Wasteland Echoer

"'Eryssia' is a very ancient music style. Legend has it that it originated from the dream of Basileus, a man from the Central Empire." Fansuo said with great interest.

He calmly placed the painting tool in his hand in the middle of a circular symbol on the altar floor, stretched out a finger, as if completely ignoring the weight of the shackles in his hand, put it on his head and made continuous circles. .

"What I want to play is an arrangement that softens Crusted's style of music, the exotic atmosphere of living in an extremely cold realm." Ivant did not intend to have in-depth exchanges with Fanso in the fields of music and art. more content.

First, he only had a partial knowledge of music. Apart from a little bit of poor history, more of the explanations and analyzes of music in his mind were copied from the understandings of many court musicians, as well as a few seniors from the Zhinetsk Academy of Arts. Professor's paper.

Secondly, the music he was about to play was nothing more than mechanical memory, forcibly remembering the order of pressing the keys. Regarding the music itself, it seemed that he did not have the kind of visual and touching feeling in his heart that he imagined.

"Don't you want to hear this story? I will only detain you for a few minutes, Mr. Ifant. I remember your teacher Aaron said that the last time you entered that field was very brief and you did not remember much . And if you know a little more about the history of this piece, you can touch the power of upper-level professionals hidden in the 'dream' that is difficult to use easily, and you can remember everything that happened."

"Are you talking about dreams, the characteristics of 'Grey Dreams'? Interesting." The corner of Evante's mouth twitched unnaturally, making it difficult for others to tell whether he was angry or interested.

"It is difficult to enter the 'Grey Dream' without the help of magic power, emblems, upper-level professions, and 'Gray Voice'. Even if you are lucky enough to enter, the existence of non-upper-level professions will still be awakened in the 'Dream Awakening' ' and then quickly forgot everything he saw. Therefore, in the legend, the apostle of the Lord of the Night forcibly accepted a soldier into the 'Grey Dream', and when he was about to send him away, he did not forget to remind him to record everything as soon as possible. What you heard. So, Mr. Ifant, if you can understand this historical story related to the dream and this piece, I believe you will not fall into the painful situation of amnesia." Fanso explained in a sincere tone.

"I would like to hear the details." Evante nodded.

"Legend has it that this Basileus was named Constantine. In that nightmare, he came to a world similar to our current continent. According to the whispers of some old gods in the dream, he learned that in the dream The era of was also an era of 'people being discovered'. But his empire only had a capital fortress and a few mountain strongholds that had just been recovered by the sea."

"And when he looked around, he was surprised to find that there were only more than 10,000 soldiers in purple shirts under his command. The Etu barbarian army besieging the capital was as high as 100,000. They had "high copper cannons" ’, and countless galleys. In desperation, he chose to explore south along the new continent settlements developed by humans surviving in the northern ice sheet, looking for a new continent.”

"New World? It's indeed an interesting topic. But it's hard to say whether there is such a realm in our world. After all, traveling westward along the ocean will be swallowed up by hurricanes, and ships sailing eastward from the Fire Empire will often lose their traces.

I believe that our planet may not necessarily be the core of the universe, nor will it be surrounded by the sun, but it must be a sphere, and there will always be technology that can enable global navigation. "Yvante did not forget to show off his not-so-profound scientific knowledge.

"After that," Fansuo paused, walked straight along the ground to a position less than two meters away from Evante, raised his head and stared at Evante's half-purple eyes with his gray eyes, and continued:

"That Basileus dreamed that he came to a new continent called America, and he seemed to have spent more than two hundred years there. The weapon he brought with him was similar to the 'Central Fire', 'Great The books in the library played an important role. When this wandering country became a normal country, under the guidance of the Lord, he named the country the 'Elysian Empire'.

Then he woke up, and when he stood up facing the rising sun, he realized that he had only taken a nap for 15 minutes on the wooden bed engraved with purple patterns. But the memory of this moment was too profound, too psychedelic, and too wonderful, so he remembered them, wrote them down, and passed them down.

By the way, sometimes when I read this story, I thought, is it a dream of Basileus rebuilding the country, or is the reality now a dream of the long-lived emperor of the 'Elysian Empire'? "

"I seem to understand the meaning of this story a little bit." Ifant looked up affectionately at a beam of moonlight penetrating from the skylight of the metal wall and said:

"I should pay attention to what is worth remembering. Only in that way can I remember it. The same is true in 'Grey Dream'. I need to grab the key information I need. Speaking of this story, I thought of a great story from the Empire of Fire. philosophical propositions."

"Did the wise man turn into a butterfly in his dream, or did the butterfly turn into a wise man in his dream? Interesting, interesting."

Crown Prince Evante couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised.

But immediately afterwards, he quickly put away his affectionate face and replaced it with a cold expression, like the ice and snow at the top of the incandescent ice field that would not melt for thousands of years, and said to Fansuo:

"Fansuo, you have the upper-level magic power that belongs to the light, right? As the cardinal of the Church of Dark Night, your power actually belongs to the light. That's right, darkness and light are never opposite existences, but are balanced. Product. When I play the music later, I will need the blessing of your magic source power, and I will mix the two styles, especially the music that focuses on detecting the "sound of confusion" of the gods. No one has tried it in front of the Lost One. You should , I’m not willing to give up this rare opportunity.”

"Of course not, Mr. Ivant, I am willing to serve you. After all, my current magic source power can only be used 5% under the metal restraint made of 'Annihilation Demon'. This amount of power can't even be used by a strong man without magic source power." Even the [soldiers] of the empire cannot be harmed." Fansuo nodded in agreement.

Immediately afterwards, after stopping the dissuasion of Kaiwukski and Aaron, Ivant strode towards the golden piano located on top of the dark geometric pattern in the center of the altar.

As he clapped five times in a row, a bright "headlight" from the top, powered by a limited-production diesel generator, illuminated his position.

After the light was in place, he sat elegantly on the leather-covered seat made of "Silent Duck", stroking the golden luster with his hands, with white and gold as the background, and covered with wheat ear patterns. On top of the piano.

Then, he lifted the cover of the piano and began to play a piece of music called "Elysia: Dreamland" according to the key sequence in his memory.

The rhythm of the music begins very softly, making people feel as if they are in the vast starry sky. Gorgeous and brilliant stars are floating above the head, and the bright moon's brilliance pours around Ivante's body.

After a melody, the music began to become more urgent, and then began to become solemn.

At this moment, Fansuo crossed his hands and chanted a spell composed in the language of the ancient Zine Empire. The light magic power in his body began to surge in a limited amount and began to form.

A second later, bright ribbon-like brilliance and particle-like golden "sparks" simultaneously appeared around Fansuo and Ivante's body.

As the music progressed towards the climax, the endless "sparks" gradually evolved into a firework that seemed to never bloom. They intertwined, jumped, rotated, and finally converged into Ivante's body.

At the same time, a circle of golden mist seemed to surround Evante's body. In the few seconds towards the end of the climax, the mist formed a strange mirror with a creeping frame.

Finally, after an explosion of bright sun-like rays of light, the crown prince of the Zine Empire, Ivante, disappeared.

"Your Highness?"

The first to break away from music's vaguely psychedelic state was the Imperial General Kaiowsky.

He trotted forward, supporting the edge of the altar with his hands, easily climbed over the guardrail, quickly arrived in front of Fansuo, and asked:

"Where has His Highness gone? Do you think this is a conspiracy of your Dark Night Church? I remember you talked to His Highness alone for half an hour a few days ago. Did you deceive him?"

"Stupid human beings." Fansuo did not show any respect for Kaiwukski, but cursed him with contempt.

"Damn it!" Kaiwukski also cursed more severely.

Immediately afterwards, he took out the "Imperial Brand" pistol exclusive to the Imperial General from his waist without hesitation, loaded the bullet, pointed it at Fansuo's head and pulled the trigger.

Click!

The crisp jamming sound spread throughout the entire space through the echo of the empty environment, and also brought the surrounding imperial soldiers and Aaron back to a completely clear reality.

"Don't do anything stupid, Kaiwukski. You don't understand the power of magic and extraordinary things. What you did just now was to murder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Do you understand?" Aaron said, walking quickly from the side next to him. Ladder rushed towards Kaiwukski and snatched away his pistol.

"His Highness has disappeared. Is this also planned? Also, this pistol has been with me for twenty years, and today is the first time it jammed. What is the reason?" Kaiwukski asked in confusion.

"'Grey Dream', His Highness entered the 'Grey Dream'. He didn't tell you, that's because you don't know anything related to the magic source power. 'Mysterious Sound' is the Lost One, and the Light Demon Source power is the magic source power that can shake 'reason' and produce defensive capabilities, so what we have to do now is wait here, that's all."

"waiting?"

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When the music reached its climax just now, Crown Prince Evante felt the ultimate, chilling warmth as if "MB-001: The Burning Sun" was wrapping him.

Then, he saw the golden mist completely enveloping him, causing him to fall into a hazy state.

After a few seconds, all the golden surroundings completely receded. Instead of disappearing, the fog became more intense, and he felt a strong sense of weightlessness, which made him feel "confused" and at a loss.

After a few more minutes, a small gap appeared in the thick fog.

Looking through the gap, he saw an endless "ocean" composed of stars and darkness. He seemed to be in the vast universe.

Immediately afterwards, a ripple appeared in the center of the universe and spread outward.

However, the place where the ripples touched quickly turned into a mess of fragmented products.

Finally, everything fell silent, and after all the fog disappeared, the familiar feeling of standing on the earth returned to Evante's feet.

After going through a difficult time that was almost caused by the sound of mechanical metal friction, low whispers, male and female curses and sighs, Ivant suddenly found that everything in front of him became "cheerful" .

After the fog and the sound completely dissipated, he once again came to the familiar "Grey Dream" that he had visited half a month ago but did not remember much useful information.

"Sure enough, it is still a familiar scene. In other words, I should have arrived a little earlier than the time agreed with the 'Mechanical Spirit'. Although I have forgotten most of the conversation, at three o'clock in the evening on the fifteenth day, the Crimson Moon I haven't forgotten the meeting again in rising time. I just don't know if the robot 'Mechanical Spirit' will abide by the agreement and arrive here without any surprise." Ivante said to himself.

He moved his body for a while, and after feeling the familiar feeling of manipulation, he raised his head and looked around the surrounding environment.

It is still a vast altar area, surrounded by a circle of metal railings to protect those who enter from falling into the dark abyss filled with thick fog.

The colors swaying on the ground are no longer the intertwining of pure blue and gold, but have become the intertwining of crimson and silver. It seems that the internal environment is also related to the external real world.

Seeing that there were no other entrants in the empty altar environment of "Gray Dream", Ivant simply walked aimlessly past the irises outlined with black lines on the outermost layer, and the double-headed eagle pattern drawn in the middle. We walked to the six-pointed star pattern in the center.

A few minutes later, just as Ivant looked up at the psychedelic crimson moon that gradually emerged from the clouds, the space in front of him suddenly distorted.

After the electric voice passed through, a man wearing a pure black windbreaker suddenly appeared in front of him, with his head tightly wrapped in a hoodie, and he had the shape of a young male.

He also wears a hexagonal mask with a sunflower pattern carved on the edge and a simple sun pattern in the middle.

After getting over the discomfort when he first entered the "Grey Dream", he stopped in place and shook his heavy head a few times. However, the "human" in front of Ivant spoke hoarsely, unable to conceal the uniqueness of youth. The clear voice asked:

"Man in a tuxedo, are you also here to find the 'Mechanical Spirit'? 'Red-faced Hain' said that anyone who can enter the 'Grey Dream' is extraordinary, a person with unique extraordinary power. Not as good as us. Want to get to know each other first? Hello, I am 'Echoer'."

"'Echoer'? It's a great name. You must have read "All Things in the Ancient World", right?" Evante said with a little disdain:

"I am indeed waiting for the 'Mechanical Spirit', but it doesn't hurt to get to know you."

"You can call me - 'Emperor'."

Wright and Ivant's first scene together! ! !