an abyss tree seed in the future, I will plant it in the abyss." Anna said.
There will probably be one abyssal tree species for thousands of years. It doesn't matter if you miss it sometimes. Anyway, after a long time after the tree species is generated or it is damaged by someone, it will return to nature and become a new abyssal tree species. In this world, there is also conservation of mass.
Rotgar's expression changed when he heard this: "What do you want to do?"
He thought about Anna almost abandoning him in the abyss, and naturally he didn't feel good about it. He suspected that Anna wanted to leave him through this incident.
"What are you worried about after thousands of years?" Anna turned over and sat up and said casually, "Maybe you will be tired of it by then, and you won't care where I go."
Rotgar snorted: "Is this how you miss me?"
"I'm talking about a possibility, don't... what are you doing!" Before Anna could finish her words, Rotgar dragged her down and held her down.
She pressed the lips he kissed and said, "No, I want to go to the human world today!"
"What are you going to do?" Rotgar kissed Anna's palm.
Anna was so itchy that she retracted her hand: "Go see my family and pave the way for free entry and exit into the human world in the future."
"Okay, go as soon as you're done."
Anna grabbed Rotgar's hand: "I'll go by myself."
Rotgar frowned. In recent decades, he would not worry about Anna going to the human world on her own, unless people like Leon Dibian died of old age.
He held Anna's hand with his backhand and said displeasedly: "You have a beautiful idea!"
After a long time, Anna packed up and had to go to the human world with Rotgar.
After the recruitment, there were more people in the castle, and according to Anna's request, they began to expand outward and build houses. Anna likes to be lively and hopes that this place can look like a small town and that a civilization similar to the human world can gradually develop in the future.
When Anna and Rotgar walked towards the underground teleportation array, they met some humanoid monsters who were staying in the castle to work. They greeted them respectfully.
Anna couldn't help but think of the cold days when she and Rotgar lived in the castle, and she had to do everything by herself. Now she no longer had to cook and eat by herself.
The teleportation array in the underground layer has long been repaired, and someone is watching here in case a mage comes from the human world. After all, the ruby pendant has not been retrieved yet.
However, after the extinction crisis has passed, the human world mages probably have no idea of risking their lives and breaking into the demon world. They send people to guard them just in case.
Rotgar took Anna into the human world from the teleportation array. As soon as he exited the teleportation array, he saw some sporadic mages not far away.
Anna motioned to Rotgar to stay still while she walked over.
Anna had the new staff given to her by Lotgar. She could fight against a four-star mage and could escape against a five-star mage. Therefore, he was not worried about anything. He just held his chest and watched Anna walk over. .
These mages are just minions. When they see a demon coming out with humans, they all become wary. Although they have never met Anna and Rotgar, they know who they are.
Anna stopped at a distance that would not cause the other party to feel uneasy and said: "You should know who we are, right? I would like to meet Bishop Conrad, if he is still in charge."
These human mages looked at each other, discussed quietly for a while and said, "Bishop Conrad is still in Black Cloud City, we can take you there."
These people are not enough for Anna to fight, let alone the demon behind them, so seeing that the demon really wants to talk, how can anyone disagree? Nearly a month has passed since the demon eye disappeared. There has been no movement on the line of life and death. Many mages have withdrawn, leaving them alone. They can't defeat them and can't call for rescue in time to lead them to Black Cloud City. It’s always okay, right
Anna nodded and said: "Then I'll trouble you."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Rotgar say from behind: "Why bother?"
Then he spread his wings and flew over, picked up Anna, and flew to Black Cloud City.
Anna had no idea what to do with Rotgar. She could only look at the dumbfounded and even panicked mages, and then began to think about how to enter Black Cloud City to find Bishop Conrad.
-However, Lotgar still made all her efforts on this matter in vain. He hugged her and appeared outside Black Cloud City, waiting for the people inside to come out.
Rotgar was hovering in mid-air. How could the people in Black Cloud City not detect such a big target
Not long after, a group of people came out in large numbers.
Anna was worried that Rotgar was talking nonsense and wanted him to go away, but he refused.
Rotgar flew in the air with Anna. Anna knew that he was unwilling to go far, so she could only do the next best thing and said: "Then let me go down... You should stay here and don't come down, in case something happens."
Anna knew that she was completely on the side of the devil from the perspective of the human mage, so she was not sure that the other party would not do anything for "justice", so she still had to leave some room.
Of course Lotgar understood what Anna meant, but he was still reluctant. He hugged Anna and whispered in her ear: "What good will it do me if I listen to you?"
Anna: "...Isn't this good for both of us?"
Rotgar sneered, "I don't need to come to the human world."
Anna glared at him and could only whisper: "Then next time... horn, or whip tree demon, you choose whatever you want."
Rotgar smiled: "I want both."
Anna: "...Okay!" He is really a devil!
So after Anna was ready, Rotgar let go of her, and she used the wind gathering technique to slowly fall to the ground, while Rotgar flew higher.
After landing, Anna walked towards the large group of mages opposite, but most of the eyes of those on the opposite side were on Rotgar. After all, he was the devil, and he deserved to be treated with caution.
Anna was actually a little surprised that it had been over for so long and Bishop Conrad hadn't left here yet.
He is just an acquaintance, and it facilitates her communication with the mages in the human world.
"Hello, Bishop Conrad." Anna nodded politely.
Bishop Conrad's eyes moved away from Rotgar and fell on Anna.
Bishop Christopher, Victor the Son and others also stood behind Bishop Conrad, looking at her silently.
"You... came to us, what's the matter?" Bishop Conrad frowned. In the past, it was for the sake of the entire human world that we had to fight against all demons, but now that the crisis in the human world has been lifted, and the demons are really difficult to deal with, the human world naturally does not want to provoke the demons at will.
Although demons massacred cities in the past, it only happened once in a hundred years. If the demon was offended and caused him to come to the human world to kill people from time to time, then the gain would outweigh the losses. Therefore, Bishop Conrad's attitude is not too tough at this moment.
"Have you never thought about how the devil eyes disappeared?" Anna smiled and raised her palms again, letting them see that there were no red marks on both sides of her palms.
Seeing that some of them were frowning, some were deep in thought, and their expressions were different, Anna didn't show off and said with a smile: "I saved the human world, don't be too polite."
Anna's words came out empty-handed, so the person opposite naturally didn't believe it, but it was a fact that the devil's eyes disappeared for no reason.
"Whether you believe it or not, I've told you the truth anyway. The Devil's Eye is part of the abyss. When the abyss expands, the Devil's Eye is produced and expands as well. The return of the Abyss to normal is temporary, and as time goes by, it will still There will be a day when it expands, but you don’t have to worry, I will be in the demon world watching over the changes in the abyss, and I will not let the expansion of the abyss spread to the human world."
Anna deliberately did not explain that the next expansion of the abyss would be at least a thousand years later. She said this to let them understand that she was very important to both the demon world and the human world, and they had better be polite to her.
"Oh, by the way, I have another purpose here, which is to negotiate peace. That demon, Grand Duke Hubiris, promised not to kill humans in the future unless someone takes the initiative to assassinate him without opening his eyes."
Conrad looked surprised, what Anna said was a bit unexpected.
It wasn't long ago that they actually met the devil, and suddenly they said they wanted to make peace, which sounded a bit weird. Moreover, it was impossible for them to believe everything Anna said.
"Why peace talks?" Bishop Conrad asked doubtfully.
Anna thought for a while and then said: "I am still a human being. I like the human world very much and want to come and go freely in the human world. Unfortunately, the one in heaven happens to love me very much and doesn't want to make me unhappy."
After hearing Anna's words, there was a wordless silence on the other side.
No, didn’t they say they were “playthings” and “pets” last time? Is there “love” now
But the one in the sky didn't refute her, and the fact that he stood up for Anna here speaks volumes.
Bishop Conrad was speechless for a moment, and then he said after a while: "What terms of peace negotiation do you want to achieve?"
Anna said: "We will try to keep a low profile in the human world, not killing people or robbing things, and if your people meet us, don't shout and kill us."
She smiled as she spoke, pointed to Bishop Conrad and his group and said, "Actually, all I need is the approval of all the five-star mages."
Because only five-star mages can cause trouble to Lotgar, and it would be good if other mages didn't run away when they encountered the demon Lotgar. If Lotgar didn't take action, those mages would not take the initiative to attack. It doesn't matter if he actually attacks him. If his strength is far enough different, he will have nothing to fear and there is no need to kill the opponent.
According to the Holy See's scriptures, of course one cannot take an indifferent attitude towards demons, but almost all of the people present were five-star mages. Of course, the information received by those at the upper level was different from that at the lower levels. In fact, they were not willing to fall out with the demons.
It's not necessary at all.
The human world and the demon world develop independently, and neither has what the other wants. But if they had a falling out with the devil today, wouldn't they still have his friends after catching him? If such a powerful demon is hostile to the human world, there is no telling how chaotic the human world will be in the future. It would have been even worse if the devil hadn't been caught, and he would have taken revenge himself.
These five-star mages and priests prefer to study spells and improve their own strength. The human world is very peaceful now, with almost no war. They enjoy such a comfortable situation and have no desire to start a war with the demon world.
"I agree," said an elemental mage.
After the mage opened his mouth, the remaining elemental mages agreed one by one.
Bishop Christopher whispered to Bishop Conrad for a while, and then Bishop Conrad said: "According to the historical records of the temple, demons will massacre the city every hundred years or so. In this case, how can I trust your peace talks? Sincerity?"
"The demon that massacred the city was not him." Anna shook her head and denied it. She knew that it was Aosta, and it was because of the curse of the abyss. She hesitated before saying, "There will be no next time. I will stop that demon. In Mag In the ceremony performed by Noelia, the demon was actually only one step away from massacring the city, but the One in Heaven happened to stop the demon."
Anna's words reminded Bishop Conrad that the last massacre was recorded one hundred and thirteen years ago, and her words might actually be somewhat credible.
Because he didn't want to fight the devil until death, even though Bishop Conrad didn't completely believe Anna's words, he just nodded calmly and said: "If you can really do it, then we can negotiate peace."
"Then it's settled." Anna smiled, and immediately used the wind gathering technique to return to Rotgar, waving her hands to the people below, "You should carefully think about the terms of the peace negotiation, and we will come back to you in a few days! "
Rotgar left with Anna, and a group of senior mages headed by Bishop Conrad fell into an eerie silence.
The devil took the initiative to negotiate peace with the human world because he fell in love with humans
If you tell me this kind of thing, no one will believe it!
But the devil not only came with his "lover", but also served as the backdrop for the whole process without showing any hostility!
Anna didn't care how those mages struggled. After she temporarily stated her position, she directed Rotgar to go to Hongxia City, the town where her original family currently lives temporarily.
Although Rotgar was flying high just now, he heard everything Anna and Bishop Conrad said. He asked with a cold face: "How do you plan to stop Aosta?"
Anna hesitated just now because she was afraid that Rotgar would hear his opinion. In fact, she already had an idea, but when faced with his dangerous question, she still said: "I haven't thought about it. It will happen almost a hundred years later. Why am I in a hurry so early?"
After hearing Anna's words, Rotgar's expression finally softened a little, and he said: "Those people will be dead in a hundred years, so you don't have to fulfill any promises."
Anna nodded: "Yeah." It was quite perfunctory.
Rotgar did not hear it and continued to fly her towards Hongxia City with satisfaction.
Outside Hongxia City.
Anna brought her family here in order to avoid the threat of Lotgar. She did not expect that one day she would personally lead Lotgar here.
Of course she still remembered the place where she had placed her family. Before Rotgar could say that he would follow her into the city, she said, "My parents are devout believers. You will scare them if you go."
Rotgar didn't really want to see the couple and their children. After all, they were not Anna's real parents. She only took care of them out of responsibility.
Therefore, he waited outside the city with rare consideration and watched Anna enter Hongxia City.
Anna hadn't walked through a busy city in the human world for a long time. She was not in a hurry to find her parents. She walked slowly for a while before finding where they were staying now.
Adele was the first to notice Anna approaching with a smile. She was stunned for a moment, then ran over screaming, hugged Anna's thigh, and shouted: "Anna! Anna!"
Adele's voice alarmed everyone in the room. Guy ran out quickly. When he saw Anna, his eyes suddenly turned red. He walked over quickly, hugged Anna first, then looked her up and down, and choked with sobs: "I Anna, you’re not hurt, that’s great!”
Anna smiled and said: "Mom, don't worry, I'm having a good time during this time..."
She thought for a moment and didn't tell Guy the full story of what happened to her, so as not to scare him. From now on, she should visit her family frequently, so she will explain it slowly in the future.
Because Rotgar was just outside the city, it was difficult for Anna to talk to her family for too long. She mainly came to see how they were doing. Adele still takes care of little Evan, who goes out to work, and Jem is studying with a blacksmith, so that he can also make a living by craftsmanship in the future.
Anna originally came to see if her family members were being bullied. Seeing that they were living their normal lives step by step, she felt relieved and did not intend to do anything unnecessary. Because she has a different life span than them and can't accompany them to grow old, it's better not to disturb their life trajectory as much as possible - of course, on the premise that they live an ordinary and happy life.
Anna chatted with Guy for a while, and before Evan and Jem came back, she told Guy that she would see them next time and would leave today.
Guy knew very well before that Anna, who was already a mage, would not live a similar life to them. Although he was painful due to separation, he was willing to bless his daughter.
Just like marrying a daughter, the married daughter cannot come back to see her often. If she comes back once in a while to let her know that her daughter is living a good life, then she will be satisfied.
Anna faced Guy's reluctant farewell look and left.
After leaving Guy's sight, Anna quickened her pace.
Suddenly there was a noise in front of her. Anna stopped, but she heard someone shouting: "Hurry and catch that fallen mage, don't let him run away!"
Anna couldn't help but look up and saw a man in black robes running away in embarrassment, followed by a dozen priests.
Almost without thinking, Anna used the wind gathering technique to follow.
She has always had a favorable impression of the dark mage, and even though she had experienced something like Aosta, she did not feel the need to change her favorable impression.
What's more, now she doesn't actually have to worry about getting into trouble that she can't solve. She can reach up to the strength of a four-star mage, and there is Rotgar outside the city, so there is no need to worry about her own safety.
But even so, Anna was very cautious. She did not take action, but just followed silently. She found that the dark mage was quite strong. While resisting the attacks of these priests, she fled outside the city and quickly got closer. He opened the city gate, knocked open some soldiers who were in the way, and escaped from the city.
Because the pursuing priest is not easy to deal with, the dark mage seems to have been seriously injured. If there is no one outside the city to respond, he is afraid that he will either die under the siege or be captured alive.
Anna still followed silently, not yet thinking about whether to take action, until she saw the dark mage's hood slide down, revealing the familiar side face.
It's DiBian.
She accelerated suddenly and launched a big move between the dark mage and the priests, which was her favorite "Great Heavenly Punishment".
The sudden thunder and lightning stopped the priests' offensive. Although Dibian noticed the strange movement behind him, he did not dare to look more and suddenly sped away.
After the thunder and lightning stopped, these priests did not dare to continue the pursuit. They just formed a formation and looked around nervously.
Anna hid behind a mound very cunningly. Although she could defeat them, no, she could at least scare them away with a four-star spell, but if she could scare them away without showing up, then she didn't seem to have much chance of getting out. necessary.
"Which mage is it? Please show up." A priest said, "We are hunting down the fallen mage. We are very sorry if we have disturbed you."
Anna said nothing.
The priest who spoke swallowed his saliva nervously. Those who could use the move just now were at least four-star elemental mages. They could not afford to offend, but it was also their duty to capture the fallen mages.
After a stalemate like this for a while, the priest and his companions looked at each other and thought that the four-star elemental mage might have left, so he winked and continued to chase the fallen mage in the direction where he escaped.
But they had only taken a few steps when another thunderstorm appeared in front of them. At this time, they didn't know the intention of the four-star elemental mage. After hesitating for a moment, they finally returned to the city in an orderly manner. They know that some elemental mages have weird tempers, and it is not unusual for them to attack priests when they are in a bad mood. They might as well leave and check which four-star mages are in the city recently. Those with affinity elements, including the thunder element, go to the mages. The association wants an explanation.
The priests quickly retreated. Anna was satisfied with the effect of her spell and walked out from behind the mound.
She looked towards the direction Dibian was escaping, thinking that there seemed to be no need to catch up and get to know each other. After all, Lotgar is nearby... Speaking of which, with all the big commotion here, why didn't Lotgar come over to take a look
Just when Anna was confused, a figure slowly walked out of the path that was originally blocked by the hills.
The man's back was turned to her, as if he was forced out by someone.
Anna looked in front of the man and saw the tall Rotgar slowly appearing.
She suddenly looked away, and it turned out that the person with his back to her was Dibian!
Dibian looked at the demon with very distinctive features in front of him with a solemn expression, and stepped back step by step.
He really didn't expect that he would die in the hands of a demon after finally escaping from the priest.
He knew that his body had been seriously injured and that he was unable to fight.
Dibian watched in despair as the demon walked toward him. Unexpectedly, the demon passed him and walked behind him after giving him a contemptuous glance.
He suddenly turned his head and saw someone not far behind him, and that person... turned out to be Anna, whom he hadn't seen for a long time!
At this moment, he realized that the demon wanted to hurt Anna. He quickly gathered his last bit of mental power and threw out a dark spell: "Anna, run!"
The dark spell was opened by him as soon as he approached the demon. After he approached Anna, he stretched out his long arms to wrap his arms around her waist, lifted her chin and kissed her.
Dibian originally thought that the devil was going to hurt Anna, but he didn't expect to see this scene and was stunned for a moment.
Anna was almost furious with Rotgar. Why was he so jealous? Why did he have to do such a thing in front of Dibian
When she was angry, Anna didn't want to cooperate with Rotgar at all. She stomped on his instep. When he let go of her slightly in pain, she hit him in the ribs with her elbow, and then quickly Back away.
So in Dibian's eyes, Anna desperately broke away from the devil's imprisonment.
Anna's bravery inspired Dibian, who forcibly overdrafted his mental power. No matter whether he could cause harm to the devil or not, he would always fight hard!
But the next second, he heard the demon speak angrily: "Ana, are you beating me because of this person?"
Dibian was stunned. Does this demon know Anna? Moreover, although his tone was angry, there was intimacy in his anger.
Anna had always sincerely thanked Dibian for bringing her into the world of mages, and did not want Rotgar to pretend to be intimate with her in front of him.
If she could beat Rotgar, she would really like to say, "Who do you think you are? How dare you call me by my name!"
It's a pity that she can't beat it yet.
"Don't go too far! I have always regarded Dibian as my teacher!" Anna glared at Rotgar.
Rotgar sneered: "You regard him as a teacher, what does he regard you as?"
"Student!" Anna said confidently.
Although he was the central character in the argument between humans and demons, Dibian had no real sense of it at all. He just stared at them blankly, not realizing what was going on for a long time.
Until Anna suddenly approached the demon and said something, although the demon looked ugly, he still closed his mouth.
When Di Bian saw Anna looking towards him, he suddenly woke up.
"Anna..." Dibian glanced at the evil-looking demon beside him uneasily, and even hesitated to call Anna's name.
"Dibian, long time no see." Anna smiled, her appearance had not changed much from the past, and her smile was the same clean and sincere.
Dibian suddenly calmed down. He no longer looked at the demon, but smiled and nodded: "Long time no see, Anna."
Anna smiled and said: "I didn't expect to see you again, but you were still seriously injured."
Dibian thought of what happened just now and hesitated: "Did you save me just now?"
He didn't have time to look back at the spell just now, but he felt the majestic power.
"Yes, I have had some adventures in the past six months... so my strength has increased very quickly, and I also have a very powerful staff." Anna explained simply, because Rotgar was nearby and she was not much better. explain.
In fact, she was happy enough to see Dibian again.
Dibian can see that Anna is now stronger than him.
Even though he had known that her talent was extremely high, he never thought that after more than ten years of hard work, she would reach or even surpass it in less than a year. It seems that the adventure was indeed very magical, and maybe it was also related to the devil next to it.
Normally, Dibian might be willing to find a quiet place to catch up with Anna, but now, with the devil watching eagerly, he knew that he might only be able to say these few words to Anna.
"I'm glad to see you are as strong as you are now. I believe you will become stronger and stronger in the future." Dibian sincerely blessed you.
He could see that although the devil's attitude was not very good, and Anna was quite tit-for-tat when talking to him, the devil was not angry at all... This showed that there were encounters between them that he could not imagine. He felt a little lost, but he also found his feeling a little funny.
He knew that Anna was a very independent girl, and all he had to do was bless her.
Anna was a little worried about what Rotgar would do to Dibian, so she just said a few words and finally asked: "Is there anyone to pick you up?"
DiBian smiled and said: "My companion is just a few miles away, don't worry."
Anna felt relieved after hearing this and said with a smile: "Goodbye then, best wishes."
"You too." Dibian nodded with a smile, turned and left.
A pair of arms wrapped around him behind him, and Rotgar said quietly in Anna's ear: "Now that I think about it, you and Dibian got along day and night for more than half a month, and I regret that I didn't take you away directly."
Anna: “…”
She didn't want to talk to him and gave him an elbow, but she was stopped by Rotgar, who was well prepared. He sneered: "The benefits you owe me...don't you want to pay it back here?"
Anna's expression changed, she didn't want to play tricks on the open air!
Afraid that Rotgar would really do that, she quickly turned around and got into his arms, saying in a low voice: "You have been following him for so long, don't you know that nothing happened between me and him? He guided me into the mage World, I just said goodbye to him properly. We will definitely not meet again in the future."
"This is what you said, I remember it." Rotgar said, picking up Anna and flying into the sky, "I'm going back. I can't wait for the benefits I deserve."
Anna thought of the things she had promised him before and couldn't help but sigh.
Then she laughed maliciously. If he wanted to play those tricks...it didn't necessarily mean who was playing them!