Starlight hovers over the wasteland.
Joshua looked up at the coordinates shining in the darkness and was silent for more than ten seconds. Then he lowered his head and looked at the vast wasteland in front of him.
This is a land that is extremely unfamiliar to warriors. It is endless, desolate and silent, without any life. At the end of the land is a black plateau hidden in the shadows, shrouded in sandstorms and black clouds.
The sun and moon are extinguished, and the starlight is obscured by clouds. The world was dark and deep. Except for the purple lightning flashing in the clouds and mist, there was no light in the sky. At this moment, the starlight coordinates suddenly flew up. It extended towards the end of the horizon, bringing out a silver winding line, leading to the towering roof. Top of the Thar Plateau.
No matter how deep the darkness is, it cannot block this light, because it is the last mark left by Akhar.
Joshua stared at this deep light path, and a deathly chill spread throughout his body. It seemed like a dead end leading to the underworld, but even in the real underworld, the warrior at this time had no reason to retreat.
Shaking off the layers of high-density rocks condensed on his body, Joshua took the first step.
—The unknown knight.
Although he still didn't know the knight's name, the warrior understood from the bottom of his heart that he was a strong man worthy of praise and worthy of all glory.
Even if he destroys the world and drives endless shadows of death to kill countless people, even if the two of them don't speak more than ten sentences and the fighting lasts for less than an hour, nothing will change.
Every shot, every shot, every change in the gravitational wave contains the knight's unwillingness and doubts, confusion and relief, and finally, his heart to face everything calmly. After just a few fights, Joshua already understood better than most people what kind of person the other party was, and what kind of heavy truth he was carrying.
Now, he puts down his burden, turns into dust and dies quietly, taking over everything he has.
Moving forward in the direction guided by the light path, Joshua suddenly found that his heart was so calm that he was a little indifferent. He waved his hand, and the dragon-hunting sword and gun that fell in the distance turned into a stream of light and returned to his hand.
"It's always been like this."
He thought a little indifferently: "Fighting is like this, it never changes."
A battle with a strong human being is completely different from a fight between chaotic monsters and wild beasts. When the warrior stabs with his spear and withdraws his fist, what he wants to crush is not the simple life, but the opponent's will, and what he hits is not There are only weapons and fists, as well as your own beliefs and souls.
Every fight between the two sides is a collision of spirit and will, a battle of faith and persistence. The strength of pure strength can only determine the superiority and weakness. What can truly determine victory or defeat is the soul.
Just like the previous blow.
The strong gravitational change causes the earth and rocks within dozens of kilometers to fly up out of thin air, and are sucked up into the sky by the gravitational source condensed in the old knight's body. These endless rocks weighing hundreds of millions of tons will become tens of thousands of times or even more terrifying. It collapsed and compressed into an unimaginable super-condensed substance under the gravity, sealing itself firmly - or completely crushing it to death. The high-density rock on the warrior's body that had solidified a layer was proof.
Faced with such a powerful celestial-level attack that could change the terrain of an area, Joshua's only way to deal with it was to abandon his body and transform into a life energy giant. Then, with the consciousness of giving up his life, he imitated the self-destruction of the melting star and pushed forward. The life energy in the body burns and fuses, converting it into the purest heat, impact and light, blasting it out with all its strength.
He was almost at the end - at the last moment, Joshua almost gave up his body and used this last, most fiery and sacrificial blow to try to break through the invisible prison that could imprison the star.
If everything develops like this, then this is simply a perfect battle that can make the blood of the warriors boil to the extreme. Life and everything are bets to see who can win the final victory.
But everything in the world cannot be perfect.
[Prison Star Prison] was interrupted.
A spiritual fragment accompanied by terrifying gravitational fluctuations tells the warrior the name of this move and also foretells the knight's ending. It is indeed a powerful skill worthy of its name. As long as the warrior can withstand this move without dying, the warrior can use it. This gravitational force that collapses and compresses everything shatters its own tough 'eggshell', causing its own life essence to transform and sublimate to the legendary realm.
But everything came to an abrupt end. Akhar's final blow defeated all Joshua's means and forced him to the point where he was about to burn his life and soul to fight back, and he had burned himself out.
He is too old.
The warrior clenched his fist, causing the wound that had no time to heal to burst open. The blood dripped down to the ground, splashing a few dust particles. The crimson blood drop seemed to want to give birth to something at the moment it came out of the body, but in the end it turned into a broken drop of blood and was absorbed by the dry gravel on the ground. The weapon in Joshua's hand seemed to sense the ups and downs in his master's heart, so he remained silent.
Akhar has been dead for a thousand years. If the Ulan Empire had not devoted all its efforts to find his imperial mausoleum, dug out his remains, and used the most profound psychic secrets to scatter his soul across the continent. After the brand reunion, this old knight should have been completely wiped out long ago. How could he be revived as a heroic spirit and unleash a holy realm-level attack? But even so, he has reached the end, and the battle with Joshua is his last persistence. What is burned in the Prison of Prisoner is not the energy in Akhar's body, but his soul.
He didn't have any spare time, and he did attack with all his strength, but he was old, that's all.
The knight who lost to time still didn't get the most perfect ending.
And Joshua also came to the plateau.
The strong wind howls, forming a whirlpool, turning the gravel and earth and stone into sharp blades, tearing apart everything involved. The black sandstorm in the Gaitar Plateau is like the strongest city wall, a fortress that will never fall, rejecting all visitors. outside the door.
The light path formed by the starlight passed through the sand and spread straight to the center of the plateau. The warrior did not stop, but accelerated.
He took a step forward, blurring the scene around him. The blazing wind was flowing around him, as if a red-hot iron cone was rapidly piercing into the endless storm. The dark storm rolled and rolled under the impact of this violent force. Beginning to retreat, the mighty force of nature bowed its head to one person at this time, and one could see that the originally huge storm vortex was splitting into two halves at a speed visible to the naked eye, retreating to both sides of the plateau like Moses dividing the sea, revealing the path of the warriors walking in the middle.
Joshua seemed a little dissatisfied. He raised his dragon-hunting sword and spear and fired across the black sandstorm on both sides.
As a result, the storm continued to dissipate, and the energy source that made up this huge vortex was pierced by invisible life energy radiation, losing most of its power.
After a while, the warrior slowed down. He raised his head and looked at the majestic city in front of him. This was the end of the Starlight Road, his destination.
Ulan Empire, the imperial capital is Gaitar.
On the other side of the black sandstorm is a magnificent city. This city is located between two slightly raised hills. On the hills are six towering black towers engraved with countless runes. The city wall is entirely made of polished square gray rocks. Strong fortresses and arrow towers stand behind the city wall. In the center of the city, four beams of light can be seen piercing the sky and clearing away the dark clouds in the sky. Stirring into a huge bottomless whirlpool.
In this city that can be called the origin of the shadow of death, there is no trace of the shadow of death. Joshua sensed carefully and indeed did not detect the slightest breath of death. However, he also noticed that there were some unknown dead people in this city. It’s the strange breath of life.
Naturally, no one opened the city gate, so the warrior came to the city wall. He clapped his hands, and a hurricane blew past. The solid city wall seemed like a castle made of gravel in the sea tide, easily collapsing into countless debris, gray. The sand and dust paved a road forward, allowing Joshua to walk into the city without any hindrance.
Inside the city, it was dark, and there were noisy and strange noises. One could see the houses shrouded in shadows. The positions of these houses were very neat. They did not look like the layout of a city, but rather like some kind of huge formation. In the center of the city, there are four tall obelisks, surrounded by the ruins of three stone monuments. They are covered with a dark luster, and the light beams that penetrate the sky and the earth are centered on them, piercing the sky.
Joshua raised his head and glanced at the obelisk, and then looked down at the houses. The breath of life and death and the noisy noises came from them. If they were evil monsters, then the warriors would not mind eradicating them. .
But the result made him slightly stunned.
In every house, there are indeed weird and wriggling monsters. Their bodies are like a mixture of mud and soil, and they are bound in an almost sealed room. It seems that they sense Joshua's gaze, and these monsters no longer send out sounds. Instead of making noise, they trembled and stopped talking, not daring to continue speaking, and the warrior also saw through their true nature in an instant.
They were human beings who were infected by the profound death energy of the underworld and completely transformed into some kind of strange existence.
Twenty-seven years ago, a doomsday change occurred in this city, reversing life and death. The power of light and darkness transmitted the endless breath of the underworld to the entire world, awakening the endless army of dead shadows, and the imperial capital closest to this power The residents were transformed into such weird monsters.
They, they, the noises made by these beings who are still conscious are wailing and praying in agony. Ordinary humans may not be able to understand this alienated language, but at Joshua's level, they can clearly understand it. meaning.
Neither life nor death, the body also turns into mud, even if it dies, it will turn into the shadow of death, so what these beings pray for is not resurrection or death.
But rest in peace.
"Ah..." Sighing softly, the warrior closed his eyes. Then, he opened his eyes again and walked firmly towards the center of the city.
The fate of the world of Grandia has been entrusted to him by the unknown knight. The truth is right in front of him. Now, Joshua will not stop there.
So, at the next moment, the warrior was standing in front of the remaining four obelisks.
The center of the city is a huge square, which is paved with white granite. Seven obelisks are built on it according to rules. In the center is a high platform with unknown purpose. Now, with Arman, the shadow of death After the death of the swordsman and the old knight, the three stone monuments turned into ashes and disappeared, leaving only the remaining tower base here.
Joshua felt that the black light flowing on the four obelisks made him very uncomfortable. The power of decayed steel spread around them. It seemed that this was the center of corruption, so he took action and used the spiral gun to attack them. They were all broken, without any magic circle or barrier blocking them in the process. The process was so simple that one might wonder if it was an illusion. But after stopping, the warrior suddenly felt a lightness in his chest for some unknown reason, as if some promise had been fulfilled.
And in the distance, in the direction of the four holy cities, the dead shadow commanders who were entangled with the four holy city lords suddenly froze in place. The caster who controlled the crystal puppet looked relieved, and the mist humanoid spoke softly in a language that was difficult for ordinary people to understand. After muttering something, the summoner who could summon the Ice Bone Dragon and various otherworldly creatures looked a little pity, because he had the upper hand in the battle, while the archer holding the metal longbow shrugged and smiled freely. There was a sound.
The next moment, these undead strong men who carried the destiny of an era just passed away with the wind and dissipated invisible.
"what happened?"
Whether it was the old machine man, the elf lady, the dwarf warrior or the giant, they all looked shocked and confused, but then, wanting to understand something, they immediately looked towards the direction of the Getar Plateau, their eyes full of surprise.
In the distance, four dark pillars of light dissipated, and the whirlpool-like black clouds gradually returned to calm. The endless breath of death no longer spread toward every corner of the world, but accumulated in place, making the already infected place feel like a netherworld. The capital city of Getar was shrouded in darkness.
This darkness is like the incarnation of death and annihilation. It is bottomless. There is no light or sound in it. Whether it is the shrill sound of the wind or the wailing of monsters, they are all swallowed up by this darkness. Everything is as if the world has not yet been born. At that time, it was still in the chaotic void of non-existence.
However, a little light shone.
The great formation formed by the seven obelisks and the entire Gaitar capital—no, not just these. The dust storms on the plateau and the cold wind in the desolate plains are all part of this great formation, and everything in the world is included in it. This city is just the center that collects and gathers everything.
And right at the very center of the formation, a hazy light group suddenly appeared that had no shape, no color, and could not be described in any language other than its existence. It did not look transparent, but it was not solid either. While releasing light, it also expands and contracts like a living creature, as if it is alive.
A hand stretched out from the darkness and held the light group.
Joshua Van Radcliffe knew that this was the truth of everything, whether it was the strange attitude of the fourth inheritor, Urbandeni's past, the reason why the shadows of the dead massacred the living and destroyed the world, or the old man. All the answers to the destiny of the world mentioned by the knight are contained in this mysterious light group. As long as you grasp it, you can know everything.
So he held it without hesitation.
(End of chapter)