[Do you refuse?]
Hearing this, the sage was stunned for a moment, then smiled in relief.
[ah. Yes, you are 'Miracle and Fight', but if there is an option to sacrifice, you will definitely refuse.]
Miracles are just that.
It's like a disaster occurred somewhere, with heavy rains and landslides, but at the end it was found that no one was dead - this is a miracle.
Just like when a certain country was invaded, all the soldiers and citizens fought fiercely day and night, but no one died and the enemy was defeated - this is a miracle.
- If the multiverse encounters an unprecedented crisis, and then countless people sacrifice, countless people try their best, countless people pay the price, and use all their 'today' in exchange for a tiny glimmer of hope for 'tomorrow', then only Kankan ended this crisis.
—Can this be called a miracle
No! This is not a miracle!
"Sage, I am a stronger person than you."
In the infinite burning flames, a hand stretched out, and this huge arm pressed on the shoulder of the 'Holy Light', gently pushing the dazzling light figure away.
Then he took one step forward, took his place, and faced the warriors being attacked by countless mayflies. His steady voice resounded throughout the world.
"I've surpassed you—so I can make the choice."
"And I will choose that no one will be hurt, no one will die, all regrets can be undone, and the 'future' will be an 'absolute victory' without any haze or sadness!"
—Complete the game in one life!
- A strong enemy will be defeated in one attempt!
Absolutely perfect ending! A final chapter with no regrets!
And, the best future!
He practiced the extraordinary way and killed endless chaos and countless evil gods. He fought and burned in despair, fighting alone in the primordial fire for 120,000 years - if 'sacrifice' can 'save', 'sacrifice' can 'Victory', then what's the point of 'warrior' and 'fighting'? !
He, Joshua, has been fighting so far, not to 'sacrifice' the people and everything he cares about!
The sage who was pushed away showed a look of astonishment in an instant. Not only that, the 'shadow', 'element', and 'ether' even enveloped the initial fire, and seemed to completely wrap up the initial fire. The future sage' also cast his gaze in shock, and countless thoughts circulated under the illumination of the initial fire.
However, there was no communication.
The conflict between the two sides does not require any communication at all, the conflict between road and road, the battle between right and right, this eternal 'relative', even if a word is not spoken, it will never end.
At this moment, Joshua, who has replaced the sage and is stuck on the initial fire that is about to envelop the entire infinity, stretches out his world-creating four arms and holds on to the last crack in the 'Multiverse Ephemera Dyson Sphere'. This crack.
And his will, even without the need for words, can still resound in the hearts of all the sages present, and even all life in the multiverse!
-Sacrifice is the shortcut! —
Who gives up something, pays the price, and fights against something is just like a child acting like a spoiled child to an adult... Victory through sacrifice is simply taking a shortcut and cheating!
The real victory... The real and complete victory does not require anyone to sacrifice or pay the price. It means "step by step, walk steadily with the help of all those who came before you", and then "punch after punch, you will be extremely powerful." The enemy can be beaten down with dignity and dignity - just like this, through the strongest strength, the best talent, the hardest effort, and the best luck and opportunity! From the abyss of absolute darkness, create a glorious path to the sky!
That's it. The only victory achieved in this way is the most difficult, the most painful, the most glorious, and the most praiseworthy victory!
Yes, this is difficult, too difficult. Rather, how could anyone possibly do this? ! This is completely unreasonable and almost impossible to succeed!
However, if you don't do it just because it's 'too difficult', then why bother fighting? What else are you fighting for? Why do we still need opportunities and hard work
Destroy the front and turn the tide in extreme danger!
All people, all lives, are all warriors and their own heroes! All sentient beings and all the worlds are born to fight against this multiverse where everything is 'too difficult'!
"And I am the embodiment of all this!"
Joshua's will shook the flame, causing the sparks around the Initial Fire to sway - at this moment, the light cone of the event that 'binded' the Shadow Sage was shattered, and the evil possibility that 'drag' the Elemental Sage was expelled. , the wind of destruction that 'forced' the etheric sages ceased.
But now, the warrior has replaced the Holy Light and blocked the direct impact of the 'Future Sage'!
[What you said is absolutely true, sacrifice is indeed a shortcut]
The holy light that was pushed away, the sage who realized Joshua's power, began to repair himself. He stared at the warrior's back, then smiled with relief and asked.
[However, when you make a choice, you have to accept the possibility of failure]
[Joshua, if this 'miracle' challenge is destined to be our failure - in the future of the multiverse, there will no longer be any independent intelligent life, nor will there be any resistance. The multiverse exists, but there is no longer a mind that recognizes it, and there is no mind that can understand our resistance and struggle... We are like a blurred dream, forgotten when we wake up, like a book we have read. , once it is closed, it will no longer be opened]
[If we exist, but it is meaningless, just like the information transmitted in the endless mayflies]
He asked calmly.
[If so. Will you still persist? This meaningless struggle and battle]
"Victory and meaning?"
All he got was sneers.
"I just want to fight - victory, results, hope, courage - what does that have to do with me? Even though I will definitely fail, I will definitely be forgotten, even though my life will be meaningless."
"At this moment, we still have to fight. Even if we have to fight against the future, against eternity, against all things that are 'too difficult', and even against the outcome of this multiverse—"
Joshua crossed the previous sage's position without any hesitation. He broke through the obstruction of this layer of future mayflies and went deeper into the initial fire. Only at this moment did the final will come out.
"also the same!"
[—You are really a fool]
The 'Shadow' that broke free from the 'Infinite Event Light Cone' and started to set off towards where Joshua went, laughed.
[—Just like us]
The 'Element', who had escaped from the 'worst possible world' and set off to wherever Joshua went, laughed at himself.
[—Repeat meaningless things countless times, but expect different results]
Escaping from the 'Wind of Destruction of Existence', he set out to laugh in the 'ether' where Joshua went.
[Isn’t this a reflection of us?]
[This is]
[Is this the will of miracles?]
The sage's gentle words to himself echoed next to the remaining flames. He began to set off to where Joshua went, and what he saw along the way was that the light of the raging flames was even more dazzling than the initial fire.
[But if you want to win, you must sacrifice. This has always been the case in this multiverse, and now is no exception]
He caught up with Joshua who was constantly moving forward, deeper into the mayfly cluster, and closer to the Initial Fire.
[Facing the absolute advantage in the future, even with you, we can at most maintain a balance of power—if the evil god from the outside destroys the entire multiverse, then even we will definitely be defeated. If you want to ensure victory, you must sacrifice]
"It's always been like this, right?"
With such a stubborn response, such a firm rejection, infinite brilliance floated around Joshua, and the power that was enough to dominate all possibilities and all laws spread, sweeping away the surrounding mayflies - but the mayflies are also endless, they carry Coated with enough power to sweep across the infinite world, it rushed from the direction of the Initial Fire, trying to suppress all the sages who followed.
At this moment, the warrior felt the pressure in front of the Holy Light, which was the infinite swarm of 'memory', the infinite pressure of 'power', the infinite surge of 'information' and 'will'.
[I want to create infinite parallel worlds, infinite future possibilities, and then on top of infinity, and then beyond infinity, from a corner of diversity to a larger stage!]
[I admit that I have the possibility of failure, but that is the price paid for the final victory, a small sacrifice]
This area closest to the primordial fire is filled with the deepest and strongest will of the future sage. He is wrapping and covering the primordial fire, swallowing the source of the multiverse into his belly - and when he succeeds, it will be When the 'Infinite Future Dominator' 'Pan-Multiverse Ephemera' is born!
-The cluster of infinite evil gods and the ephemera that continue to spread from the initial fire are actually the 'future sages', two sides of one body in this multiverse.
If other sages spend time to destroy the evil gods in the multiverse, then Mayfly can take this opportunity to expand its advantage, wrap more or even all of the Initial Fire, and achieve its own goals - in that case, the existence of the evil gods will also be It's no longer necessary.
But in the same way, if the sages go to the origin of the primordial fire to confront the 'future sages', they are destined to be held back by the same 'infinite' beings, and they can only sit and watch the outside of the multiverse. , the evil god of chaos, who has infinite advantages over order, erodes the era and world of order bit by bit.
When everything in the multiverse is eroded, the Prime Fire will be equivalent to being wrapped up by the future sages from a larger perspective - the ending will still be the same.
And when the initial fire is jointly blocked by the power of all the sages, unable to leak out, and continues to move away from many multi-dimensional galaxies, no longer breeding more multi-dimensional galaxies, this means that the 'Chaos Evil God' side holds the 'future', The 'order' side is destined to be destroyed by the other side in the 'end'.
The 'Future Sage' who holds the two advantages of 'ancient' and 'future', from this perspective, is truly invincible.
In this multiple-choice question, there are no two options. You must choose one or only one of A and B.
And no matter which one you choose, it means failure.
[Do you understand, you are doomed to fail]
Even if he cannot materialize the worst future and the most terrifying attack from infinite parallel worlds, the will of the future sage who can only fight Joshua with his own 'mayfly' seems to be ridiculed.
[All your efforts are meaningless]
"But that doesn't mean we have to give up."
"The meaning of my existence, the meaning of life, even the meaning of 'future' and 'you and you' is to crush all possibilities."
Joshua punched out, going deeper into the primordial fire - if this punch were in the multi-dimensional galaxy outside, the negative entropy it carried would be enough to flow over thousands of worlds, bombarding the prototype of a great whirlpool of creation, forming The basic infinite loop' creates a world galaxy, but here, it is just smashing some insignificant mayflies, destroying an infinite part of the body of the future sage, and it is not even as many as the other party's new ones.
But at this moment, the sages, shadows, elements and ether also joined in. With the five sages joining forces, it was no longer difficult to fight against the oppression of the 'future sages', but even so, they could not achieve results.
It can be felt that at this moment, the future sage is also beginning to do his best. The strength that was still left to fight against the four sages has been used up to fight against Joshua, the new sage.
-The battle between infinite beings transcends time, space, matter and energy.
Their existence and will can penetrate all worlds and even every corner of the multiverse. They can fight and counterattack in every corner of the infinite space at the same time.
As long as there is no one to stop them, they can create a time machine with multiple singularities, and complete movements regardless of distance at will - whether it is information, logic, fate, fate, cause and effect, or even all existing things, for them, they , are all tools that can be manufactured and can be manufactured infinitely.
Therefore, the war between infinity and infinity is, at most, a stalemate. The specialness of the future sage lies in his duality with the group of evil gods, and the purpose of the sages is not just a stalemate, but to prevent the future from completing his plan. .
The plan of the future sages is only a little bit close to being completed. The gap between the two sides in this regard requires the sages to pay a far greater price than the 'future' to reverse this almost completed plan. Certain 'established facts'.
This is also the reason why the birth of new sages one by one is nothing more than a stalemate with the future, leaving the multiverse and civilization outside to be washed away by evil gods again and again, and the era is ended.
The stalemate of all the sages is equivalent to waiting for the future to come, and for the 'future', this advantage is too powerful.
So, at this moment, how will Joshua turn things around
This is a question that all wise men are thinking about.
And the answer is equally simple.
That is, of course, a miracle.
—Not just oneself, but the miracles conceived by all existences!
"I declare!"
After breaking into the depths of the infinite swarm of mayflies that enveloped the Initial Fire, Joshua finally felt the real brilliance of the Initial Fire, and finally, at this moment, the sage in the future fell into the trap with the five sages. While fighting at the same time, at a moment when there was no extra energy to think, the warrior made a declaration, emitting a 'change' that could distort the multiverse!
[Miracle!]
[I, Joshua Van Radcliffe, give it to all living beings in the multiverse—]
[As long as there is persistent effort and indelible determination; as long as the road reaches the end and steps onto the highest peak; as long as this is the case, then no matter who it is, whether it is a higher intelligent life, an ordinary jellyfish or a fish, whether it is justice Yes, evil, warlike, peaceful, animate or inanimate, order or chaos, or all existence and chaos!]
[I will grant all existences a 'miracle'!]
This announcement that affected the multiverse was equivalent to giving the future sage a chance to think. After noticing the power Joshua released at this time, he did not laugh, but responded calmly.
[It's too late to release your power now. You can maximize your 'change' by releasing your power at this time, but at the same time, this just gives me the opportunity to use your power to resonate the initial fire faster. goal achieved]
It can be seen that the progress of 'Dominating the Future', which had already reached '99.8%', has advanced to '99.9%' at this moment! There is obviously one more sage, but the progress in the future is still increasing unstoppably!
"Yeah?"
However, Joshua laughed without fear: "Then let's see who gave who a chance!"
"Let you see how heavy the bitter consequences those 'possibilities of victory' you sacrificed will bear now!"
Then, the warrior continues to declare!
[Let the dead be resurrected, regretful things can be repeated, and people who have no chance of touching the extraordinary can also touch the extraordinary!]
At this moment, in the multiverse of the outside world, all the lives that are fighting against Chaos, and the Order Life Alliance fighting against the evil gods, are shocked to discover that an extremely simple and easy-to-understand 'Resurrection Technique' like the original 'Repairing Light Pillar' has appeared. Got it!
Similarly, the 'Mirror of Truth', an artifact that can reset all a person's power and status and exchange it with another extraordinary power, also appeared in the center of a multi-dimensional galaxy!
[Let chaos separate light and darkness, so that the world will no longer be monotonous and ordinary—light will be born from the dark abyss, and day and night will appear!]
Infinite power is correcting this multiverse on the basis of all predecessors and sages!
After that, even in the most remote corners of the multiverse, in the most silent worlds, in places where even the Great Demonic Tide cannot penetrate, the power called 'miracle' will come and revive all flames. , bathed in 'extraordinary' light!
After that, even if the world is not infiltrated by the great demonic tide, the power called miracle will come, making everything extraordinary revive and bathe in the light!
even!
Even the void where nothing exists and has nothing is changed by this!
On this eternal nothingness, eternal silence, the 'ocean' that carries all the worlds and heavens, the waves begin to roll! From then on, even in the void, due to the random surge of endless time and space storms, a whole new world will be born out of nothing without the need for the initial fire!
That is a world that does not require the initial fire, and is completely opened up by another infinite power called 'miracle', a brand new starting point of the multiverse!
The multiverse, which has been dead silent for a long time, has stopped expanding and has stopped expanding. Finally, at this time, a trace of 'flame' was ignited again!
[Pointless! The more you declare and the more you change, the easier it is for me to resonate with the original fire and complete my plan... Look! My plan has been accomplished and I have taken all the information to heart!]
The 'Future Sage' is naturally dismissive of this. He doesn't care about anything Joshua does. As long as he can achieve his goal, everything in the multiverse will be under his control - by then , whether it is to eliminate Joshua's influence, or to absorb other sages into himself, these are all matters that can be decided at will.
['Control future progress, 100%! ']
It can be seen that at this moment, the future sage's control plan has been completely successful - he has completely remembered and engraved everything about the existing initial fire, and is about to... sublimate
[No... Why didn't it succeed? !]
The incredible will came, and he thought in amazement, but could not get an answer. He once again visualized the progress of his plan, and it was indeed '100%' correct!
No, no, it's not just '100%'... Just now, he saw that the progress of his plan had actually become '100.000~01%'? !
At this moment, Joshua ended his 'change' to the multiverse. He laughed loudly, the most cheerful and heroic smile, and used his own power to blow away all the room for thinking of the future sages. !
In the multiverse, the battle between all six sages heated up in an instant, and everyone was unable to think or do anything other than 'confront each other'!
However, many things will happen now, or have even happened!
- Even if the initial fire is completely blocked and the future sage's plan reaches 100%, then, after that, a new 101%, 102% will be created!
No matter how much the progress bar floats, there will always be more and longer waiting! Even if all the existing information and all the principles are memorized, there is still everything further and more unknown waiting to be explored!
- Even if there is no road ahead and all sentient beings are stagnant, unable to make any progress, then open up a new path to lead all worlds and all beings to move forward again!
"This multiverse is not your complacent 'future' that can be described with just '100%'!"
"Today is stronger than yesterday, tomorrow is farther than today, every time is more mature than the last time, every moment is more perfect than the last moment!"
"How can the future of the multiverse and the possibility of all living things be described with such an arrogant '100%'!"
Beyond 100%, beyond the impossible! Beyond everything that is stubborn, everyone does not believe, and thinks it is impossible!
-And this is a miracle!
[Today, I will perform a miracle to turn this ring of darkness covering the multiverse, this cycle of sorrow, into a bright day and a tomorrow full of hope!]
[I am the representative of all things fighting for the future, the King of Miracles, the Lord of Hosts, the 'Power of the Air'! I don’t need to choose A or B, I don’t need to choose both, because I will create C, create D, create Alpha and Omega, and create infinite miracles!]
Facing the future sages who were panicking, retreating, and not knowing where their progress was going, the warrior's will seemed to burn out all his strength and shouted: "This is the battle between man and fate, this is the battle between man and the future." Fight, the light released by this burning heart is my soul!"
- Burn all worlds with the fire in your heart! Declaring the multiverse with this!
[Nothing inevitable! There is no eternity! There is no limit! I deny the absolute in the name of the absolute! I will give all things the possibility to reverse all things!]
[In this multiverse, from now on, there is nothing that cannot be done. Everything has a glimmer of hope, a glimmer of opportunity. Even if it is evil, it is chaos, and you, the 'Future Sage', have the opportunity to reverse it all!]
All living beings, mortals, strong men, gods, who are fighting evil gods, everything can feel it. It is a feeling of shackles being broken, a feeling of being liberated from some bondage... It is simply, like, There is something 'absolutely impossible', and suddenly there is a 'tiny turn of events'!
Of course, the possibility of grasping this turning point is close to 'impossible'.
However, the most important gap between the impossible and the possible has been opened by someone!
[This is the worst, most disordered world, where everything will be forgotten and nothing can be remembered—]
The future sage is still roaring, and his power at this time is still enough to suppress the sages, and can stand in a stalemate with the five sages: Joshua, sage, shadow, ether and element.
[You who are called 'Order', what you want is a 'future' that is more 'chaos' than 'chaos'? !]
"That's just your order, your chaos!"
The warrior who was also roaring put forward his power without hesitation: "I just let everyone become their own protagonists - as long as they can remember everything about themselves and open up their own future, then enough!"
"There is no destiny that is dictated, no plot that is destined to happen, no book that is forgotten after being opened; a book that is closed after being recorded!"
[How can you reverse this infinite persistence!]
Screaming like this, Future will no longer speak. He is silent, and then uses all his strength to try his best to surpass the realm of '100%'! He is the original sage and the strongest sage. Even now, he has a powerful existence with "absolute advantage"! It’s just beyond 100%, He can totally do it!
"Of course! Because it's not just us—there are more, 'us' in the future!"
But Joshua didn't care about this and continued to join the sages to fight against the future sages.
—Don’t you understand yet? Life does not require you to go over and over to remember. We thank you for never forgetting, but this does not mean that we cannot choose to pass away quietly, choose to be forgotten by everyone, and choose the right to belong to ourselves and eternal freedom.
—Don’t you understand yet? The rapid and short-lived fluctuations of my life, the flames that burn wantonly for just a few decades, even if it spans 120,000 years, are so small and humble to the entire multiverse—no matter any life, any civilization, This is true for the entire multiverse, whether it lasts for tens of millions of years or longer, civilizations and individuals are all so short and insignificant compared to the unforgettable eternal void.
Compared to the infinity called 'the future', all of this is simply like a moment of brilliant fireworks, like sparks floating in the sky.
But, even so.
A fleeting flame can illuminate everything in an instant, lighting up this dark multiverse!
- The psychic sage blocked the possibility of the 'future' continuing to rely on the destruction of civilization, creating evil gods on a large scale, and breaking the balance of the remaining order. This is the initial light!
—The Demonic Sage gave the foundation of "everything has extraordinary possibilities" and "infinite demonic tide". This is daylight in the multiverse!
—The sage of life placed the foundation of 'the eternal cycle of the world' and 'creating something out of nothing' at the place of origin. This is the endless world born from the void!
The three sages who admitted their failure are the creators of today's 'reversal'! Mother of all success! Their passing is for the better victory of those who come after!
And the others, you wise men.
-The Shadow Sage brings all the elements of victory together in a short time, without being dragged down by the enemy of 'time'! He is the way to victory!
—The elemental sage makes all living beings prosper and is the foundation for the birth of all living beings in the multiverse today! He divides all things and marks the order brought by classification, allowing the thinking logic of order to penetrate deeply into all living things! He is the outline of success!
- The etheric sage, gently supports everything, gives the possible foundation of all this 'life', and 'amplifies' all the insignificant and incomparable light without limit, and then spreads it! He is the foundation of accomplishment!
"Finally, the Holy Light, the Sage, the person I chased all the way - the flag and beacon he raised guided my arrival! He is the leader of reversal!"
"And I will bring back all the sacrifices, all the regrets, and achieve a complete and real victory!"
"I don't ask for eternity, I don't ask to be remembered, what I want is for all living beings to achieve their own goals, and for all things to be possible 'miracles' now!"
"This is my path, my demand, and I will command this multiverse - reverse, begin!"
With the declaration of the warrior, on the other side of the eternal and endless distant multiverse, where all the multi-dimensional galaxies of order are, the final battle of Armageddon begins. The horn of the holy war in heaven is blown, which exudes flames and Light can be resurrected, can become stronger through battles, can destroy chaos, and increase its own possibilities. The 'Army of Order' begins to march towards the infinite darkness!
The endless cluster of evil gods, in front of this army that was small but could 'endlessly become stronger', began to retreat bit by bit, and then collapsed and was defeated! And if the evil god is destroyed, and there are other sages interfering with the future sages, it will mean that the future sages themselves will be weakened!
Even if it is an era of heavenly holy war, that almost eternal war, it may only be able to regain one percent, or even less than one percent of the future - but since there is one percent, it means that there is still one hundred percent of the future. Two, three percent! And the endless ones to follow!
When the evil god was suppressed by the psychic sage from being born! In the situation where the world is endlessly spawned by the Sage of Life and Joshua! With the extraordinary power, except for the future, all the sages work together to continue to spread and become popular! The dawn of victory has arrived!
Just like with the Future Sage, a progress bar representing 'hope' began to appear. In front of it, the power that hazy enveloped all living things, the chaos that brought despair was shattered and replaced by , is a real, real 'hope and future'!
—If the future is dragged down by infinite memories, it will stagnate in place.
- And if infinity just stagnates in place and does not advance, it is nothing more than a symbol.
"Destroy the enemy's strength and turn the tide in extreme danger."
Joshua Van Radcliffe's voice resounded throughout the multiverse, and his will, his beliefs, and even his soul began to burn!
—Nothing is ever destined to be remembered again.
—All things will finally take back the right to open up the 'future' and 'memory' from the hands of the 'future'.
—Ah, this multiverse that continues with loss and forgetfulness, sorrow and hope!
—Finally, you can move forward again!
"With the fire in my heart, it will burn all over the world—"
Facing the initial fire that is beginning to expand and expand, compared with the future sages who are shrinking and retreating - and the real future that is extending and becoming more and more shining, the warrior moves forward and laughs. He threw his last punch at the endless mayfly of darkness!
"This is the Soul of Burning Steel!"
—Volume 20·Soul of Burning Steel·End!
—The third part, Soul of Burning Steel Knot!
—The complete book of "Soul of Burning Steel" is finished!
Soul of Burning Steel, finished. Three years of persistence ends here. It may be a bit unfinished, but there is no doubt that "Soul of Burning Steel" is over. The following postscript, extras, and ex chapters are not "Soul of Burning Steel", but the derivative of the future hope brought by Joshua. That is A gentler, gentler burning multiverse.
The ending of this book was written three years ago, so it contains some game elements, but this is originally a book in the game area, isn't it? I also have this kind of heart, so I wrote such a book.
So, for the last time, I’m asking for a monthly ticket that is ‘meaningless’ but ‘still something I have to do’.
Later, maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, I will update the 'EX chapter', 'postscript', 'finishing remarks' and the final mysterious chapter and extras, so there is no need to leave now, I still have some things to write.
(End of chapter)