Just when the Seven Sacred Mountains cheered for detecting the signal from the distance, Joshua did not go to the void.
At this time, he was still in Mycroft Continent.
If you want to go to the void, you can go anywhere. As long as you can fly upward and rise to an altitude of more than 700,000 meters, you can reach the edge of the world. Here, the boundaries of time and space are ambiguous. With a little effort, You can easily travel to the outside world without using the space-time gate. With Joshua's strength, he doesn't even need to rise too high. As long as he reaches a height where his power will not affect the surface buildings, he can distort space at any time and go to the void.
Now, the warrior set the coordinates that had been prepared. He strode through the time and space gate. Then, in bursts of strong blue light, he came to the hilly area in the southeast of the eastern plain. Inside the conspicuous mage tower.
The 'Unnamed' Stone Tower is a round tower building located at the highest point of the Magna Hills. Huge granite and ashlar form its outer layer, and depressions that look like traces of wind erosion are all over its surface, but inside But it sparkles with magical fluorescence. Many adventurers living around Magna will think that this is an ancient ruins at first, but when they get closer and prepare to explore, they will find that this seemingly ordinary mage tower is actually surrounded by powerful defenses. According to some adventurers who have sneaked into the circle, there are huge stone puppets standing around the nameless stone tower, as if rejecting all outsiders.
Many people speculate that the owner of this mage tower may be a powerful mage who often travels far away, so he leaves huge stone puppets to protect his mage tower that seems to be in disrepair. In fact, they guessed That's right, but they are still too conservative regarding the strength and number of tower owners.
Joshua walked out of the teleportation circle on the fourth floor of the stone tower. He was greeted by Barnier and William, two legendary mages standing in front of the gate of time and space. One was reading a large magic book, and the other One was instructing an obsidian puppet to prepare coffee. When time and space rippled and the warrior completely walked out of the fluctuating space-time passage, they all dropped their work and instructions and stepped forward to welcome the warrior.
"You're here. The analysis of the mental fragments and the cocoon has yielded general results, and many interesting things have been discovered."
There was no greeting. The three of them communicated directly as if they had already communicated before. After nodding to each other and confirming the situation, they walked together to the laboratory on the top of the stone tower.
Barnier took the lead. The old mage shook his head and said: "Of course, because there are relatively few experimental materials, destructive analysis methods cannot be used, so the efficiency is relatively low."
The 'Unnamed' Stone Tower is one of the footholds of the two legendary mages Barnier and William all over the world of Mycroft. This is their largest research base in the eastern plains. Except for some students, they will usually bring them here. Except for assisting in research, no one knew that the stone tower belonged to them. After Barnier shut up, William took over the conversation: "The spiritual fragments are too scattered. It seems that they were completely shattered after being severely injured. It’s really hard to peel away the memory pieces from it.”
"Thank you, sorry for bothering you."
In this regard, Joshua, who entrusted the two men with help, did not say much. He just sincerely thanked them. Soon, the three of them arrived at the laboratory on the top of the stone tower.
This is an extremely white room - four arms, the floor and ceiling are all the purest white, without any stains. The silver-white metal workbench is engraved with rune formations shining with light blue light patterns. The cabinet is filled with all kinds of bottles and jars, with labels on them: 'Wriggling Forest', 'Abyss Soil', 'Styx Water'... But the most eye-catching thing is the huge circle placed in the center of the laboratory. The array plate and the three crystal balls placed on the array plate.
"Speaking of it, it's really a coincidence. Barnier and I captured a demon in your territory last time. By analyzing its spirit and soul, we accumulated first-hand analytical information on powerful demons, so that this The job was a lot easier.”
After arriving at the laboratory, William raised his hand and pointed to a crystal ball placed on the array plate, and said with emotion: "If we hadn't had this experience, we might not have dared to accept your commission."
"What devil?"
Joshua turned his head curiously.
After a battle with the black dragon and two demon kings in the Blood Moon Abyss, Joshua gave the spiritual fragments of Helm, the beholder demon king, and the remaining half of the body of insect demon king Saluka to the imperial family. The Mage Association and Barnier and William, but the Imperial Royal Mage Association has been focusing on the development of other worlds recently, so it is impossible to help the warriors analyze the wreckage left by these two legendary powerhouses as soon as possible, so in the end Joshua will Its carte blanche was entrusted to two legendary mages.
It now seems that both Barnier and William are very diligent in completing Joshua's commission. In just a few months, they have already gained a lot and sorted out most of the items before the warrior prepared to go to another world. material.
Thinking of this, he looked at the crystal ball pointed by William.
Then, Joshua saw a familiar face - his expression suddenly became subtle: "Lardanas? You caught it in my territory?"
It was a perfect red and white sphere, in which a dying demon was imprisoned. It could be clearly seen that this was the ultimate great demon that had fought with warriors in its incarnation in the past. The inner demon Lardanas, but compared to its original aggressiveness, the current heart-eating demon is already curled up in the crystal ball in despair, not to mention unfolding the aura of despair, and is indifferent to the outside world. Even when the three legends came to look at it, it was the same, as if it was a piece of dead meat that had been played with.
"Yes, it should have been caught around the time you returned from the world of Grandia. It just crossed the Ural Mountains and was discovered by us."
Barnier did not continue to explain how the two captured the big demon. He just gently touched the surface of the crystal ball and said with emotion: "If it weren't for analyzing the soul and body of this heart-eating demon, we would Having mastered the ability to peel off soul fragments and memory fragments from a living body, we may not be able to successfully complete your request. By the way, we found that the essence of demons' lives is no different from normal creatures, just because they live in too harsh an environment. And there is a mutation, and their meat actually tastes good after purification."
"The only pity is that although this mind-eating demon has not completely collapsed mentally, it has become completely autistic and will not respond to our stimulation. Now even if you kill it, it will not move even for a moment. .”
"This... is really a coincidence."
Taking a deep look at the motionless big demon in the crystal ball, the legendary demon king from the past life and "future", Joshua smiled softly, and then stopped paying attention. He looked at the other two placed on the array plate. The crystal ball in the direction said: "So, have you really completed the analysis of Helm's mental fragments and Saluka's body?"
"Saluka's is more complicated. We haven't yet figured out how its energy is fused with its cells and then converted into other life forms, but Helm's mental fragments have indeed been analyzed."
At this time, William came to the silver-white crystal ball on the other side. There were pieces of fragments like colorful prisms floating in it. They were the spiritual fragments left behind by the Lord Beholder after his death. The master of the mind turned to look at Joshua. , added: "It's just that it was too broken, and the memory is very confused... I don't know who broke it."
Joshua didn't reply. He looked at the silver-white crystal ball and asked seriously: "Sorry, is there any information worth mentioning?"
"Yes... but to be honest, Barnier and I can't quite understand it. Although we often go in and out of the void and go to the abyss, we have never seen that kind of world."
Barnier stretched out his hand and made a 'please' gesture: "You'd better come and see for yourself."
Joshua did not refuse, he stepped forward and came to the silver crystal ball. He reached out and touched it.
Then, light and shadow intertwined, and a torrent of thoughts composed of large and fragmented memories surged towards Joshua.
He saw many memories belonging to the Demon Lord Helm buried deep in his heart - the broken soul of a certain alien mage, devouring his compatriots to grow and evolve, fighting endlessly in the Sixth Abyss, expanding his power, Joshua I saw a demon struggling to survive in the apocalypse, and then became more cruel and ruthless.
Demons have a long lifespan, much longer than humans. Even the fragmented and shallow memory fragments are extremely rich compared to their human counterparts. However, Joshua suppressed these memories and thoughts belonging to demons one by one, extracting only the necessary information. Useful information for yourself.
The gluttonous demon king Goliath would rather be severely injured than to cross the barrier of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice to snatch Saluka's broken body and Helm's spiritual fragments. Joshua did not think that the other party was just to save the lives of his subordinates. The body, there was definitely something in these two people that was worthy of the other's payment, so he worked tirelessly to collect the fragments of Helm's spirit that he had crushed, and finally entrusted the mind master and rune control, which had reached the pinnacle of self-transformation. Now, Joshua has obtained a lot of geographical information related to the Sixth Abyss, but it is of little use. He feels that he needs to go deeper.
So Joshua went deeper.
In the hundreds of years of memories of the Demon Lord, Joshua sank into the deeper fragments of the other party's mind. He searched for all the 'secret' memories of the other party and revealed them mercilessly. open.
Finally, he found the fragment that Helm had hidden deep in his memory.
This is a memory from more than 370 years ago. It was a failed teleportation, and the great demon who had not yet become a legend was caught in the space-time rift between worlds. And right there, it witnessed with his own eyes The ultimate destruction.
It was light, a mighty stream of light. The stars are shining with silvery blue light, and the gamma ray burst that destroys all things surges from the center of the stars. It destroys everything and turns the planet into ashes with a snap of the fingers, just like a giant blowing away a castle made of gravel. That way.
Death blew the trumpet, destruction chanted hymns, and the planet that had erected a huge energy shield was directly destroyed. Its ashes flew and burned in the light stream, like sparks flying on a campfire. It can be seen that the iron core of the star turns red and is then rushed into the star. This scene may be difficult to understand for the legendary mages who have been living in the plane world, but Joshua is very clear. He saw the supernova explosion. The light of birth traveled across the Milky Way, destroying all stars in its path, and finally struck the galaxy's sun.
As if the egg shell was broken, the egg white mixed with the yolk overflowed in the vacuum, and the liquid high-heat gas spurted out from the interior of the star and was then blown away by the light.
A star was extinguished in this way.
Witnessing all this with Helm at the time, Joshua couldn't help but hold his breath - he understood the horror of this scene better than anyone else, even Helm, who saw it with his own eyes.
Gamma ray bursts coming from afar have no ability to destroy planets or blow away stars. At most, they can kill all life on the surface of the planet and blow away the atmosphere. If what Helm saw is true, then there is only one possibility... That is, not far from this destroyed galaxy, not even more than a few light-years away, an extremely huge super star exploded and collapsed, forming a neutron star... or even a black hole.
"It's indeed amazing. I didn't expect that the prototype of Helm's Star Blaze was actually a real gamma ray burst... But this shouldn't be taken so seriously by Goliath."
The shock was only for a moment. Joshua was not affected by this scene. He frowned and thought: "A terrible astronomical disaster, for the abyss demon, may be just to get some magic inspiration. There is no need to be so nervous." recapture."
There should be some important information that he hasn't discovered yet. Joshua thought so, and then continued to search for the remaining mental fragments of Helm, hoping to obtain deeper information.
Next, countless scattered memory fragments passed by... Helm, who gained stronger power, advanced to the legend and determined his legendary form. It controlled the light flow of destruction to suppress a small half of the Sixth Abyss, and Prepare to move towards the supreme goal of conquering the entire abyss plane - but in the middle, a more powerful force ends Helm's ambition, that is the future demon king, Goliath.
It was so powerful that it was unbelievably powerful. He didn't even use any trump cards. He defeated Helm who was going all out with pure energy intensity and physical strength. As if the abyss lord who could control all things showed his strength, he unified the entire Sixth Abyss. And this The Demon King did not choose to kill other Demon Lords, but used his own power to order them to conquer other worlds for his own ambitions.
For various reasons, Helm did not choose to resist. It decided to temporarily surrender to the powerful lord of the abyss. However, Joshua saw that in the first hundred years after being defeated, Helm was not as loyal as it is now. It was always loyal. Thinking about how to become stronger, replace Goliath, and become the next demon king to rule the world.
It tried many methods, whether it was meditation, conceiving new spells, accumulating energy or optimizing the energy condensation acceleration structure in the body... It did become stronger, but it could not defeat Goliath. Helm was extremely distressed about this, until finally, It may be the only way.
That is to return to the world where gamma ray bursts occurred and analyze the source of this terrifying power.
Helm firmly believed that if he mastered the truth about that terrifying power, let alone the Lord of the Abyss, I am afraid that even the gods would not be able to compete with him. Therefore, with more than ten years of preparation, it finally restored the original teleportation by mistake. coordinates, preparing to enter that world again and find the source behind that power.
"...I can't find its source...it's too far away. I've been flying for several months and haven't left this hot cloud area."
"The energy radiation here is more terrifying than the void. Even I can't sustain it for too long... The Star Blaze is not over yet, and scattered energy flows are still erupting from time to time."
"Strange... Such a terrifying sense of space distortion. What is that in the distance? The light has actually turned into a whirlpool... Something is coming?!"
"It rushed in! No, it rushed in long ago... This is the light from decades ago... It is the source! It is the one that caused this disaster!"
This was Helm's last memory fragment - he saw an extremely bright star, and an inconspicuous dot that came from nowhere and hit the star.
Joshua let go of the hand that was touching the silver crystal ball and took a step back. He frowned and fell into deep thought.
Barnier and William on the side did not disturb Joshua. In fact, they had the same feeling when they observed Helm's memory, and it was even more difficult to understand than Joshua. After all, whether it was Barnier or William, They have always lived in the plane world where the sky is round and the earth is round. They have never heard of the vast and boundless star sea world like stars and planets.
At this time, the warrior was thinking about the meaning of Helm's last memory fragment.
"The Beholder Lord doesn't have a psychic jump engine like mine, and it can't cross the cosmic space measured in astronomical units... Even after flying for several months, it is still in the nebula where the sun has been blown out. internal."
The warrior murmured to himself: "The energy eruption has not ended yet, which means that the stellar debris erupting at the source has not yet been completely stabilized... But since light can be twisted into whirlpools, it must be a black hole more terrifying than a neutron star."
As for the last scene, Joshua can easily understand it: the gravitational chaos caused by the black hole may have distorted the light. It was decades later that Helm saw the gamma ray burst that should have appeared at the same time when it arrived. In the past scene, it should have seen something suddenly appear around the supernova that was about to explode, thereby inducing the supernova to collapse and explode.
It's just... what exactly is that thing? What on earth caused that horrific gamma-ray burst three hundred and seventy years ago
There is no follow-up to anything. This is the last spiritual fragment left by Helm, the demon king, in this world. Most of it is in the hands of Joshua, and the other half is in the hands of Goliath. Until now, Joshua still has not done anything about it. He understood why the Lord of the Abyss insisted on seizing Helm's mental fragments to prevent himself from succeeding, but the warrior had a vague guess in his mind, but this guess was quite baseless, and he felt that it was somewhat unlikely.
"Did you solve your problem? Joshua."
After Joshua finished his meditation, Barnier spoke on the side. He looked at the serious warrior, shook his head and said: "To be honest, William and I didn't see anything. The memories of these demons are messy. There are a lot of weird places.”
"No... the problems are getting more and more."
Although he said this, Joshua's complexion improved a lot. Although he did not understand Goliath's purpose, he did know the source of Helm's power and the coordinates of the star sea world... Helm did not move. The jump engine cannot cross the distance of light years, but he can. When he has time in the future, he will naturally go to that world to see the situation and find out what is going on.
"Don't worry too much, Joshua, the devil's memories are pretty much like this."
On the other side, William, who was well-informed and had played with his mind, smiled softly. He turned his head and looked at the cocoon placed in another black and white crystal ball. He shrugged and said, "Saluka's life." Although we have not yet completed the analysis of its form, we have to say that it is indeed a legendary powerhouse. Just the little bit of the essential structure of life that we have analyzed now is enough for us to achieve the goals of 'rebirth of severed limbs', 'life extension' and ' Great progress has been made in life research such as strengthening internal organs - this cocoon is even alive, which is much more valuable than the mental fragments of a dead demon."
"Haha, as long as it's valuable, in short, I'll leave it to you to do the research in this area."
Joshua smiled slightly at this. This was the purpose of sending Saluka's body fragments here. Although he also had the technical ability to analyze the insect demon king's body fragments, he didn't have time - maybe in To others, he seemed very leisurely, as if he didn't have to manage his territory at all, and even ran around. But in fact, Joshua was far busier than others imagined. Just like now, he is on his way to another world. , take some time to get information about the Demon Lords.
After exchanging a few words with the two legends and confirming that the Winterhold Academy would take over the next joint research, Joshua left the stone tower. He stood on the Magna Hills and slowly raised his head to look high into the sky. Then, the warrior transformed into a dim silver light and rose straight into the sky.
While flying in a straight line, Joshua thought a lot in his mind... Demons, abyss, evil gods, gamma ray bursts from other worlds, gods asking for order, and sages in the distance... It sounds complicated, but a warrior is For a simple person, no amount of doubts can stop him, it can only give him more motivation to move forward.
"There are so many interesting questions."
This way, this time won't be boring.
Thinking of this, Joshua came to the void outside Mycroft. Under the silver glow of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site, he stood in the turbulence of time and space. The warrior looked around. He seemed to have noticed something, so Joshua He said seriously to Void beside him: "I kept you waiting for a long time, Kallis."
"For me, it's just a moment."
Along with Joshua's words, the turbulence of time and space slowly shook, and a great will spanned time and space and directly spoke to Joshua's spirit. Its voice was gentle and low, with a reassuring tone: "So, are you ready, Joshua?"
"certainly."
The decisive answer came from the turbulence of time and space. Joshua looked calmly into the chaotic void and whispered: "Let's start now."
"Let me see what world is asking for my help."
I used to blame Amber Sword for not updating, but when I reached almost three million words, I felt it was getting harder and harder to update... There were more and more plots and foreshadowings involved, and major events had to unfold one by one... It was really difficult.
This is yesterday's 6,000 words. Today's update should be released in the evening in China. Let me take a rest first. I have been suffering from pain in my lumbar spine recently. It is probably due to sitting for a long time while typing... I will lie down for a while.
(End of chapter)