A vast garden with blooming flowers and abundant fruits.
Bees and butterflies are lingering among the bushes, fish and deer are swimming and racing, and birds are singing happily in the dense green shade.
The sky is as blue as a gem, and the brilliance of the midsummer sun falls into the lake, reflecting the sparkling water. The gleaming colors reflected in Milo's eyes.
——then extinguished in an instant.
The sun sets in the sky and the new moon rises quietly. The moon is hidden behind the forest, and the sun is rising in the east.
In just a few seconds after the two of them landed from the air, the surrounding environment had experienced four sunrises and sunsets. Milo saw a morning glory at the feet of the boy in red. It opened in the early morning and closed at noon. In the blink of an eye, it covered the pergola next to it.
He watched for a moment, then looked up to the sky and saw the full moon hanging high.
Time is passing at an alarming speed around you.
Except for the two outsiders who have not yet shown signs of aging, everything else is changing rapidly. The trees bloomed and fragrant, and then the fruits fell to the ground. Cattle and sheep strolled along the riverside, and they multiplied in droves in a blink of an eye.
Despite this, the grounds remain picturesque.
There is no collapse of the ecological balance, nor does it change color due to the passing of the seasons. There seems to be only one season in this delicate and false world, and that is the never-ending summer.
Milo was fascinated by this wonderful scenery. He excitedly spun around in circles, trying to take in every interesting sight.
"Have you seen enough?"
He turned around, and the boy in red was still standing there indifferently. The years passed rapidly by his side, and everything was rising and dying incessantly, but the young man did not change at all.
Milo laughed.
"Ah, you look like a saint... you almost feel like a god?"
The young man frowned and looked at him.
"Don't worry, I just remembered some past events. You should already know that Eden and I are acquaintances, right? To be honest, it's not complicated. We used to be partners. That guy was in the army to find out information, and I just Use this information to do some sneaky things. Like visiting the leader's mage's house, borrowing the general's family heirloom gems... Anyway, they are crimes with very little harm. Until that day, the guy seemed to use Sha Sha and Hua Petal deceived their superior generals, obtained an ancient stone tablet from the executed enemy mage, and learned the knowledge on it behind everyone's back. Alas, although I don't know what he learned, anyway, he has since I believe that what is recorded on the stone tablet is a path to becoming a god. In order to pursue the remaining stone tablets, that guy worked very hard. He rebelled against the country on the battlefield, and dug up the graves of the previous mages. In short, he was evil. It’s all done. In the end, fate actually favored this guy and allowed him to find clues about ‘becoming a god’. It’s really annoying, right?”
As he spoke, he looked towards the end of the garden. It was a mountain range that was so far away that it had no end. On the tops of the peaks stood pentagonal stone spiers. The base of the minaret is surrounded by countless golden statues, which look like a layer of gold sand from a distance.
"The final secret points to an ancient book called the 'Scroll of the Netherworld'. That book is said to be made of the 'skin of the giant snake in charge of death', and the secrets recorded on it are the 'source of all things', 'The end of the world', 'the end of history'. Sounds awesome, right? That guy Eden concluded that this book contains the method of becoming a god... Alas, now it seems that it's probably not the case. Otherwise, he wouldn't I won’t stay here anymore, but I don’t know exactly what happened, after all, I had already fallen into the Sea of Chaos at that time!”
"Is this the reason why you came back for revenge?" the boy in red asked calmly.
Milo looked at him in surprise for a few seconds, then scratched his head.
"Why do you think I'm here for revenge?" He said with a smile on his face, "Although I don't know what the guy told you, but I guess it was unclear, right? In short, it was barely an accident. At that time, I secretly When I arrived at the ancient scrolls, I was chased by a group of angry mages, and that guy opened a portal to pick me up. The old man who was chasing me was not a vegetarian, and he created a space-time turbulence in his portal on the spot. . Originally I was still holding on to the edge of the portal, but that guy from Eden asked me to throw the ancient scroll over first... Well, it didn’t matter to me anyway, so I did it."
"And he left you?"
"No, no. As for that guy, he is the type who will eat it all without ceremony if you buy him a plate of rice, and then eat again if you buy him another plate. Anyway, he will keep you and continue to treat him... Ah, You just need to understand what I mean. If he could save me, he would probably save it, but when he got the ancient scroll, he just threw a teleportation beacon to me, and then turned around in a cool way - that kind of thing Real men never turn around after seeing an explosion, you know, right? He turned around and said, 'Let go,' and of course I let go."
He burst out laughing. The boy in red looked at him inexplicably.
"Oh, well, it's normal that you don't understand, because you are basically an ancient law, and spells for you are just like breathing and walking. But it is different for magic network mages. Their spells have a success rate. Do you understand? That arrogant guy who thought he had everything under control coolly threw a single-target teleportation spell over, but the spell failed at such a critical moment! Think about it when he turns back. How embarrassing is it? This kind of mistake is so funny!"
Milo laughed so hard that he rolled on the ground.
"Oh my god - even though I don't know who my mother is, she was kidnapped since she was a child - but when I think about that guy's expression at that time, I'm going to die laughing!"
"Are you done laughing?" The boy in red said impatiently, "When you're done laughing, get up quickly. I'm going to give you a discount on your hands and feet, and then I'll see how to release the mind control. Don't waste your fucking time by nagging!"
"Hey, so you didn't plan to kill me?"
Milo jumped up from the ground lightly, brushing off the dust and grass clippings from his pants.
"Although I am very grateful for your mercy, it is meaningless, because the person who is going to die might be you."
The boy in red had disapproval in his eyes. So he continued to smile and said: "How did that guy Eden explain this place to you? Ah, he would probably say, 'This is the core power source of Gate City, and all the golden guardians and space gates are driven here. So you must protect the key, right? This is true. Using the historical line consumption of a specific plane as a power source is one of the highest technological achievements of the Spellweavers, including the current Thousand The city with thousands of households is actually a cold backup of their floating city. So this garden door is the only one I can't control. The required activation password should only be known by that guy Eden, right? There's no way, I want it If I go out, I will have to take the ready-made key from your hand."
"...Do you think it's feasible?"
"You definitely can't do it elsewhere. But here...so that guy Eden really didn't tell you. He probably thinks keeping the secret is more important than your life."
He casually picked off the red roses next to him, shook the branches and said, "This place is actually the planet where we were born. In other words, it is our hometown. What do you call Chi County? Oh, that's right. 'The master of this world'. 'Guests do as they please', 'Do not invade other lands'...these are the rules you swore to abide by, right?"
The flowers were swaying in the violent wind. The next moment it withered and withered.
"I'm sorry, I said so many words before, but I was actually just buying time to try. And then just when you said you were going to break my hands and feet, I was finally able to catch you."
As he said, a very "thin" object appeared within the range of his mind's perception. Although the details are vague, there is no doubt that it is the body of the boy in red.
"You ancient rules are just because you stick to the rules and impose some weird restrictions on yourself, so you are eliminated by various tricks."
He sighed a few words, then grabbed the young man's thin neck in his mind, and twisted it back like a bird to death.
