High Above

There was a muffled sound of thunder in the dark night, low and thick, roaring.

The young man was sleeping very lightly, and the air-trapping armor leaning on the side of the camel beast trembled slightly, proving that the master was waking up from a short trance.

Half of the sky near the Bad Rift Valley was covered by clouds, with thunder roaring, and the other half was a dark night sky, silent.

They are distinct and do not affect each other. Not far away, the vast cloud pillar that reaches the top of the sky is constantly rotating, just like the giant in ancient myths stretching out its arms from the earth's core abyss to stir up the Kingdom of God set up on the seven-layer ladder to heaven. .

A pair of green eyes opened, with a slightly panicked look. The boy took off his helmet with a quick breath, raised his head and stared at the sky, staring at the distant and blurry black curtain.

The phantom moon and the new moon, the intact and broken moons, hang on both sides of the sky, just like a pair of dead twilight eyes, watching everything in this land.

In the darkness of few stars, there are still a few stars twinkling. Although they are lonely, they still exist. They are not like dreams, turning into a bright and decisive comet that cuts through the darkness, lighting up half of the night sky. dissipate.

Ian woke up from his dream and broke out in a cold sweat. His breathing did not calm down until he was sure that one of the stars in the sky had not faded.

"Is this this...a dream again?"

Lowering his head and lowering his long eyelashes, Ian sighed softly, the light green light in his eyes changing with his breathing.

He reached for his neck and stared at the cold water droplets on his hands with a wry smile: "I broke out in a cold sweat."

"Really, the only thing that hasn't grown up is the body. It's still a child."

Ian stood up slowly, controlled the source material to remove his armor, and prepared to get some air.

He never wanted to look up in the wilderness at night.

Because in the night sky of the Terra continent, there is no vast and bright river of stars, nor are there stars all over the sky dotting the darkness.

Here, there is only a dark void, like a huge mouth, like a bottomless abyss, trying to swallow the whole world and make everything fall into it.

Ian didn't like this feeling. Those few remaining stars did not provide him with comfort, but served as a wake-up call that always filled him with urgency and worry.

he does not like. Don't like this kind of world. The continent of Terra is blocked by nameless darkness, and the stars in the sky dim one after another. Every time I fall into sleep, I always dream of the sky suddenly burning, and everything sinking into darkness after the bright light.

He always didn't like this feeling, just like he didn't like reading the end of a book or meeting new friends.

yes.

After reading a book, you will feel melancholy, and the long story ends here.

After a person dies, it is sealed in the coffin and there is no other possibility.

Of course, he didn't like it. Who would like the unspeakable melancholy behind the hinges, the helpless silence after the incident?

only……

Ian will still read the next book.

Will get to know another person.

Will go...explore another world.

"teacher……"

Using his own essence to dry the clothes, he also removed the dust and dirt left by the battle with the Magnet Knight inside and outside the armor. Ian sighed softly when he raised the Chongyuan Iron Sword: "Those children, Baron Ryan, and others People. A lot of people I killed.”

“You could have survived in the world and the era I lived in in my previous life.

You don’t have to die, you don’t have to do evil, you don’t have to be harmed by evil. "

"This world and this era cannot bear your dreams and pain."

The frost butterfly flew out of the small box wrapped around the waist of the sky armor, flying around Ian with some confusion, and he raised his slender fingers to make the little goblin land.

It was originally like a fairy made of pixels, but now it looks much more delicate. Looking at this cute little guy, the young man also smiled slightly: "Frost Butterfly, I have too many secrets, I can only tell you now."

"When you also gain wisdom, I can only think alone."

The little goblin tilted his head, obviously not understanding what the big goblin was saying, and Ian didn't care. He touched the sharp adamantine blade of the long sword, feeling the cold and dangerous feeling. Touch.

A beautiful world should have unlimited possibilities.

In a beautiful era, no one should be judged.

The starry sky is a symbol of that world and era.

Because it is an unhappy country, a society that is not rich; a world that is neither beautiful nor filled with longing for the future.

No one longs for distant stars.

——But what if even the stars have dimmed?

That may be the greatest terror and the greatest doomsday.

It just doesn't matter.

Even in this world...he will still move forward.

"Let's go, Shuangdie, go back to the small freezer. You are about to advance, and I have to prepare it for you."

Lowering his eyes, Ian shook his head slightly to indicate to the little guy. The boy's body lit up with cyan water-based essence, and even the tips of his hair had clear brilliance flowing, causing the Sky Winding Armor to activate spontaneously and cover his body.

His white hair fell down his shoulders and hung behind his back. After Ian wiped the sword blade to make it shine even more, it seemed as if he had completed a ritual.

He put the Chongyuan Iron Sword back into its scabbard and his eyes became firm again.

Frost Butterfly returned to the ice box, and the young man who was also worried and lonely returned to his original self as a calm, rational, fearless, prophet who never hesitated and communicated with anyone without any flaws.

Because there is nothing to stop.

He is Ian.

Those who look up to heaven.

He's going to the stars.

It's that simple.

After several days of trekking, Ian has arrived next to the Bad Rift Valley. If he sets out now, he will probably reach the town in front of the bridge at dawn.

After fighting the Magneto Knight and dealing with the scene, Anfa and Pansha left with the Purple Maple Knight.

They need to rush back to the Baisen Mountains as soon as possible to avoid encountering the knights sent by the Marquis. Although everyone may have a tacit understanding, if they really encounter it, let alone doing it once, they have to pay some hard work and waste a lot of time, right?

Maybe I have to take some unnecessary blame, which is really pointless.

While cleaning up the battlefield, Pansha secretly found Ian and asked the boy if he had any other relatives. After learning that he only had one younger brother, the grandson of Elder Manya and the leader of the new generation of the Afud tribe seemed quite disappointed.

"I used to occasionally meet a beautiful girl from the mysterious Yagu tribe, but she suddenly disappeared recently. What a pity. I still want to go there one day to propose marriage..."

While muttering, he leveled the land and destroyed some traces that the young man had asked to be dealt with.

Anfa used the secret method of holding back his voice to tell Ian that the beautiful mountain girl Pansha saw was actually Xiou... At that time, the king of the mountain liked the feeling of raising a daughter, so Xiou always walked in the posture of a girl for more than ten years.

Dragons, such perfect creatures, have no gender at all. The King of Mountains himself often walks in the mountains in two forms: a beautiful woman and a strong man.

"Then...whose face did she use at that time?"

Ian asked curiously, and then noticed that Anfa, who had always been good-tempered, also looked sulky, and it became clear that he didn't need an answer.

But the strange thing is that it's just a face, so what's there to be angry about?

Xio is also using his face now, why isn't he angry now?

As for the Purple Maple Knight, he has always been tied up, but he is quite calm. He is worthy of being a ruthless person who has been undercover for more than ten years without being exposed and almost reached the top.

The relationship between Anfa and the Purple Maple Knight is obviously a bit subtle. Although Ian has not watched many romantic dramas, the elements of being 'same race', 'familiar', 'undercover in the same organization', and 'frenemies' are enough to make people imagine a lot. thing.

As for the body of the Magnetic Light Knight, Ian had long thrown it into the Nine Revolving Abyss.

They are nine caves formed by the cooling of lava in the lowest part of the basin. Due to the cooling time and geological changes, a series of huge abyss was formed - the nine cave entrances are just entrances, and a whole set of underground ecosystems are running inside. .

Some scholars speculate that there is a small to medium-sized labyrinth deep in this place, but in fact there is not. It is simply a wonder created by strange geological structures.

Walking around the Abyss, Ian didn't even encounter half of the rumored battle monsters or the herds of beasts ravaging the wilderness.

Except when he came to the edge of the abyss to throw the body away, Ian vaguely sensed a rather loud sound echoing in the rock formations deep in the abyss. From beginning to end, he never encountered the local native beasts who were said to be very hospitable.

It can only be said that the battle against Warcraft is really extraordinary. Not only is it a battle, but it is also a first-rate specialty in accepting cowardice.

For this reason, Ian had to activate his precognitive vision, forcibly find a water-type monster hiding in a small lake nearby, and take out the "energy-gathering shell" of the "water flying butterfly".

As for why, of course it is to pave the way for the advancement after Frost Butterfly.