Miya turned off the communication terminal, and the silver light in her eyes fell silent. The sound of the night owl's trombone was heard in the forest, and she couldn't help but look in that direction, seeing the stars lighting up in the forest. The girl then stood up and gently shook her long hair. The night wind blew and her hair was flying.
Many people came out of the forest, watching all this from far and near.
Miya's silver gaze became firm. She stretched out her hand and pulled out a dagger shining with colorful light from the twisted space. The dagger is suspended and still, crystal clear, and a cyan light as clear as the sky shines from it.
The silver mark flashed on the back of the girl's hand.
From walking more than 600 days ago to the present day.
She remembered the forest mist and starlight under the moon during the July War. Under the shadow of the Dragon Wing Mountains, the star dew in the forest was as bright as flowers. The fairies were whispering and narrating the beginning of the story. A boy, a wolf-like girl.
That dagger became a witness connecting the two people.
But walking here a long, long time ago, everything faded away, even hatred and memory turned into ashes, and only the end of this moment remained.
"Miss Miya!"
"Miss Miya, let's do it!"
people said.
Miya looked at them and nodded.
Her gaze sank, as if she were sinking under the sea of stars. At the end of all things, at the end of time, she saw the moment when the stars flowed backwards, the sun and the moon overturned, and the continent fell into the sea of clouds. The stars disappeared and everything ceased to exist. The wolf-like girl stretched out her hand and grasped the dagger.
A round of silver bloomed from the point where her palm met the dagger, like ripples in the space, surging in all directions. The strong wind blew, and her silver hair flew in all directions, then fell gently, and the light in the girl's eyes faded.
She held the dagger and walked forward. Everyone moved out of the way, and the forest seemed to separate a path in front of her. Behind the cliff, there were floating clouds like a sea. The magnificent scenery of the second world is reflected in everyone's sight.
The last ray of twilight was disappearing, and the red clouds seemed to light up the entire sea of clouds. The isolated rocks above were arranged one after another and stretched for thousands of miles. The largest floating islands among them form a towering mountain peak.
Covenant Mountain.
Fourteen thousand hours and thirty-two minutes later, she returned to this place.
The girl was holding a dagger, and behind her, green rays of light were rising from the forest. Those huge structures are taking off, and the wind element propulsion device behind the body drags a long green glow, climbing towards the sky, and then flying towards the sea of clouds.
"The first attack wave is launched."
"Miss Miya, wait for our good news!"
Beam after beam of cyan light pillars soared into the sky.
The light was reflected in the girl's eyes, one hundred and thirty-seven times.
Then there was a long shrieking sound in the forest, and a giant constructed dragon rose from the ground, its huge body covering the entire forest in an instant.
People looked up.
Immediately after the former, another giant dragon roared into the sky.
The two giant dragons moved one behind the other, and in an instant they surpassed the long green rays of light trailing across the sky.
Dragon Knight——
…
There was a slight vibration above the hall.
Lieyang raised his head and watched the fine dust falling from the vault, like twinkling stardust in the darkness. He subconsciously reached out to pick it up, pinched it with his thumb and forefinger, and distinguished the tiny gravels, his expression couldn't help but be slightly startled.
A group of knights dressed in black broke in from outside the hall with swords and reported to him anxiously: "Vice President, we are under attack!"
A second tremor swept through the hall, this time much more violent than the previous one.
There was a low roar in the hall, the ground shook violently, cracks spread downward on the surrounding stone pillars, and sand and gravel fell.
But amidst the violent shaking, Lieyang seemed not to feel the impact at all. He glanced at the knights, stood up, and stretched out his hand, and the long sword on the crystal base automatically rose and flew into his hand.
"Notify the Hall of Valor."
"Prepare defense."
"You come with me."
The roar of an explosion drowned out his words.
The third shock shook the whole hall violently.
The wall cracked, and a stone pillar collapsed. But Lieyang walked through the hall as if nothing was wrong and walked forward firmly. The broken stone pillar fell behind everyone, crashing to the ground and raising dust.
The black knights didn't even look at him, they just followed him.
Passing through the outer corridor, there was chaos outside, but Ragnarok's elite brigade stationed here was not chaotic at all. Those selected in black and gray shirts were gathering from everywhere, going against the flow of people.
The team leader kept calling the members of his team, counting the number of people one by one, and then led them towards the airport. Rays of blue-gray light are rising from the Covenant Mountain, facing more than a hundred green beams of light flying above the sea of clouds.
Lieyang raised his head and looked in that direction.
As he walked forward, the sea of clouds outside the corridor was parting. A giant silver dragon rose from under the clouds, spread its wings, as if holding the floating clouds on its wings, and turned around slightly, leaning in this direction. .
The size of the dragon's head alone exceeds the length between the two columns of the cloister. It is looking back at its knight with warm blue eyes. Lieyang pointed with his hand, and the giant dragon immediately let out a long howl, spread its wings sideways, and flew above the sea of clouds.
The sky darkened.
Then the dazzling bright light reflected the Covenant Mountain in white, and the light of the explosion spread out like stars, lighting up the sky.
Lieyang led a group of knights to the main hall. He stood on the 1,200-level stairs and watched the structures falling from the mid-air. Some of them crashed to the ground, dragging flames and The wreckage was reduced to ashes in the bright explosion of fire.
But after the defeated brigade, more than a dozen azure structures were slowly descending. The selectors standing on them were almost wearing uniforms of the same color, looking down at them.
Those people all have the emblem of a cross and a phoenix tail on their chests. Freedom is like a fire that is never extinguished, it turns to ashes and is born from the ashes.
Like a phoenix reborn.
But Lieyang only looked at one of them.
"Miya," he said, "aren't you from BBK? Even if you are separated from the descendants of Flor, you are still the sea witch. When will the Free Chosen choose to accept you?"
But Miya didn't answer, she just pulled out the star dagger.
When Lieyang saw the dagger, his eyes darkened slightly, "Green Star, Sea Forest Crown, Miya, what do you want to do?"
"I'm here to seek justice."
"...You destroyed Covenant Mountain, and it will not do you any good."
"How could you have ever considered this before the great defeat in the Turbid Realm?"
Mia pointed the dagger at him.
The cyan starlight was rising from the bottom of her eyes, as if reflecting the dazzling sea of light. When the starlight rose, the sea of light was born. When the starlight fell, the sea of light died. At the beginning of all things, at the end of all things, light and shadow are intertwined. That is what this world says.
Gray light is spreading out from the tip of the dagger, like a reflection in a mirror, but what is reflected is a dead world. The sky is only gray, time is stagnant, stars and elements no longer flow, pale and withered, the world withers. Death.
But what appears in the eyes of the blazing sun is another world.
There was a violent roar inside Covenant Mountain, like an earthquake, one wave after another. The gray realm did not come from the dagger in Miya's hand, but spread from the center of the giant mountain like rising mercury.
It spread across the ground in an instant.
Buildings that spread over the ground.
Overwhelms everything.
Only a gray world remains.
"Dead Silence Zone..." The knights in black finally wavered. In the past, this was how they captured this fortress, but after more than six hundred suns rose and set, a witch returned here again. This time, she brought another key.
Lie Yang remained calm and looked at the other party quietly, "Miya, don't do anything stupid."
"I know," Miya held the dagger in her hand, as if there was a sky-blue vortex spinning quietly in the depths of her eyes. She spoke, her voice was clear and calm, as if it were inhuman, "Even if I destroyed Covenant Mountain and caused Ragnarok to suffer heavy losses here, you wouldn't even blink an eye."
"But it's a pity that you gave me a chance, Lieyang."
The wolf girl's eyes were clear and her voice was as calm as water. "You planned everything, but you failed to calculate the final ownership of the Hailin Crown. Everything seems to have been determined, but the person who planned it finally failed in the conspiracy."
"It all started from Covenant Mountain and ended here," she raised her dagger, "Lieyang, do you think I'm here to destroy the 'Gate'?"
But no.
She shook her head slightly.
Only one thing was really destroyed.
Lieyang finally changed her expression. How did she know all this? "Wait, Miya——"
But the bright light has slowly risen from the hands of the wolf girl, just like the stars, the rising sun, the moment when a supernova is born.
"You will destroy all of Etalia!"
Lieyang roared wildly, and a giant silver dragon fell from the clouds, following the direction of the sword in his hand, and rushed towards Miya.
But the giant constructed dragon hasn't had time to get close yet.
A layer of cyan light barrier has risen from Miya's side. A hundred feet away, it directly pushed the giant dragon away. The dragon roared, flapped its wings and hit the light barrier again, but it was also It just makes a layer of mysterious runes appear on its surface.
The first level is the elements, which represent the building blocks of the physical world.
Then the second layer is the ether, which represents the boundary of the elemental world.
The last layer is starlight, which represents the beginning and end of many worlds.
Three layers of barriers are available one by one.
And the sea of light has submerged everything.
Lieyang held the long sword tightly in his hand, with veins almost rising. But he knew that everything was irreversible, so he took one last look at Miya in the light, stepped back, jumped high and landed on the silver dragon, and then the dragon spread its wings.
Soaring into the sky.
In the light, Miya smiled for the first time.
The light vibrated violently, and the violent screams overwhelmed all sounds, but the whole world became quiet instead.
She looked up at the blazing sun, opened her mouth, and told the other party the secret word by word.
"I ruined it."
"only--"
"The old order."
…
'The situation in the Turbid Realm is tense——'
'The secret realm of Covenant Mountain has changed again! '
'The Caulin-Ithurians suffered heavy losses at Mount Covenant. '
'Third Covenant Hill Incident? '
Duke Hawke put down the newspaper in his hand somewhat distractedly.
He didn't care about what would happen to the Corrin-Ithurians, and he didn't even care about the situation in the second world. He even looked at the articles on the second page of various newspapers about the outcome of the arbitration of the Knights of the Scroll. Or dark irony.
He didn't care either.
Although the victory was decided, the outsiders immediately showed their true colors. There were more rumors about the Hawke family and the different comments about his imperial owl.
But he spent half his life integrating the Seven Mage families and aligning everyone's interests. During this period, he experienced countless ups and downs and setbacks. How could he disturb his thoughts because of such a trivial matter. He looked at the sea of clouds floating outside the hall, and there was only one thing on his mind.
That was Ash-Lynn's manuscript.
The guy who can't help him get on the table.
Duke Hawke's face was gloomy. He had already seen that the chosen ones were unreliable and made other preparations. But he didn't expect those people to be so unreliable. Before the methods he prepared were even used, those guys were already killed by Friston's people until they lost their armor.
"The design drawings of the Star Device are still within the empire."
"Still within the empire?"
Duke Hawke turned back and looked at the wizard sitting in front of him.
The middle-aged man nodded.
"Can you confirm where exactly it is?"
"No, we can only confirm that it was once in the Hart Principality and was recently transferred to the Empire. As of now, the design has not left the Empire."
Duke Hawke pursed his lips.
"Sir," the middle-aged magician continued, "Actually, we may not necessarily need Ash-Lynn's manuscript. The new batch of Nightmare Furnace structures can almost meet the requirements. Instead of placing our hope in that illusory It’s better to focus on reality than design drawings…”
"The empire's black army is expanding very quickly..." He paused, "That Friston guy somehow convinced His Majesty... Compared to the Craftsmen's Association, the Seven Mage Family is even less trusted by Your Majesty. What happened to Aiyin Block?" It's just a small thing, but the more important thing is..."
"I understand," Duke Hawke nodded. "The dispute over technical routes is just superficial. For half a century, what we have been fighting with the craftsmen is actually where the empire will go in the future. I don't trust your Majesty either, that young man People are too paranoid——"
Such topics.
The magician didn't dare to respond for a moment.
Duke Hawke was silent for a moment, with a look of reminiscence in his gray-green eyes, and then shook his head, "I really miss that era. Together with the late king, we rejuvenated this ancient country. If people could live forever, Your Majesty may be able to see that day coming..."
He smiled self-deprecatingly.
"But no one can be eternal. Immortality is just the pursuit of those short-sighted fools. What nonsense am I talking about? Friston is a good opponent, but it's a pity that he and I are destined to have different ideas. You are right, Nightmare Furnace Structure We can’t let go of the pretended plans.”
"But the matter of Ash-Lynn's manuscript must continue to be pushed forward."
"As for the Black Army..." Duke Hawke's eyes darkened, showing a cold expression. The things he was pursuing may have long gone, but he was not truly naive. Once he got to that point, he would naturally make up his mind.
He looked at the magician.
The middle-aged magician obviously understood what he meant and nodded.
Duke Hawke was about to give instructions, but suddenly, he closed his mouth and looked towards the entrance of the hall with a wary expression.
As soon as his eyes touched that direction, the two huge doors there were suddenly knocked open with a bang, and two imperial knights in black helmets were rushing in from there.
One of them was carrying a ship's guard in his hand.
He was pulling out the blood-stained sword from the guard's bloody throat.
"Who are you?" The middle-aged magician was startled and subconsciously asked, "How did you get on the ship?"
But Duke Hawke reacted much faster than him. The moment the two black knights broke in, he stretched out his hand, and a magic wand appeared in his hand.
The black knight just turned around and looked in this direction with his cold eyes. Duke Hawke had already raised his magic wand and pointed at him.
A huge force came out of the air, pushing the knight away, hitting the door, and his body weirdly folded in two.
The other knight was indifferent and rushed towards this direction without saying a word.
However, before Duke Hawke gave the order, several doors behind him had already popped open with a bang, and several strange structures came out of them.
If Fang Plover were here, he would definitely recognize these constructs. These slender structures, carrying magic furnaces, holding magic guns, and wearing pointed helmets, looked very much like his dragon hunters.
However, the two are not completely consistent. The dragon hunters that Fang Plover has seen are bipedal upright stepping structures, and these structures are all four-legged structures without exception.
As soon as these 'dragon hunter'-like structures appeared, they immediately raised their magic guns and aimed at the black knight.
"Fire!" the middle-aged wizard screamed.
There was a roar, flames rose, and smoke filled the hall. Countless blood flowers bloomed from the black knight's body as if he was electrocuted. His figure swayed slightly in mid-air and fell directly onto the sofa not far away, lifeless.
Duke Hawke stepped aside as if he hadn't heard anything, letting the knight's body fall aside and turn into little bits of light to escape. His face was as heavy as water, and he turned around and ordered, "Open the lower cabin and release all the Nightmare Furnace structures."
But the words were not spoken.
Suddenly there was a loud noise.
Bright flames rose from the entire side of the aerospace ship, and the ship shook violently, throwing both of them to the ground. Duke Hawke stopped his body with his magic wand and looked up outside the glass bulkhead. The firelight reflected on his face, reflecting the scene above the sea of clouds in his gray-green pupils.
Behind the clouds in the sky.
A dark battleship is emerging.
Then another ship—
"That's the battleship of the Empire's Black Army...wait, why are the Black Army here!?"
The middle-aged magician screamed in horror.
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(End of chapter)
