The approach of death is like winter rain. The coldness paralyzes the senses, making the body stiff and heavy. Finally, the consciousness is like a piece of iron, falling rapidly into the abyss.
Joshua calmly felt the heaviest and strongest feeling of dizziness and sleep. He watched the fire of his life extinguish little by little, and endless memory scenes reappeared in front of his eyes.
But he took the initiative to extinguish the replay of his memory, but continued to feel the taste of contact with death.
Because the eyes have been burned out and all the nerves in the body have turned into coke, all the usual perceptions have disappeared - sounds, tastes, touches, images, everything has long gone, but this state allows the warrior to easily detect some Things that are usually not noticeable.
Joshua could see that all he had left was a burning soul shining brightly in the darkness.
Under the light of this group of souls, the warrior vaguely saw and heard something.
"This won't work! Holy light can regenerate flesh and blood, but..."
The urgent worries of a kind old lady.
"This time requires pure life energy..."
An old man calmly narrated.
The perception of the soul's state is rapidly expanding. Joshua can already detect that there are four extremely powerful people beside him. They are using extremely powerful holy light to maintain the vitality of their bodies. Joshua can detect that they are being The charred body placed in the center of this solemn hall was his own body. At this time, he was observing himself from the perspective of a third party.
On the other side of the hall, the silver-haired girl and the black-haired boy had water in their eyes. They seemed to want to come to him, but they were stopped by Loranda with a heavy face. From the corridor not far away, the black dragon girl came. The rapid pace and the heavy footsteps of the first trumpet.
Materials cannot block a warrior's vision. As long as he is willing, his vision can penetrate these ordinary rocks and trees at any time and see the scenery hundreds or thousands of meters away.
It turns out that this is the perception of the soul.
Joshua suddenly understood. Is this the perspective of the ghosts? It's really strange and very different from what I imagined.
Death does not give the warrior the slightest fear, as if this emotion does not inherently exist in his soul.
Quite novel. Joshua thought like this, the powerful souls caused invisible ripples in the hall, but no one present noticed it. The Shenji siblings were praying for the warriors, and the strong ones were healing the warriors. The battle on the surface in the distance It has stopped, the heavy rain of lava has stopped, and the battle on the holy mountain has come to an end for the time being.
Joshua felt that he could actually speak in this state, just like the ghosts in the legend. It's not difficult, it just requires a little preparation, and just when he was about to try it and say hello to Ying and Rin, a powerful and holy energy wave came from the other side of the hall.
Pope Eagle and a woman with a natural aura are projected here. The old pope first stared at Joshua's body in the center of the hall cautiously, but then, he seemed to notice something and began to look around the entire hall.
Of course, His Majesty the Pope quickly saw Joshua beside him. At this time, Joshua's soul had gradually transformed into what it was like when he was a human. He was about to say hello to the old Pope, and Eagle's spirit The arraignment interrupted the warrior's actions.
"Don't do this, Joshua, you..."
The pope's voice was angry and funny, with a hint of surprise and helplessness: "I deliberately distracted myself from the battlefield and brought Mr. Nature Master over to reshape your body. I didn't mean to turn you into an undead ghost. Come back quickly. Your body.”
The legendary strong men have been paying attention to the battlefield of the Holy Mountain. Whether it is Joshua's sudden attack or Evian's decisive counterattack, under the watchful eyes of the three legendary dragons and the three legendary strong men, under the red dragon At the moment when they were almost killed directly, the three legendary dragons even had the tendency to leave the void and return to the battlefield of the Holy Mountain, but Eagle and others stopped them.
Next, Evian activated the artifact long sword, knocking down the entire western part of Gray Island nearly five meters, and splitting the continental shelf more than ten kilometers along the coast.
By this time, the three legendary dragons had almost no intention of continuing to fight. They wanted to return to the main material plane, and Igor was immediately distracted and persuaded the natural teacher to send the projection to the Holy Mountain Temple.
He knew that Joshua was not dead, and he also knew that if he wanted to save the warrior, he could only rely on this beautiful and powerful elf lady.
But the old pope could not have imagined that Joshua's soul was so active. In just a few minutes before death, he had sorted out his memory and consciousness, and had complete thinking ability. If he hadn't come quickly, the soldier said He may be reborn as a powerful spirit body.
This is no joke. Eagle even saw that there were divine lines spreading on Joshua's soul. With the support of this power, the warrior will still have powerful power after becoming a spirit body, and may not even be much weaker than in life. , but in this case he would not be able to be resurrected, so the old pope could only ask Joshua's soul to return to his body quickly and not to walk around in soul form.
In any case, the warrior did a great favor to the Church of the Seven Gods this time. If he had not contained the power of the red dragon, I am afraid that the entire defense line in the direction would have been bombarded by the power of the artifact long sword, and the sea and continental shelf would have been separated. As evidence, this is not a frightening statement, but a fact. For this reason alone, Eagle must do his best to help Joshua resurrect, even if he asks for 'divine surrender'.
The final step has not yet been reached. The natural teacher is walking towards Joshua's body. She can heal his injuries.
What's strange is that there is a circle of light patterns flashing with the power of order on the outer layer of the warrior's soul. This seems to block the perception of the natural teacher, making this legendary strongman unaware of Joshua's soul and Eagle's message. , but Joshua himself didn't notice this. He followed the old pope's words and returned to his body neatly.
At the moment when his soul reinvested in the charred body, the warrior seemed to see a green crystal filled with the power of life being pressed against his heart.
Then, a warm touch came, and the heartbeat started beating again.
And just when he felt like he could open his eyes and see the world from a human perspective again, Joshua suddenly felt like the world was spinning.
In the main hall, Ms. Nature Teacher looked at the warrior's heart in surprise - the moment she pressed the heart of the tree of life into the opponent's energy center, and used a secret method to spread the powerful vitality contained in it to the whole body, stimulating the rebirth of flesh and blood. , Joshua's heart suddenly lit up with an extremely bright cyan light.
This light was mixed with the vitality in the heart of the tree of life that could bring people back to life, and it quickly repaired Joshua's body. In just a few seconds, you can see the sound of charcoal falling, the new red flesh and blood and various tendons and nerves regenerating rapidly, the internal organs and even the eyes regrowing at a shocking speed.
At this time, Joshua's spirit awakened in a certain illusion.
This is a vast grassland with endless green grass all over the hills. A small river meanders on the edge of the grassland, beside the mountains and forests. A quiet and peaceful small village is located next to the river. The sound of the operation of the waterwheel and mill can be heard. Come on, make a squeaky sound.
The sky was clear, cloudless, and the bright sun was setting.
"The first time I resurrected the lamb at home, my mother looked at me with fear in her eyes. My father tried to comfort her as much as possible and gently asked me not to use this power in front of everyone, but I You know, he is also afraid and confused about my origin, as if I am not their child."
Joshua paused for a moment, then turned his head. He saw a person sitting on the green hill behind him. He was a young man with white hair and eyes, a delicate and handsome appearance.
This young man has long, pure white hair that does not seem to be of mortal color. His face is soft and there is no flaw in his appearance. He seems to be the embodiment of perfection. Beautiful and handsome can only describe part of him, but the most eye-catching thing at this time is the slight smile at the corner of the other person's mouth.
He just smiled quietly and sat on the hill, his simple linen robe fluttering in the wind, making a slight noise.
"… Sage?"
Joshua took a deep breath. This was not the first time he came to this place - the small village where the sage lived in his childhood. This was not even the first time the sage spoke, but it was the first time for the other party, Take the initiative to communicate with him.
But the white-haired boy did not reply to the soldier's words. He just stood up slightly and then looked up at the sun.
The crisp young voice continued: "The fear of the unknown is only temporary. They finally accepted my ability, but I am not satisfied. What does my power mean? What is the secret behind it? I want to know All because of human curiosity."
Facing the sun, the boy spread his arms, and the golden sunlight fell into his eyes, reflecting a confused color: "So I left my hometown and traveled around the world to explore the truth behind nature and the truth behind all phenomena. "
The peaceful riverside village began to change, and time began to flow rapidly. Mountains, dense forests, elven villages, dwarf lairs, halfling villages, lizardman tribes, human cities, and floating islands of people living on the wings of the sky. Men and horses were galloping on the grasslands, wild orcs were savaging their hair and drinking blood in the wilderness, while Ogel, who was as dumb as a stone but stronger than the Warcraft, hunted huge dragon beasts under the leadership of his two-headed kin.
Harpies live on the edge of the cliff, and primitive fishmen tame sea beasts in the deep abyss. Even in the center of the ice sea in the far north and on the top of the mountains in the western continent, there are also many strange races breeding. Everything is so vibrant and exciting.
But in the end, the illusion stopped at a battlefield.
This is a battlefield that has been going on for thousands of years. The mixed armies of many races are fighting each other for a fertile plain. Swords intersect, blood flows, bones are scattered all over the earth, and red liquid dyes rivers and lakes red.
The white-haired boy stood in the center of the battlefield, with blood and bones beside him. He calmly stroked the cheek of a human warrior and closed his eyes that were still angry. Blood was so incompatible with him. But he didn't look unhappy at all.
"Know the truth and have power, so you can see higher and further, and think deeper and heavier."
He said softly, as if talking to himself: "This world is full of strife and suffering. War and poverty are sweeping across the seven continents. Countries are constantly fighting, and tribes are killing each other. I want to change all this. I can change it." All that, so I changed everything.”
The illusion began to change again, and the white-haired boy stood at the center of all chaos. He turned his head and looked at the silent warrior. Next to the boy, silhouettes appeared one by one, and finally there were thirteen figures standing beside him. At his side, he stood firmly guarding the young man.
"I led mankind to progress and used war to bring peace. The world returned to peace under the power of me and my followers. I made mankind break away from city-states and merge into an empire. I made elves leave the jungle and form an alliance. I made the dwarves For the first time, united under a leader, most disputes were eliminated, order was established, and all races joined hands to move towards a new era."
He said calmly: "That's why they respect me as a sage."
The time was finally fixed on an autumn day thousands of years ago. In the white marble temple, the sage's expression returned from seriousness to the gentle smile of childhood. His eyes could scan the entire world, although there were occasional disputes. , there are still killings, wars and sufferings, poverty and ignorance are still quietly happening and continuing in some corners, but this is enough, and he is very satisfied.
The dwarves built a movable steel city in the mountains, the elves built a sun ship in the sky that could sail into the void, and the human exploration team traveled through time and space and found more than a dozen new worlds. Nothing could be better, all of them Everything is developing smoothly. Even though the essence of life is to grow and evolve in wars and advance and survive in carnage, in this era, no one needs to do this.
Seeing this scene, Joshua took a deep breath.
He knew what happened next—the abyss invaded, the evil god descended, and all peace and prosperity were shattered, just like the earthen jars in the kiln.
The soldier remained silent.
The white-haired boy naturally knew that, so he just looked at everything prosperous around him with an expression of nostalgia and regret, and then everything collapsed into nothingness, and all illusions returned to darkness, leaving only him and the warrior standing in the darkness of the void. , looking at each other.
"Order will always be destroyed, but a new order will always be established. The multiverse cycles through the destruction and rebirth of all things. I think the same is true for our world."
He said softly, and then walked to the warrior. He stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to touch Joshua's face, but because of his height, he could only touch his chest. The white-haired boy didn't care about this. , he just said calmly: "My successor, can you love this world for me?"
Although he looks like a young man, his words are full of love and nostalgia, as if an elder looks at his long-lost descendant and expresses heartfelt emotion.
Without waiting for Joshua's answer, the 'Sage' smiled slightly, and then turned into nothingness. The black illusion space also changed rapidly, returning to the normal darkness caused by closing his eyes.
The warrior slowly opened his eyes. This was an independent room in the temple of the Church of the Seven Gods. He was wearing a loose robe worn only by patients. Beside him, the Shenji siblings and the black dragon girl stood nervously. Next to it, the huge Steel Element No. 1 stood at the door and did not come in because of its size. However, it was also bent over, staring at the warrior's bed with its one eye.
After seeing Joshua regaining consciousness, Yingying took the lead and threw herself into the warrior's arms. He could feel the moist liquid flowing on his chest and heard a slight choking sound. Hei Ze breathed a sigh of relief and then lay down On the bed, with the warrior's legs pressed down, Rin was the calmest, but she also seemed to have let go of the heavy stone in her heart. When her body softened, she seemed about to kneel down.
Touching the head of the girl in his arms, Joshua showed a gentle smile that was completely different from his previous image. He opened his mouth to reassure everyone and expressed that he was fine.
But for some reason, the warrior could always vaguely hear a voice that seemed to be sighing and blessing echoing in his ears.
-all of these.
—all the living beings I love.
(End of chapter)