From star abyss

The female prosecutor held her breath and quietly watched the scene in front of her.

The Colorado River was in flooding this season. The melting of ice and snow from the Rocky Mountains caused the originally gentle river basin to surge. In normal years, this was not necessarily a bad thing. After all, the hot West Coast and Nevada needed the flooding of these rivers.

For the entire Principality of California, the Colorado River is completely the mother's umbilical cord. Unfortunately, this continent has never been a treasure land given by God. Not long after winning the War of Independence in 1927, the huge Mexican Empire took the opportunity to go north and recapture New Mexico and part of Texas territory, which also threatened the connection between the Principality of California and the Colorado Plateau.

However, these political messes are insignificant to the prosecutors. What is really worth worrying about is the huge army of alien monsters in front of them.

The Colorado Plateau in midsummer would have been a tragic scarlet, but now the banks of the river valley are full of black wings and green evil fire. Is that one thousand or five thousand? Or tens of thousands of foreign demons are entrenched on the red stone beach.

The short inferior demons crawled out of the polluted land, carrying supplies swiftly. The bone demons, who were protected by bone armor, built a skeleton altar under the guidance of several blasphemous priests, and pushed the captives and lambs forward. Accompanied by a burst of evil muttering and crazy chanting, the flesh and blood melted into a pool of dirty plasma like boiling chocolate, followed by the crying of babies, and a large number of demon worms crawled out of the blood pool.

Even the dullest people can see the purpose of these foreign demons: they are not satisfied with sacrificing lives and polluting this land with foreign winds, but also want to reshuffle everything in the world, transforming living people into their compatriots as raw materials, so as to expand the army and conquer their land, just like they once did to the indigenous people of this continent.

The demons are always elegant, their gestures are full of upper-class atmosphere, and every demon officer is dressed more gorgeously and decently than the gentlemen and nobles of the British Empire. If someone who claims to be the conscience of the nation in some inferior civilizations sees how the demons cut living people, they will definitely be moved to tears and denounce their compatriots for not embracing civilization.

However, the female prosecutor is not among them. Her ancestors came from Chelyabinsk, Tsarist Russia. The blood of the Ural Mountains destined her to have no chance of being decent and elegant in this life. She just stared at the demon army, copied out a notebook, and calmly recorded everything she saw with a carbon pen.

There are no heavy weapons, and most of them act in company-level units. Senior demon officers are very cautious. Even under the protection of large forces, they never act alone.

She does not understand military affairs, but she tries her best to describe the scene in front of her.

It is obvious that the demons are stationed nearby. The Colorado River, which is currently flooding, is an ideal target for the wind from the outside world to pollute. Once the plan succeeds, the 300 million people downstream will die in pain and torture and become accomplices of the outside world.

But when the female prosecutor recorded all this information, she immediately became troubled: the things were recorded, but where to send them?

The powerful Mexican Empire, with its capital, Mexico City, is thousands of miles away. The people of rich and powerful Texas are very active in fighting against the devil, but the population is too small. The Yankees in the thirteen states don't care about their lives at all.

After thinking about it, she could only think of the nearest Principality of California. It is said that the Grand Duke, whose ancestors came from Normandy, is extraordinary and heroic, and the Colorado River is the lifeline of San Francisco. Even if it is just for their own survival, they have to send troops to fight.

- Yes, send the information to San Francisco!

The female prosecutor made up her mind and was about to get up and quietly leave this ominous place, but her peripheral vision inadvertently swept to the east. She looked carefully and saw a cloud of dust gradually rising on the distant horizon.

Cowboys? That's impossible. Or a group of merchants? But in this year of demonic disasters and chaos, how could merchants dare not take the official road.

When the female prosecutor was puzzled by the strange dust, the demons had already noticed the approaching smoke. A centurion took a look at the direction of the dust and immediately made a judgment:

"It's not passing by, it's coming towards us."

"We?" His colleague smiled contemptuously: "Are you kidding? How dare these primitive ether guys without poisonous blood charge at us?"

"No, I can be sure that although the team is not large, they are very fast and have a very clear purpose, which is to come to us." The centurion looked serious: "I will report to my superiors, and the others should be prepared to fight!"

After the centurion said this, he hurried away. At the same time, the gargoyle team hovering in the sky also noticed the violent smoke. Just as their ruby ​​eyes focused and tried to lock onto the existence in the smoke through detection magic, several dark lightning bolts instantly penetrated the gargoyle's body and rushed all the way to the clouds, shattering the thick clouds and revealing the blue sky stained with blood at sunset.

Swish——————Boom!

At this time, the piercing scream and air explosion came late.

The broken granite armor fell like raindrops, but the culprit that caused the gargoyle to fall was still running towards the sky, drawing a retrograde comet trajectory in the air. The demons then noticed that it was not lightning that hit the gargoyle, but a tungsten steel javelin.

But the time left for them to be frightened was shorter than their lives.

In an instant, the earth trembled, and the scarlet river valley was engulfed by the storm. Countless newly born demons were swept up into the sky before they could devour each other, and were torn into pieces by the high-speed pull and friction of the storm.

The instincts of the demon soldiers were faster than their thoughts, and they almost immediately formed a confrontational battle formation. Those who had no time hid in bunkers and fortifications as much as possible. Some even organized magic queues and began to move toward the storm in an orderly manner. The presence returned fire.

But at the next moment, both the resisters and the avoiders clearly realized that everything they did was meaningless.

Click, click, click, click, click—!

Withstanding the storm, they didn't even have time to feel the short-term peace. The violent sound of horse hooves suddenly hit them like a torrent and a tsunami. The demon army hurriedly raised its head: under the storm, there was a group of knights in silver, mercilessly Trampling on the scarlet river water, the setting sun fell to the ground, their figures were dragged extremely long, and their ferocious shadows were all over the mountains and plains.

The knights in the front row raised their spears and directly cut through the demons defending themselves with shields. Even the fire demon was as weak as butter in front of these knights who were like heavy trains, and was trampled under their feet in an instant. .

Following closely behind were a group of lightly-armed dragoons. With only their feet in stirrups, they allowed their horses to cross the corpse barrier in front of them. They held carbines in one hand and called out the demons behind the bunker one by one, and picked up their sabers in the other. He slashed and slashed repeatedly, cutting down the fleeing people until they cried for their fathers and mothers.

Just after two waves of knights rushed into the camp, the entire legion was arranged as if a sharp knife had been pierced into the heart. The lances cleared the way and guided the dragoons to fire. Just as the sentries and flying units at the height were about to counterattack, they were hit in the heart. With one spear throw, the entire person and the bunker were blown into the sky.

The female prosecutor watched all this blankly.

She couldn't believe it was a human army.

Those foreign demons that choose people to devour, can easily destroy the homes where millions of people live, and cannot be exterminated even by artillery and atomic bombs, are now like pigs and dogs, allowing knights to kill them.

No, this is not a fight at all.

This is massacre.

But those knights without helmets clearly looked like humans. They rode and slashed freely, blowing whistles from time to time, and the formation of the cavalry could be quickly changed, so that the counterattacking demons could never catch their tails. They cooperated so well with each other that they were even able to counterattack these waves of demons that were attacking back.

After they broke up the devil's formation, they immediately broke into pieces and bypassed both sides of the river valley. Only from a high place can you see how they staggered into formations. The knights clung to the horse's back and kicked the horse's belly. , they circled along the washed-out delta, and while the demons were still rushing towards their wake, they suddenly rushed from behind and pierced their butts with a knife.

The battlefield was actually divided by the cavalry's tactics of constantly interspersing - spreading out - interspersing.

After these rounds of charges, the Demon Corps was actually disrupted by hundreds of cavalry. The messy battlefield environment caused the high-level demons to lose the right to know the battlefield. They had to walk out of the camp in person and go into battle, preparing to rely on their personal strength. Bravery and authority put an end to this farce.

The high-level demons showed their true colors, with their beards spread out in anger, and their insect-like elytra wings as sharp as blades. Each of them was tall and muscular, and at the same time, there was a strong aura of black magic lingering on their bodies.

"Stop! Stop all of you! You despicable worms, if you continue to be in such chaos, I will ask Lord Pergarai for instructions and throw you into the depths of hell. You will never be able to escape!"

Five or six great demons just rushed out. Relying on spiritual enslavement and intimidation, they stabilized the chaotic demon army, reorganized their situation, and prepared to organize and suppress these annoying flies.

This was an incredible meal. After regaining their strength, the big demons only briefly counted their numbers, and felt a sudden chill in their hearts: after just a few attacks, they had reduced their manpower by 30%. And the equipment and resources that were damaged as a result could not be calculated for a while.

"Who is it?!"

The demon leader roared:

"You bunch of drunkards, worms from the outside world, you are actually being penetrated by a group of humans and marching through the camp. What are you doing in a daze? Find them out for me -"

"Idiot, you are really stupid. Haven't you seen how powerful the opponent is?"

A pale-skinned high-level humanoid demon slowly walked out of the camp. He glanced at the dusty battlefield, narrowed his eyes, and said lightly in English:

"I am Outland Councilor, [Pale Baron] Asteres. Your Excellency, who can use such force on Earth is definitely not an ordinary person."

Asteres spread his hands:

"Let me put it bluntly. With existences like you and me, there is no need to argue over a few mortal beings whose lifespan is as short as a candle. Why don't you stop the attack, and we will avoid your territory and take a step back. , isn’t it a win-win situation?”

The subordinate demons looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what was causing the fuss. A big demon hesitated again and again and boldly asked:

"Sir, Congressman, who are you talking to?"

Asteres didn't even bother to look at this idiot and said casually:

"Idiot, I'm discussing this with your father."

"You-why is this!"

The big devil felt humiliated and was about to argue when the storm in the sky suddenly stopped.

Taking advantage of a short breath, the demon infantrymen who had been interspersed several times got up one after another, lined up, and started all the heavy firepower and war vehicles, but Senator Astres was not relaxed, but his face became more and more ugly.

Blah, blah, blah...

The blood-stained Colorado River was trampled underfoot, and a knight in armor appeared on the horizon. The scarlet sun behind him almost completely swallowed his figure, leaving only a dark outline.

He put one hand on the sword at his waist, strolling leisurely like a poet walking in the field, and walked leisurely to the front of the battle in front of all the demons. Astres looked up and saw that the mountains on both sides of the valley were full of knights. They looked down from a high place. Although there were not many people, they seemed like a million strong troops. Thick dark clouds covered the heads of every demon. An indescribable sense of oppression became stronger as the knight approached.

"Who are you, sir? Please tell me your name." Astralis shouted.

However, the knight ignored him.

"It's not easy to train your subordinates. I believe your strength is far beyond that of ordinary people. There is no need for us to argue."

He just raised his hand and grasped the hilt of the sword, and two balls of blue flames lit up in the lattice window.

"Sir——"

Astralis suddenly felt something was wrong. A strong sharp feeling pierced his calmness and composure. At this moment, all his rationality was defeated by the instinctive warning. He subconsciously turned around, pushed away the people around him, and raised his feet to escape.

At this moment, the knight who faced their army of tens of thousands of demons alone suddenly spoke.

"Gnashing teeth."

The cracks between atoms were cut open, and the roaring power exploded to the extreme at this moment. The invisible scorching rays instantly pierced through the bodies of a large number of demons. Their cells were pierced by high-energy rays, completely losing the ability to regenerate and replicate. The hot sword blade was burned red, and the river water under the knight's feet also boiled.

After saying that, he drew out the sword and lightly slashed it on the back of his left hand.

"Stop him, don't let him cut it out!"

The demon officers roared, and all the firepower poured down in an instant, focusing on the knight's side.

The knight was indifferent, and the shield fixed on his left arm fell off spontaneously, automatically intercepting all the attacks coming from below. The river water evaporated and surged under his feet, and the knight only focused on holding up the sharp blade and slashing it on the back of his left hand again.

"Gnashing teeth."

The real edge tore open this fragile world. The sword blade only passively let the space pass through, and cut the connection between time and space, leaving a split dimensional rift. The knight stepped directly into it, and the next moment he came to Asteres. Before the other party's escape footsteps fell, he had already punched him in the face.

As easy as slapping a cake on the wall, Asteres's face was directly stuffed into his chest. His bones were drained of all metal elements in an instant, and at that moment they became softer than butter, as if they would melt if they were slightly applied.

The knight standing in the crowd was instantly chopped and chopped by the devil's blade, and hit in turns, but no matter whether it was magic or weapons, they could only stop an inch in front of him in the end, like a ghost, and could no longer choose him.

The vitality of a councillor naturally could not be so fragile.

So the knight raised the blade and scratched the back of his hand again.

"Gnashing teeth."

At this moment, the extremely strong sharpness cut and split something higher than time and space. A contract that fixedly connected the tangible to the world was cut off by the sword without any warning.

The knight raised the blade and slashed around, and the demons around him turned invisible in an instant.

——Demons? Where have there been any demons here?

All the evidence that proved their existence in the past was cut off and removed, and no memory remained.

The wind was cut by the sword, and the earth was forever missing a few cubic meters of air. The water was cut by the sword, and then they were separated and flowed out of thin air, and never merged again. Life was cut by the sword, and its connection with the objective material world and its influence on this world were erased.

At this moment, it was actually not a killing.

The knight swung the sword calmly. The demons who were wiped out of existence would never know how many companions he killed. They would only rush forward stupidly, and then be swept by the sword, like nameless dust swept into the corner, disappearing and being forgotten forever.

Can this be considered a battle? It was as light as a child erasing a typo with an eraser.

When everything was settled, the knights walked down the hill, went to the river valley to clean up the battlefield, and collected the weapons and equipment of the demons. The knight swung the blade to remove the effect of sharpening the sword, so that he could carefully put it into the scabbard.

When he raised his head, a female prosecutor suddenly appeared in front of him.

He tilted his head and asked:

"Who are you?"

"My name is Alexia, a prosecutor in Austin. I was going to Oregon, but there were demons all along the way, so I had to settle in California first and find an opportunity to buy a ticket."

The female prosecutor made a long story short. She took out her own notes from her bosom:

"Lord Knight, I saw the process of you just annihilating the demons. Although those demons were eliminated by you, I must remind you that these monsters are just a small vanguard. Judging from this trend, they must be in the Rocky Mountains. A base camp has been built on the mountain. Only by completely eradicating the general army on the Luoji Mountains can the west coast be protected from the invasion of foreign lands..."

The knight did not speak, but looked at her calmly, which made Alexia feel a little confused. She held the note and began to state her point of view:

"The erosion of demons mainly relies on the wind of the outside world. The higher the place, the easier it is for them to spread pollution. In the past, the seeds of demons were sown all over the world through the sputtering of debris caused by meteorites hitting the surface, but the input of large forces We must rely on mountain peaks and rivers produced by melted snow. From this point of view, there is a high probability that Mount Elbert is the base camp of the North American Devil Legion. We must bring this news to the Principality of California and quickly organize an expeditionary force. Otherwise it will be too late…”

"Pfft!"

Before Alexia finished speaking, the knight's adjutant laughed.

"Sorry, ma'am... I meant no harm."

He rubbed his nose and suppressed his smile, but still could not hide the pride in his eyes. He raised his chin and said lightly:

"It's just that we came down from Mount Elbert."

"You...have already fought?" Alexia was stunned.

"Of course, Elbert is stationed in the corrupted [Knight] from the outside world. That guy's sword is almost indestructible, and that guy's shield is almost indestructible." The adjutant said exaggeratedly: "You know about the Texas tornado some time ago? That is the [Knight] 】The aftermath of Gretlver Nightsong's attack. The heavy rain in Montana was caused by the snow being blown away in the Rocky Mountains, and the great earthquake in Columbia was also a product of that battle..."

Alexia held the notebook and asked in confusion:

"Then [Knight] is so powerful, how did you defeat him?"

The adjutant put his hands on his hips and mouthed at the leading knight:

"Well, it's all up to him."

"Him? That's right. If it's him, it's possible."

Alexia turned around and saw that the knight had already walked among the soldiers and was mingling with his men.

"But I have never heard of such a powerful hero...whose son is he?"

"You mean the boss? Leoz Dominette, whose Chinese name is Li Ozi. He is really not a nobleman."

The adjutant shrugged:

"We both came from the same state. His ancestral home is Luoyang in the Ming Empire. I forget which county. His father was a military household in the Ming Dynasty. When he participated in the Tsushima Naval War, he met the Australian immigrant volunteers from Weimar-Saxony, and then the two of them I fell in love at first sight and eloped to Minnesota. I bought land with my pension and retirement salary. My mother farmed and his father worked as an ironworker. Then he inherited his father's business and he worked as an ironworker in Minnesota for 20 years."

"...Is it just like this?" Alexia looked at Leoz's back in confusion: "With such a simple background, he can become a warrior who defeats the demon army?"

"Um."

"When...when did he become a soldier?"

"Your question makes things difficult for me, Gio Skua... It should have been two years, no, sixteen months ago."

"Then where did he study before? As far as I know, there are only three institutions and universities teaching magic in the Yankee Free State in North America."

"There is no study. Both of us graduated from high school in the village. He inherited the family's blacksmith shop and worked until the devil invaded the North American continent. All the people in the village ran away. We young people in the countryside had no livelihood, so we had to follow The warlords traveled north and south, fighting everywhere, and they ended here."

The adjutant shrugged and described the past experience with ease.

What, "Everyone in Phoenix was raped, and Leos had a clever plan to kill [Bishop]", "North Carolina fought [player], South Carolina surrendered [writer]", "[Barber] lost to Alabama, [ Engineer] Defeat in Florida"... In short, Leoz started from leaving his hometown, starting from a blacksmith with the army, knocking all the way, and began to fight on the battlefield. Naturally, he defeated a bunch of powerful enemies who were corrupted in the outside world, and then left. At this point.

Although what the adjutant said was quite exciting, he soon noticed that Prosecutor Alexia gradually showed an attitude of 'Are you kidding me?'

"...Do you think I will believe it?"

Prosecutor Alexia sighed and patted her forehead:

"It has been almost thirty years since demons invaded this world. The study of demons, combat techniques, and techniques is no secret. Except for a small number of atomic weapons, the only ones who can fight demons in this world are those who have undergone surgical transformation. Became a knight."

"Oh, he didn't have surgery."

The adjutant looked at Leos's back and said casually:

"You can tell just by looking at the appearance. If the devil's organs and limbs were really implanted, it would be absolutely impossible to maintain a human posture."

"But, I still don't understand."

Alexia pondered for a moment:

"Where does his power come from?"

After clearing the battlefield, it was already late at night.

The knights invited prosecutor Alexia to go with them. Only then did she learn that the knight Leozi who originally led the team had his fiefdom and title awarded by the Grand Duke of California. Before that, this man seemed to really Just an ordinary blacksmith.

The adjutant who called himself Gio Skua warmly entertained her. The judicial officers these days are not only prosecuting. Since the invasion of demons, these people have also mastered the magic of healing and judgment. It is said that the bishop of San Francisco has also A lawyer by training.

No one has trouble with doctors and cooks.

Out of curiosity about the heroes and the shock of witnessing the killing at dusk, Alexia did not stay in the camp, but traveled around to communicate with these rough guys.

"You mean Boss Leoz? He should have been promoted to baron a long time ago. It's all because of that idiot at Coastal Command who keeps making weird quotes. Otherwise, we could at least go to Nevada to build our own manor now."

The man who calls himself Chen Shen is resentful. He grew up on the coast and is very familiar with the power struggle between the navy and army in California.

"Knight Leoz is not that complicated. As long as you get to know him deeply, you will find that he is surprisingly simple in many places. He is not a good guy, but he is not that bad, right?"

Elavent was a rare Grimoire knight who knew how to cast spells and sword fighting skills. Alexia chatted with him about many things, but he didn't know where Leoz's power came from.

"If anything, I think it comes from dragons."

The knight with two swords, Ye Zhanjian, drank wine and gave her a strange excuse.

"Dragon?" Alexia was dumbfounded: "You can't just say that he is the descendant of the dragon just because he is half Han Chinese, right? Then if the current Emperor Zhu of the Ming Dynasty was a real dragon alive, how could he accept the constitutional government and let the chief minister What about the leadership cabinet?”

"Guwu, I don't know if it has anything to do with the half of the Eastern bloodline. I just feel this way instinctively."

Ye Zhanjian let out a drunken belch and chuckled:

"I said Grand Prosecutor, have you heard of that rumor?"

Alexia shook her head:

"There are so many things that came out after the demonic invasion. Rumors are everywhere. If you don't explain clearly, I'm afraid I won't be able to guess which ones they are."

"Tsk, I thought you would be able to understand, 'Ah, could it be that one', so I could say, 'Yes, yes, that's the one' - the mysterious atmosphere has been destroyed." Ye Zhanjian said regretfully.

At this time, Elevente suddenly reacted:

"Ye, are you talking about...the Aurora Dragon?"

Ye Zhanjian smiled: "BINGO! That's exactly it."

"That's just the indigenous people of Kamchatka Peninsula who don't understand the magic storm well enough." Shen Shen disagreed.

"Aurora Dragon."

Alexia murmured:

"Thirty years ago, a ray of white gold penetrated the Arctic Circle and stayed over the Far East Dominion of the Russian Empire for several days. Some Chukchi people claimed that the ray of white gold fell to the ground and turned into a magnificent dragon. It is said that on that day After the Queen, a storm of spiritual power and magic swept across the entire earth, and our world was turned upside down."

"Before that, actually due to the invasion of demons, the earth's ecology changed a lot, but it is said, just a rumor - after the Aurora Dragon appeared, some harmless 'demons' suddenly appeared in the world. The Japanese Call them monsters, the Chinese call them monsters, and the European gentlemen just call them monsters. The appearance of these little things, using their body tissues to make equipment and weapons, can also allow mortals to fight against demons. "

"Some people interpret this as the Aurora Dragon bringing hope against the devil, so until now, there is worship of the Aurora Dragon on both sides of the Bering Strait."

After Alexia read this, she was still a little confused:

"Even so, it doesn't explain the relationship between Leoz's power and the Aurora Dragon."

"Well..." Ye Zhanjian's expression was ambiguous: "If a person is stronger than the devil, but does not have any traces of the devil and does not understand magic, then it can only mean that he has been blessed by the Aurora Dragon. "

"Let's not say whether that thing exists or not."

Chen Shen said in a deep voice:

"Your Excellency Leoz is a pure Earthling. There is no doubt about this. We all have undergone surgical modifications on our bodies, or have undergone physical changes due to practicing combat skills, but Your Excellency Leoz has no traces of these at all."

"He is a pure human being." Elavent also agreed: "Miss Prosecutor, if you are really curious, you can ask him directly."

"Is this appropriate?" Alexia hesitated.

"Nothing inappropriate."

Gio Skua's voice sounded from behind. She turned her head and saw the man taking off his helmet, revealing an angular face. It was just different from the one during the day. Now there were two more female companions beside him. .

"Don't mind, Prosecutor Alexia, these two are the demon hunters and demonologists we hired - Miss Lin Ranxia and Xia Yubing."

Gio Skua briefly introduced the two women, and then said to Alexia:

"You have just treated several of our knight brothers. Now we don't have to worry about anyone being left behind. Everyone can arrive in San Francisco tomorrow - for this reason alone, Leos will not reject your question."

"Thank you." Alexia nodded.

Xia Yubing, a scholar wearing a robe next to her, touched her chin and looked at Alexia thoughtfully:

"Alexia...I've heard your name, Austin's conscience?"

"Oh, that's it, I'm impressed too!"

Demon hunter Lin Ranxia suddenly slapped her palms:

"You are the female prosecutor who attacked the grain monopolies and opened warehouses to provide relief to the victims! If it weren't for you, hundreds of thousands of citizens would have starved to death."

"Two years in prison and seventeen months' suspension."

Alexia said humorously.

"This punishment is really serious." Lin Ranxia was speechless: "You have obviously done good things, but you still have to be punished. What's the point?"

"It's okay." Alexia blinked: "I'll dare next time."

"Pfft." Lin Ranxia clutched her stomach and giggled. Alexia noticed that she leaned into Gio Skua's arms very naturally. Whenever Lin Ranxia approached Gio Skua, the eyes of Xia Yubing next to her almost became unhappy.

"We still need to identify those demonic remains, so we won't delay." Gio Skua said: "Boss Leos is meditating in the open space in the woods to the east. You can still ask before it's too late."

"Thank you." Alexia looked at the three of them and said, "You three are quite suitable for life."

"ah?"

Gio Skua didn't understand. Xia Yubing remained silent and just tried to lower the brim of his hat to hide his face, but the ears exposed outside his hair turned red.

"Hey!"

Lin Ranxia took Gio Skua's arm and dragged him away. She didn't forget to give Alexia a grateful look when she left.

Alexia stood up, patted her skirt, and walked to the location pointed out by Gio Skua.

Although it was summer, the night was bitingly cold. As she walked through the forest, the sounds of night owls flapping their wings and snakes' scales rubbing against the grass continued to echo in the forest. But even so, Alexia could still see some traces of past civilization - scrapped cars, rusted platforms, swimming pools occupied by rainwater and crocodiles, and a dilapidated Catholic church in the woods. To the prosperous village here in the past.

Humanity has only left here for less than thirty years, and it has already developed to a post-apocalyptic state. Alexia has to lament the impact of foreign societies on the earth. Sometimes even she feels that compared to the pollution of industrialization , the demon's external erosion seems to be better able to protect the wild environment.

She didn't walk long before she saw the figure of Leoz. The tall man wearing silver armor was easily identifiable. Among all the knights, he was the only one with a dark blue cape tied behind his back.

Leoz sat in front of the abandoned church, lit a bonfire, and roasted rabbit and wild deer.

Just as Alexia was about to step forward to greet him, she saw Leoz raise his head: the next moment, a slim woman with gray-white braids walked up to him carrying a wine bottle.

"Here, honey, I used a little magic to keep it cold. Enjoy it."

The gray-haired woman opened the flask and filled a large glass of whiskey for Leos. Leos put the wine aside and helped the gray-haired woman sit next to her.

"Pay attention, it's been four months."

Leoz's voice came from under the helmet.

"But I feel like nothing has changed. I don't have to worry about running, jumping, riding horses, or threading needles and threads."

The gray-haired woman said innocently. At this time, Alexia noticed that the other person's belly was clearly bulging. It was obvious that she had been pregnant for a long time.

"I told you not to follow, Yawen."

Leos raised his hand and put it on the other person's shoulder, and said softly:

"It will be more dangerous along the way. The Grand Duke has asked me to come in three times. It's not clear what the purpose is. If he is leading troops to fight, he may have to go to the North Pole..."

"It's as if you didn't dig me up in the north."

The young lady had not yet shed her innocence. She held her chin up, and only Leoz's fully armed appearance was reflected in her spider-web pupils.

"The [Farmer] buried you in the ground. He controlled the soil temperature to be constant. Even if it was cold, I would only lift you up and freeze you for a few seconds. If you go to the North Pole, you will freeze to death."

Leoz muttered:

"When I found out I was pregnant, I should have sent you to Mexico. It's warm, wealthy, and safe there. At least you and the baby wouldn't be messing around there."

"Okay, okay."

Yawen yawned and half-closed her eyes:

"Actually, for me, a [tailor] who was almost corrupted, it's a miracle that I can maintain my sense of self and live till now, let alone have a husband and be pregnant - you have to know, I It’s not easy for people with poisonous blood to have children... So many miracles are concentrated in me alone. I am really the happiest woman in the world. "

Leoz said nothing. He just held Yawen's arm gently, and the armor on his body opened slightly, slowly radiating heat.

"Actually, I'm a little unhappy too."

Yawen pinched Leoz's gauntlet and said with slight dissatisfaction:

"You have defeated the [Knight], got the hardest shield and the sharpest sword, but you still have to obey the orders of the princes. Originally, we could go to Nevada, Idaho, Montana or Colombia, all in a circle Land, build a castle, build a manor, live a peaceful life, but they still want to use your power, I was thinking, if the Grand Duke hadn't been so good to you, I might as well have rebelled. "

"I have to go."

Leos said calmly:

"Although I don't know what happened, the fact that it has reached this point shows that only I can do it."

"You, no matter how many powerful enemies you defeat, you are still a country boy blacksmith."

Yawen knocked on his helmet and said angrily:

"You can ignore them and find a paradise. Let's dig in. With your strength and these brothers, we can be happy for several lifetimes. Together with me, this child, and your brothers and comrades, Wouldn’t it be nice to go into seclusion?”

"...Of course I know."

Leoz's tone became gentle and gentle. He raised his hand to touch Yawen's face, but was afraid of scratching her with the sharp edges. Seeing this, the latter simply raised his hand and grabbed his helmet, opened the mechanism, and took it off.

Thanks to this, Alexia was able to see the face of this most powerful warrior in mankind.

His platinum hair was gently rolled up by the night wind, and his exquisite facial features had completely transcended the concepts of race and gender. People could only feel the beauty that came from the most primitive instinctive desire. He lowered his eyelids slightly, with a pair of blood-gold vertical pupils. In the dark environment, it glows slightly.

Seeing this scene, Alexia was stunned.

Leoz Dominette, also known as Leoz, is a pure-blooded human who has killed countless demons and fallen ether messengers.

He is a man with dragon eyes.

……………………

Yawen's worries and complaints made Li Ozi feel a little embarrassed.

After all, he is a human being of flesh and blood. Ever since he and Yawen made a private decision for life, he has not allowed her to live a stable life for a single day.

There was no wedding, no jewelry, even the clothes were cut by this little [tailor] himself.

I didn't care about it before, but now I am pregnant with Liujia, and I have to follow him all over the continent.

It would be false to say that you don't feel indebted to the other party. But Li Ozi had his own decision.

"It's also possible that we'll stay in California this time, in San Francisco (St. Francis, San Francisco)."

Li Ozi said:

"I think that maybe if I have the opportunity this time, I can enter the palace and stay here in the future. It will also be a good thing for you, the children, and my brothers."

"But if you think about it with your toes, these people will never think of you if they do good things."

Yawen held her chin and unceremoniously shattered his fantasy. This hundreds-year-old girl often acted as his think tank. With her "thread" of connections between everything, as long as she reasoned carefully, he could Get a sense of what's happening thousands of miles away.

"The fact that they want you to enter the palace just shows what happened in the palace. The Duke only has one daughter. The bishop who guards the city must be worried that some lawless people will take the opportunity to usurp the throne, so you, a person with no background, are the most suitable to lead troops into the palace. , to stabilize the situation, because you have no foundation, and you are not from a noble family. They are not worried that you will divide their political cake. They will kick you out as soon as the limelight is over - these noble gentlemen are all bastards, no matter how old you are. It’s amazing, they only care about class and bloodline.”

"But even if you know this is the case," Li Ozi looked at Yawen: "You are still willing to go on with me."

Yawen snorted, turned her head and sighed, then muttered:

"Who made me deal with you, a fool who only knows how to blacksmith and hit people..."

"I don't think it's a bad thing." Li Ozi said gently: "If there are enemies, then just kill them all. If it really involves some complicated struggle for power, the worst is that we will be kicked out if we are kicked out - those cities The people here are innocent, and I still have to solve the problem of being invaded and harassed by demons. "

"Leoz, my stupid lover."

Yawen held her forehead helplessly:

"When are you going to think about yourself?"

"I don't know - talking about that."

Li Ozi thought for a while and said:

"Remember a few months ago, when we were doing repairs in Dallas? At that time, I saw a movie about a parallel universe."

"How did you get into this thing?"

"Although Leoz in this universe is a blacksmith with a simple mind and well-developed limbs, in other worlds, I might be a powerful king, right?"

"No, I don't believe it."

Yawen tilted her head and said:

"Even if there is a parallel universe and there is another you in other worlds, then I think you are still an innocent, ordinary, simple, and very capable little blacksmith. Oh, and a little stupid."

"Intelligence is innate and cannot be changed." Li Ozi muttered.

"It's not a bad thing to be stupid."

"What a consolation."

"Well, think about it, dear Leos... maybe in another world, if you were a little smarter, would you still be able to get a job with a middle-aged [tailor] like me?"

Yawen thought for a moment, then lowered her head sadly and smiled to herself:

"Look at you, you are beautiful and powerful. You have to put yourself in armor every day so as not to cause trouble. Hey, compared to this, I only have long breasts and legs, can cook, and can weave. Clothes are my advantage, but if a slim, talented and rich beauty competes with me, then I, Arwen Heskishin, will still have a chance.”

"That won't happen. If anyone dares to say that you are not a beauty, I will pull the sun down and smash it in his face."

Li Ozi said unceremoniously:

"And no matter what we are like in other universes, in this time and space, at this moment, the only person I like is you."

He said, pointing to the night sky:

"Look, there are countless stars twinkling in this sky, but the only thing that really fills my eyes is this bright moon. You are my moon, no matter how bright the stars are, they can't take away the bright white moonlight."

He grabbed Yawen's palm, stared into her withered white spiderweb eyes, and said:

"So don't worry about me, Yawen. I will do everything well. Just trust me and I will handle the rest."

"What weird things are you talking about! Listen, Leos, we chose this path together. I never complained about how hard it was, I was just worried that you would not be happy and would become uneasy or worried because of it. This That’s what I’m dissatisfied with.”

Yawen poked her lover's head, held her lover's cheeks with both hands, looked into each other's eyes, and said seriously:

"You have to know that I love you. This is a promise, not asking for protection, wealth and care from you, but a promise from your lover to give you equal protection, wealth and care."

"I love you, and because of this, I will not influence your decision, but I will feel sorry for your ups and downs along the way. I will follow you, just as you will follow me, and I will listen to your opinions, just as you listen to my guidance. . We talk to each other and support each other through all hardships. We are friends, partners, teachers and students, comrades-in-arms and allies."

"Not just me, everyone who loves you, likes you, and admires you thinks so. This is the respect and care Mr. Leoz deserves for saving everyone."

When Yawen said this, she suddenly changed her seriousness and laughed. She kissed Li Ozi's forehead, buried him in her arms, and said softly:

"So, enjoy when you should be happy, drink when you should be distressed, and if you feel cowed and confused, come to me. I will hug you, love you, comfort you, and encourage you. There is no difficulty in life that cannot be overcome, in this world Although it is in tatters, we mend it and mend it for the rest of our lives.”

"The life of an ordinary person is neither romantic nor epic, but it is a dream that many people in this devastated world cannot achieve."

Li Ozi murmured:

"...This is why I fight for it."

"Yeah, I understand."

Yawen's fingers were inserted into Li Aozi's hair, and she said comfortingly:

"What did the [Gourmet] you spared last time say? What is the reason for fighting?"

"The reason for fighting? I already know it. Just think of it... for four dishes and one soup."

"The chili the little girl gave me is quite delicious. Do you think pregnant women can eat it? I miss the taste..."

"Actually, as an ether apostle, you don't need to hold yourself to the standards of a mortal pregnant woman."

"That won't work! For a person like me who is full of poisonous blood, the chance of getting pregnant is too slim, and there is absolutely no room for any mistakes - by the way, do you think I should listen to some classical music?"

"I don't really understand. I never went to college. But I'm thinking that this kid will follow me and is suitable for blacksmithing. How about I show off my skills?"

……………………

Gio Skua ran away with the two women, and the trio were the only ones keeping watch at night. Ye Zhanjian was still bragging about the folk superstitions to Shen Shen and Elevente. He looked up and saw Alexia coming this way. He immediately greeted:

"Hey, Chief Prosecutor, how are you? Did you find out the secret?"

Alexia shook her head:

"I didn't ask."

Ye Zhanjian showed a disappointed expression:

"Tsk, don't be shy, the boss is quite nice."

"but."

Alexia sat by the campfire, recalling the scene she witnessed, and smiled happily:

"I probably know why Leoz is invincible."

"Oh?" Now Elevente and Shen Shen became interested and looked over.

"Do you have an explanation?"

"So be it."

"Boss Leoz, where does his power to grow and become stronger come from?"

Alexia held her chin and tapped her cheek lightly with her fingertips. She considered for a long time, trying to choose a suitable word, but in the end, she still couldn't find a more suitable word than that.

She said:

"...Maybe it's love."

"like?"

"Love for friends, love for partners, love for comrades, love for the cause, love for the people."

Alexia smiled and said:

"The most important thing is the love for life and the people around you. When the love for these things reaches a certain level, it seems that it can really cause miracles."

"What a... boring statement." Ye Zhanjian slumped: "Generally speaking, it shouldn't be what it is. After falling off the cliff, you can obtain ancient inheritance, the grandfather in the ring, a miracle from the sky, or swallowing a mysterious fruit. Even if I was struck by lightning and hit by a dump truck, but I can accept it. What is love?”

"I think it's not bad." Elavent shrugged: "I will probably become indestructible because of my love for people or my career."

"Love?"

Shen Shen savored the word, and then said meaningfully:

"I don't know if it's a reason to become stronger, but if there's something that can save this world - I'm afraid it's only love."

"Hey! It sounds disgusting, especially to Chen Shen and Elevente. Isn't it disgusting for you two old bachelors to say this?"

"I have a wife." Elevent responded calmly: "Although it only exists in fiction, I believe that one day, even a virtual lover will be able to respond to my love."

"Me? I don't need to get married." Shen said, taking out a small aquarium from his luggage: "Look, the portable aquarium made by shrinking magic has dolphins, manta rays, sunfish, and king squid in it. Horseshoe crabs and Dunkleosteus... This is not much more interesting than getting married! That is the ocean, which occupies 70% of the earth's surface. It is more appropriate to say that we come from the abyss. Who can not be interested in the ocean! As long as you study the ocean, you can get the answer to the earth, the origin of life, and the truth of the universe——"

When he talked about being excited, he stood up directly:

"Long live the fucking ocean! We come from the ocean! Long live the ocean! We come from the abyss! Woohoo!"

"...As if I didn't say anything."

Ye Zhanjian twitched the corner of his mouth, raised his hand and stroked the frightened cat beside him:

"Lanaen, don't imitate these two uncles. One of them is addicted to paper people, and the other is addicted to the ocean. They are completely hopeless. This is not love, it is insanity."

"Meow~~~~"

The cat yawned, crossed his body, and stopped paying attention to the clowns.

That's it for now, let's go to bed first.

Alexia chuckled softly, and a slightly frivolous man's voice came from behind:

"How's it going? Is the atmosphere good?"

"Yeah. I really didn't expect that the world is like this, but it also has a pretty beautiful side."

Alexia took a deep breath and her eyes turned into a faint blue. She turned her head and looked into the depths of the shadows. A hooded man with bandages all over his body slowly emerged from it.

The people around him didn't seem to see him at all. They were just drinking and chatting about today's battle and interesting things. They were completely unaware that the shadow had shrouded the entire American continent.

The hooded and bandaged man sat directly next to Alexia. He kindly added a few firewood to the campfire and asked:

"Is this your plan? To give Leoz a truly wonderful life."

"In this case, Astrala will not choose Him."

Alexia said calmly:

"Leoz will not become Asdra, then the universe will not be completely destroyed, and he himself will be able to have a satisfactory life. Is there any problem with this?"

"It's not that there's anything wrong with it, it just surprised me a little."

The hooded and bandaged man said regretfully:

"I thought you would use some very extreme methods to make Leoz give up Asdra, just like Leandin and the Origin Seed did before, coaxing him into giving up these things on his own initiative."

"They are not wrong, I did the same thing."

"But you are different. The original species cannot understand what Leos really desires."

The hooded and bandaged man turned his head, his pure gray eyes stared at Alexia through the gap in the hood, seeing her essence at a glance:

"Am I right? His Majesty Red King."

'Alexia' straightened up, her blue eyes not darting away, and met the opponent's pure gray eyes. She opened her red lips lightly and made Red King's usual slightly joking and cynical voice:

"Of course, you are right, absolutely right."

"Dear Thorao Pialinus, you have invested in Leoz just like me. You should know better than me, how is Leoz's life?"

"Humiliation, humiliation, and being unable to control one's own destiny. He has always been at the mercy of others. Even the spirit of resistance was artificially implanted. Leoz has never lived in a world of his own."

She raised her hand and gently brushed her face. Alexia's face immediately changed into a young and delicate face with some freckles.

Her braid has been unraveled, and her medium-length brown hair is spread over her shoulders. The prosecutor's uniform has turned into a dusty, oil-stained worker's uniform. One of the shoulder straps of her loose overalls is hanging down on her. Her barren figure was openly exposed in the crook of her arms, and it would not arouse anyone's desire.

"Is this who you are? Rednia."

The bandaged hooded man was slightly surprised:

"It turns out you are really a child laborer. Rednia King of [Looted Soul] and [Greedy Speaker]."

"What about you? Thorao Pialinus. Where is your true identity?"

Rednia raised her eyes and looked at the bandaged hooded man:

"No. Now I should call you... [Strange Origin] His Majesty Spector."

Spector shook his head:

"I don't have a fixed identity of my own - when I rebelled with Leanding, my body was destroyed."

"So, you were really heroes back then?" Rednia chuckled.

"Just like you were once a child laborer who was ruthlessly exploited in a sweatshop, Rednia, who among us has not been young?"

Spector turned his head and looked forward. He didn't know whether he was looking at the bonfire or seeing a more original existence.

"like."

Spector said:

"You gave Leoz the most insignificant and most precious treasure."

Rednia's thin body showed frostbite and scars under the firelight.

"To be precise, it's the ability to love and be loved."

She gently scratched the scar at the base of her thigh, as if she still couldn't forget the scene where her thigh was chopped off by the supervisor.

"Even Gaia cannot collect all things in a warehouse and give them to others like you. This is the unique ability of Dragon King Leviathan Dar. As the origin of life, the embodiment of desire, and the embodiment of capital, It is generous and the most selfish. It is precisely because of selfishness that we have expectations and sharing with others in order to obtain longer-term rewards.”

Spector suddenly changed the subject:

"But even so, I am surprised - because I know about Le Anding's methods. Leos was not the only one of the children he burned back then. The fire of chaos burned them all to the point of losing their spirituality. But why? The love you gave Leos was successful?"

"It's very simple."

Rednia King gently stroked her heart, as calmly as Leos:

"That's my love."

"……What's the meaning?"

"Literally."

Rednia stood up straight, and the scene in front of her eyes had changed to one of Li Ozi and Yawen kissing each other. She raised her hand and pointed at the lovers who were clinging to each other and relying on each other.

"Leanding's methods are so good. She deserves to be the mother of the gods. Don't say that Gaia and I can't save Leoz's flaw, even if we call the two creators who were killed by Asdra, we can do it. Less than - just like if you multiply any number by 0, the final result will be 0, and this cannot be changed.”

She walked up to the beautiful couple, raised her hands and put them on their shoulders.

"but……"

Spector is still puzzled:

"Since you can't do it, how can you change Leos?"

"Nothing has changed."

The chapped lips of the child labor girl opened, and she raised her head while standing under the starry sky and the bright moon. Her thin body was fully illuminated by the moonlight. Rednia opened her arms freely, enjoying the moonlight's inspection of her.

Her history, her life, and her mental journey were developed into film by the moonlight and played in the cinema.

Spector ate his popcorn and watched her whole life.

Next to her, Rednia put her only remaining leg on the sofa, with her bones and internal organs clearly displayed.

By this time, Spector naturally understood everything.

However, he still hoped that Rednia could tell the answer by herself.

He thought so and wrote a few lines in Rednia's mind:

'I want you to tell me the answer yourself. ’

So Rednia's mouth opened and closed like a puppet, her eyes were dull, her whole body was trembling, and she spoke a few words clearly:

"I didn't change Leoz."

Leoz suddenly appeared in front of Rednia.

"The one who really changed was me."

Under Spector's gaze, the bodies of Leoz and Rednia alternated and changed. They sometimes met and sometimes separated, but in the long river of history, they were always entangled.

"Raydenia King, no, since the existence of 'Red' first appeared in history, as the patchwork embodiment of Leviathan Dar, it is this existence that has been changed."

"I have collected Li Ozi's suffering. I have collected my life and my identity as 'Red'."

"Then."

She crossed her arms, hugged Leos from behind, and cupped Leos' face with her fingers.

Leoz put his hands around her neck and pressed Rednia's forehead to his.

"Perform replacement."

The next moment, Rednia suddenly stood up. She tore off the remaining clothes on her body, revealing her porcelain skin. She had no trace of shyness or shame as a woman. She was completely like a machine or cannon fodder, standing there. In a war-torn world.

Leoz suddenly opened his eyes, and his porcelain skin suddenly shattered. Countless pieces of platinum dragon scales broke out of the skin. Its figure suddenly expanded to the point of swallowing up galaxies. Its spread wings suddenly set off an aurora storm, which swept the universe. All shadows are illuminated.

At this point, the woman with the strongest desire in the world has become a cannon fodder and a puppet that does not even have self or consciousness. In such days, Rednia spent the years she and Leos had experienced.

"I see."

Spector understands:

"The fundamental reason why Leoz was taken over by Astra is because of the suffering, injustice and partiality he experienced. He has been giving and sacrificing, but has gained nothing. He is always under the control of others and cannot be independent - when you have also experienced After hearing these things, you will spontaneously hate the world and hope to resist.”

Rednia stood in front of her, with a thin figure and blue eyes. She could no longer see the pearly nobility she once had, only her scarred body and numb expression.

"In the world of Earth or the Star Abyss, no matter who it is, they will all become the same after experiencing Leos' ordinary life."

Spector turned his head and looked:

"But the power of desire doesn't seem to be bad at all."

After the replacement, Leoz, although he came from an ordinary background, was just a blacksmith working in an ordinary farm. But on Earth, his talents and specialties that were once buried by Xingyuan were revealed one by one.

He came from an ordinary background, but his parents still loved him. He didn't have a good environment, but he also learned skills and craftsmanship on a farm in the countryside. Such a life is far more promising than cannon fodder.

The most important thing is that after changing his life, Leoz felt himself for the first time.

What he does has no special purpose and is entirely based on his own likes, dislikes and experience. He lives not for anyone but for himself.

Because of impulse, he often got into trouble.

——So he learned to be cautious.

Because of irrationality, he fell into a trap.

——So he consciously became careful in the future.

Because of trusting others too easily, he was betrayed.

——So he paid more attention to character when choosing a partner.

Leoz without humanity may be an invincible overlord, a dictator who controls the universe and dominates Xingyuan. But Leoz with humanity can dominate his own life.

His partners were recruited by his personal charm, his strength was trained by his desire to protect others, and his lover was chosen by himself.

It is difficult to say who is stronger and who is weaker between Leoz and Red King now.

On the stage where Gaia and the creators have all left, these two are the only two candidates who can compete for the strongest position in the ranks of personal power.

However, what really surprised Spector was that Levitandar's power did not help Leoz walk much faster.

Just as Geo Jaguar said, Leoz grew up very fast. Without much external help, in just two years, he had walked the path of Red King for a thousand years, even faster than his own path of four hundred years.

No one knows why.

But Specter knows that Redenia probably also realized it.

"Curiosity, greed, entertainment, wealth, eternity."

Redenia looked up, her messy hair fluttering in the wind, and she said lightly:

"This is not only the quality of being a secret speaker, but also the quality that Levitandar values ​​most."

Specter nodded.

"Just like Astrara favors people who are keen on resistance, Levitandar also values ​​people who pursue these qualities."

He said meaningfully:

"That Leoz who has nothing and comes from the abyss of stars is really a great genius here on Earth."

Redenia said nothing.

She raised her hand, and a crack appeared in her palm. Every cell of her skin was resisting the erosion of the air. They grew and evolved in this constant resistance, and eventually turned into a giant like Leoz.

"Congratulations, Lord Red King, your wish has finally come true."

Spector looked at Rednia's expression:

"But I see you, why are you not happy at all?"

Of course she would not be happy.

Because her love had already been given to Leoz, and in exchange for it, she got the qualification of [Eternal Star God] Astrara.

Not to mention this, Leoz's long and miserable life alone would wipe out Rednia's entire spirit and self.

Compared with the original tyrant, Rednia was just not directly burned by the Chaos Fire when she was born.

"Congratulations, Red King. After sacrificing all your family, betraying the secret society, Xingyuan, and narrative, burying your wealth and history in history, usurping the throne of the plundering soul, and giving up everything you have, you finally got the coveted [eternity]."

Spector clapped his hands:

"Congratulations, congratulations."

Rednia said nothing.

After entering eternity, she did not undergo any essential changes, and her bright and beautiful appearance was all uncovered and dropped.

She no longer had any sorrow or joy in her heart.

Is the wind passing by her ears cold or hot? Is the smell of barbecue or hot wine in the air? Is the starry sky black or white?

These things, all external things, are meaningless to her.

In the face of endless, extremely long, and never-ending eternity, everything is ultimately inescapable.

Do you need to react? No, absolutely not.

She has lost all her attachment to this world and the meaning of her existence. If she closes her eyes at this moment, the world will be destroyed. If she chooses to open her eyes, the world will start from the beginning.

Everything is short-lived, but she is eternal and unchanging.

Not only herself as Rednia King, at this moment, every time and space, every period, every one of her isotopes, are pulled into this timeline and completely merged with Rednia.

She is a wedge.

This wedge is drilled into every period of history, present, and future.

Press pause, and you can see Rednia's presence in every frame.

At this moment, the existence of Rednia or other Reds has been completely rewritten. They are no longer themselves, regardless of gender, life or death, without a fixed form, and without a complete posture.

Rednia finally realized that she has transcended this world.

This is eternity.

She waved her hand.

Lioz suddenly appeared on the cruise ship, dressed in a gorgeous dress, as if he was rushing to a banquet. He was stunned for a moment, and was immediately surrounded by people. People filled his glasses with fine wine, his beautiful wife Yawen hugged his arm, and all his friends gathered around him.

Leoz was confused, so he had to drink and enjoy himself. After he dealt with the enthusiastic guests, he put down his glass and suddenly noticed that someone was pulling his clothes.

Leoz turned his head.

Wearing a worn-out and oily work suit, Redenia, who was neither beautiful nor clean, stood in front of him.

"...Hello?"

Leoz hesitated for a moment and asked:

"Do you need help, Miss?"

Redenia stared at Leoz with her empty eyes.

She raised her hand and pressed it on Leoz's forehead.

The long years and the past were instantly injected into his mind.

"Uh-you!"

Leoz took a step back, Arwen quickly helped him up, looked at Rednia dissatisfied, and said coldly:

"Hey kid, what did you do to him?"

Rednia remained silent.

Yawen was about to explode, but Leoz raised his hand to stop her.

"——Arwen."

"Honey, are you okay?"

"I, everything is fine."

Leoz raised his head, and his golden dragon eyes met Rednia's blue eyes.

"Red."

Leoz stood up and said:

"You have weaved a wonderful dream for me."

"It's not a dream."

Rednia said calmly:

"The Creator is dead, this world is new, it belongs to you, it belongs to me."

"What about Star Abyss and Earth?"

"The Creator was killed by you, and the double helix system was shattered. They are in a process of pulling and attracting each other and constantly integrating."

Rednia pointed at Leoz.

"Just like you are now."

"So," Leoz said, "we broke the cycle?"

"In terms of results, that's true."

Rednia's hair was blown up by the wind. As a child laborer, her body was extremely thin, and she was afraid that a gust of wind would break her waist.

She stretched out her hand:

"Would you like to walk with me?"

"Hey!" Yawen pinched her skirt and said dissatisfiedly: "What do you mean by saying this to someone else's husband?"

"Yarwen, don't get excited."

Under Rednia's blank gaze, Leoz patted her shoulder:

"I'll be back as soon as I go."

"...Forget it." Yawen sighed: "I believe you, you can take care of it yourself."

"Thank you." Leoz pinched her cheek and said with a smile, "It won't be long."

After saying that, he turned around and took the hand handed over by Rednia.

Rednia grabbed hold of him and pulled him to the surface of the sea. They walked on the water, and the scene switched seamlessly.

The universe was spinning overhead, with the burning Milky Way on the left and the exploding star abyss on the right. Leoz lowered his head and saw the Abyss they had set foot on.

"Where are you going to take me, Red—no."

Leoz paused and said:

"Astrola."

"Once upon a time, there lived a collector. He had two children."

"I've heard this story many times," Leoz said.

Rednia did not respond and said to herself:

"One was named Van Gray Stan, a real child of the Collector. He was deformed, stupid, ugly, and lame."

"The other one is Red Teleki. He stole Van Gray's identity and status, took away his father's love and property, and used his personal and financial connections to make a big move and dominate the country. He even became the leader of the country. The Shadow King."

"But do you know what will happen to these two people?"

Leoz said:

"Van Gray Stein has gone down in history and has become a colorful page in art textbooks. His works are unparalleled treasures even in the post-Star Abyss era."

"As for Red, he died and no one remembers him. He usurped the history of Silverston. The result is that everything about Red is gone. Even now, he has dedicated his own existence to eternity."

"No one will remember the unscrupulous Red Trailkey, but almost everyone will remember Van Gray Stein."

Rednia stopped.

She let go of Leoz's big hand, took a few steps forward, and turned to face herself.

〖Leotz. 〗

Her eyes were blue and her tone was calm, just like Leos before:

〖I treat you well, right? 〗

"That's... a bit complicated."

Leos's eyes were as sharp as Red King's before, and he said jokingly:

"If you hadn't stolen my origin and Gaia would not be my opponent, I would have transformed into [real society] and brought the entire Haines together to rise."

Rednia held it with both hands, and an ugly and cute stitch monster immediately appeared in her arms.

"Aww, meow, meow?"

The little suture monster Mikhail tilted his head. He licked Leoz's hand, showing a surprised and friendly expression, but then he looked back at Rednia in confusion.

Perhaps it is now difficult for it to distinguish who is more like its master.

〖Mikhail, it itself is a creation of the Origin Earth, and it has all the Origin Earth I got from you. 〗

Rednia calmly handed it to Leos:

〖Now, return the thing to its original owner, and return it twice as much - in this way, you can defeat Gaia. 〗

Leoz picked up Mikhail and teased him a few times. The little suture monster quickly became familiar with his scent and licked his palm affectionately, as if it had never belonged to Red.

Leos was thoughtful and asked:

"Lei...Astrola, where are you going?"

〖I treat you well, right? 〗

Rednia simply asked.

"This can only be regarded as a tie...but it should be said or not."

Leos smiled:

"Compared to my dear mother Leanne, you are really good to me."

〖Leotz, no, Lee Ozzy. 〗

Rednia clapped her hands gently:

〖How does it feel to be human? 〗

"I love it," Leoz said. "Do you want to get out of here?"

〖I also like it very much, the taste of eternity. 〗

Rednia said:

〖Your life is not wonderful at all, but I will fix it. 〗

"I understand, you are already Astra, and next, you will do what Astra should do."

Li Ozi picked up Mikhail:

"Then what should I do?"

〖Enjoy your life, or do what you want to do. 〗

Rednia's face burned with blue sparks, she turned around and pushed open the door to the sea:

〖Farewell, Li Ozi. 〗

After saying that, she stepped into the door and the door closed.

Click.

Li Ozi on the war horse blinked.

The east is white, and Yawen is nestled beside her.

The wind blew quietly over San Francisco, and he and his troops were about to enter the palace. In the coming days, mankind's strongest warrior Li Ozi will write a wonderful fantasy adventure story.

There is no doubt that this will be a wonderful life.

A happy ending that only belongs to Li Ozi.

"Woofing, meowing, bleating?"

Mikhail stood on his shoulder, Li Ozi smiled and continued riding forward.

————————【Dragon Ending】————————

Congratulations on completing the Dragon Ending

You who broke the cycle of reincarnation are worthy of being brave.

Red King has become Eternal and destroyed other universes

[Achievement Obtained]: "Gem Dragon King" - No one has obtained this achievement

Thanks for playing.

E.N.D.

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