I Am God!

Helfas decided to take a look at the window sill, but when he stood on the small balcony on the upper floor of the Steel Castle building, he was stunned for a moment while looking at the bustling town scenery, and the scenery in front of him changed.

Just in the blink of an eye, the sun in the sky seemed to move a certain distance.

The crowd on the street also changed, and busy vendors began to sit down to eat. Under the harsh sun, the crowd also changed from dense to sparse in the blink of an eye.

This wasn't a strange thing, but it happened so fast.

Holding his hand on the railing, he leaned forward to look.

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It was as if time had disappeared for a while, but Helfas soon realized that it was not a problem with time, but with his own body and soul.

He felt like he was just dazed for a moment, but in fact he stood there blankly like a puppet for a long, long time.

Changing your body was indeed successful, but extending your life did not work. It was as if you thought that finding a certain answer would solve the problem you were facing, but you found out that the answer had nothing to do with your problem.

And this change of body even brought a series of more problems to Helfas.

The most obvious point is that he finds that he often falls into a period of blank consciousness, just like a lamp without oil, and the trickling water becomes trickling when it is about to run out.

"Spirituality!"

"You're about to run out of spirit."

He vaguely remembered what Anissa said. He didn't understand what it meant at the time, and he still doesn't understand its meaning now, but he roughly understood something about it from his personal experience. feature.

The so-called spirituality should be the energy that supports a being like him who has a soul or wisdom and continues the power of wisdom.

Next.

This situation began to occur frequently, from once every many days to once every few days, and the indirect time became shorter and shorter.

Every time this happens, it's like ringing the knell of his fate for Helfas.

It's just that the bell is not rhythmic and gentle at all.

Instead, he knocked faster and faster.

Dangdangdang became more and more impatient.

It's like roaring at Helfas: "Die quickly. I've let you go out to enjoy the beautiful world for long enough. It's time to come back to the darkness that belongs to you. Do you still want to stay there?"

Finally one day, he felt Zizhu again in his sleep late at night.

His consciousness is separated from his body and separated from reality.

Running all the way to the illusory kingdom in the dream, the edge of the entity and the virtual body, finally drifting under the huge and isolated pillar of myth.

As you get closer, the pillars are too high to reach the top, and densely packed names flash on them, densely intertwined and blurry.

Each name represents a person who once fought against monsters, or a monster who gained wisdom, or it belongs to a story about a witcher defeating monsters.

Before Helfas had time to appreciate its magnificence and beauty, a voice came into his mind.

"You're here again."

The shadow under the light appeared again. In a sense, the other party was his nightmare, the embodiment of the imaginary thing that kept ringing the death knell of his fate.

Helfas looked at her, sizing her up and saying nothing.

Although Anissa said that Helfas came here on his own, in Helfas's sense of self, he was pulled here.

Anissa: "Are you accepting your fate?"

Helfas: "If you had told me more, maybe I would have accepted my fate sooner."

Anissa said affirmatively: "You have accepted your fate."

It seems that she also knows how to read minds, and Helfas's little tricks and disguises are not of much use in front of her.

Helfas did not follow what the other party said, but directly asked: "What is spirituality?"

Anissa paused for a while before answering his question, as if she wanted to deepen Helfas's despair and dispel his illusions: "It is the most fundamental energy of the species of wisdom."

Helfas asked: "How can I get replenishment?"

Anissa: "I will guide you to a place. Only with the help of the power and something there can you embark on the path you should take."

Helfas: "I will not follow your arrangements. I don't believe there is any unreasonable kindness in this world. You must have some purpose."

Anissa did not deny it: "You have no choice."

Helfas: "I can choose not to return to Ji Zhu. Even if I turn into a spirit without intelligence and wander around the world, it will at least be better than here. Compared to leaving my destiny in the hands of a being that I can't understand at all, Even if it disappears into the beautiful scenery of the world, at least it is not the worst ending."

Anissa: "You will not disappear, you will only live again and again until the end."

Helfas: "You say it with such certainty, it's like it's fate."

Anissa listened to Helfas's words, and she seemed to think Helfas was strange.

"A person who is locked in a cage and cannot get out, a person who knows nothing and is full of secrets."

"But I don't believe in destiny. Isn't this the most ridiculous thing?"

Helfas: "I heard that you guarded the pillar for ten thousand years, and you were sealed for a thousand years in order not to have your name engraved on the pillar. Why on earth was it worth it for you to do this?"

Anissa did not answer directly, but told a series of stories.

"Some people have kept an oath for 250 million years, until life has changed from a fish to the ancestor of all living things, and until the earth has died and been reborn again and again."

"Some people have died hundreds of thousands of times across the ages for an ideal and come back to life. Until the last moment, they still haven't found the answer but still move forward."

"They can pursue one obsession from ancient times to the present, from the earth to the sea of ​​​​stars, from the origin of time to the end of time."

"What does it mean if I wait for such a short moment for a purpose?"

Helfas was speechless.

In every conversation, he seemed to be attacked from a superior perspective by the other party.

The other person seemed to be telling him how small the world he saw was, that everything he cared about was just a dream, and that the long years he had experienced were all a drop in the ocean.

Some of the determinations he thought he had mustered up the courage to make, and thought he had seen through life, death, and the human world, seemed to the other party as ridiculous as a child's swearing. How can you prove it without going through real suffering and eternal changes? I am strong enough to withstand the passage of time.

Anissa brought the topic back to the original one, and she stood in the shadows and said to Helfas.

"I am not in a hurry."

"Ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years, a million years or ten million years, it's all fine."

"If you don't want to do it this time, then I'll wait for the next time. The next time, it doesn't matter."

"Your soul is wandering in the world. You can read thousands of sails and walk through every corner of the earth, but one day you will set foot here again and go to the road you should take."

she says.

"Fate is not about forcing you to do something, but that no matter how you try to escape the ending, you will still inevitably take that fork in the road."

Helfas was completely unable to understand the world in the eyes of these beings, leaving only endless silence.

——

The Court of Order.

There are many animals made of purple in the garden. The original bird that once accompanied her has long since disappeared, replaced by another group flying around in the huge courtyard with strange sounds.

She is leading the monks and scepter patriarch professionals in conducting an experiment to record the reproduction and growth of various types of life.

Although she didn't speak, she was obviously anxious.

she thought.

"try again."

"The first method should work."

"I will definitely find the problem and find a way to create a perfect body."

Zi is still trying to find a way to extend Helfas's life. She still seems to think that the problem lies in the body she made. She is not strong enough and the body she made is not perfect enough.

She had been busy all day, and when she was passing by the promenade by the pool at starry night, she suddenly saw a shadow. It was Helfas.

Helfas had just woken up from his dream and came here in soul form.

Although it was already late at night, his soul couldn't feel the cold, and naturally he couldn't feel the desolation of the cold autumn and winter nights. All he saw were pictures of heavy shadows and lights, but no real feelings.

He turned to look at Zi: "Are you still continuing?"

Zi: "Well, I will definitely succeed. Just wait a little longer."

Helfas sighed: "It's not the body's problem, let alone your problem. You can't solve it."

Zi: "Something has to be done."

Helfas smiled and asked her: "If I really die, what are your plans next?"

Zi looked at Helfas quietly. She seemed to not want to hear Helfas say such words, but she still replied: "Resurrect you."

Helfas said: "I will be resurrected naturally. You don't need to do anything more. What I want to ask is if there is anything else you want to do."

Zi: "Then I'll wait for you."

Helfas asked jokingly: "Is this love?"

Zi did not answer, perhaps because she felt that the topic was too shy, or she did not know what the answer was.

Helfas: "I heard a man say in my dream that there is a man who has waited for 250 million years for an oath."

Zi was not moved by it. She felt that the story was just a story, and she didn't care who the person was.

Helfas continued.

"In the past, I always felt that oaths and promises were really beautiful and sacred."

"But when the height is stretched to such a terrifying point, when this oath and agreement does not belong to two ordinary people but to an immortal existence, I think it is too terrible. It is really unimaginable."

"Whether it's lonely or long, it doesn't matter if I'm alone."

"But if I know someone is waiting for me at the end of time, a thousand years, ten thousand years, or even billions of years, she will be waiting there."

"You wait for me, and I wait for you, until the end of time that can never be seen."

"Don't you think it's more like a curse?"

Helfas walked up to Zi and said to her.

"Do something you love!"

"Don't let me be your whole life, I'm just a part of your life. It's an honor to be able to bring you some beautiful memories."

"I don't know when I will come back again. It may be a short time, or it may be a long, long time."

"One day in the future."

"If you can still see me and want to see me again, then shout out my name and I will definitely feel happy."

"But in these long years, I hope you won't sacrifice everything to resurrect me, and don't wait for my return. You only live for yourself."

Zi looked at Helfas's soul, which was still shining and sacred, but became more hazy and illusory.

It seems further away from the world and becomes unreachable.

Her eyes showed sadness, and Helfas didn't know how to respond. He could only look around and said.

"Look at this courtyard and palace, don't you like it very much? You can live here as you like."

"We have created such a beautiful world, don't you love it?"

Zi spoke, but her voice became choked for some reason.

"Because we are here together, because you built this for me."

"I don't want to hear you say that, I'm so sorry."

Helfas always smiled and wanted to maintain his calm, free and extremely powerful and confident image, but at this moment he became lonely and a little weak.

He could only look at Zi and shake his head to tell her.

"I will never say such a thing while I'm alive."

"but."

"I'm leaving."

Tears flowed from the corners of Zi's eyes. She didn't speak, and even the sad expression on her face tried her best to suppress it, leaving only tears falling continuously from her face.

Helfas stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears on her face, but the soul penetrated through Zi's face.

——

Unknowingly, the sealed object, the black steel electric lamp, had been loaded in Helfas City. This was accelerated by the strong push of Helfas.

He looked a little anxious, but no one seemed to notice anything unusual.

Because everyone in the city is also very anxious to see this city that never sleeps lit up as soon as possible.

"It's getting dark." It was getting dark tomorrow, but there were many people surrounding the roadside who refused to disperse for a long time.

"It should be soon!" They counted the time, as if waiting for something.

"It's almost time, it should be bright soon." These people kept looking at the wooden pillars on the roadside, as if what happened next was related to this pillar.

The wood was partially hollowed out, and resin from some kind of weird tree was poured into it, giving off a smell.

The most intuitive thing to see is the head-like lampshades growing out of the top of the wood. The lampshades are made of gemstone glaze produced by ruby ​​red snails. They are opaque and have a grayish milky white color.

At first glance, they look like strange wooden figures standing on the roadside.

On the side of the Central Records Library, a figure stood in the darkness.

With a bang.

After a long metal pole was broken off, thunderous lightning rushed into the distance along lines, connecting to street lamps like electric dragons.

The first light came on, and the head of the "wooden man" glowed dimly, then the second and third lights, and continued to spread.

The dim yellow lamps are like a relay, extending to every corner of the city.

Not only the lights on the roadside, but also the markets in the city and several important iron-making, silk-weaving and other workshops were all lit up.

I don't know if it has something to do with the weird thing that acts as an energy source. Dark clouds have been gathering in the sky for a long time, and at this time there was also a thunder.

"Boom!"

Thunder flashed in the sky, and heavy rain poured down.

But the residents in the city did not interrupt their excitement and excitement at all because of the rain. They even became more excited because of the thunder and heavy rain. They rushed to the streets like crazy, cheering and shouting while running.

"It's lit up. The whole city is lit up."

"so amazing."

"Look, this light is really bright."

"There is no night in Helfas City, and it is shrouded in light every moment."

"This is not a lamp, this is the sun created by the Black King, the sun of night."

"The King of Gods and Men, the King of Black, he is the god on earth."

They gathered together in the heavy rain, letting the heavy rain wet their hair and clothes.

They saw the thunder falling on the spire and then being led deep into the earth. They listened to the terrifying thunder and looked at the flashing lightning, but they no longer had any fear.

It was as if they had conquered the darkness, the thunder and the storm.

Central Records Library.

Helfas stood at a high place and looked at the scene of the city. The dots of lights illuminated the darkness and also illuminated the excited figures.

To be honest, these lights are a bit out of place in this city where many places still look quaint. They seem to be missing a lot of things that should be matched with them.

But it's beautiful.

It's like flowers blooming in the wilderness and single trees growing out.

It's shocking and shocking, but also yearning for it.

Helfas stood in front of the gate and said to the side: "I'm leaving."

Under the light, a shadow suddenly stepped out, as if Helfas's shadow came to life.

The shadow approached the light and merged with it.

finally.

Little by little it turned into a night light.

It was just like the night light when he was young. He was the same age when Helfas first met him more than thirty years ago. He drove Helfas out of the Black Iron City in a car, and to some extent he also brought Helfas out of the Black Iron City. Got the sealed book.

Night Light actually had a premonition. He knelt on the ground and said, "I understand. I will follow your will and watch this city become what you want."

Helfas: "Do you remember what I said?"

Night Light: "Even if one day you will leave briefly but you will eventually come back again. Even if there are any problems with our previous assumptions over the years, you will turn everything around in the direction it should go."

Helfa nodded.

However, what he wanted the other party to remember most was actually the last paragraph.

He looked at the night light and said.

"And one last sentence."

"I hope that no matter what happens, we will still move forward with hope."

He once said to the night light that he would come back, which also meant that he would become the other person's support, so that he would not have to worry.

But to a certain extent, it can be said that the other party is waiting for his return.

But at that time, he just made a back-up defense.

In fact, he did not think that he would die and would need to hand things over to others.

And when he was really about to die unstoppably, when that so-called fate hit him like an overwhelming mountain, his thoughts changed again.

Even if he can't come back.

Even if no one is waiting for him.

He also hopes that everyone can still move forward bravely with hope.

Night Light didn't fully understand the meaning of Helfas's words, so he raised his head.

"I remember."

Helfas nodded. He didn't say much, but he felt that the other party would understand one day.

He looked at the city at night, watched the heavy rain stop, more and more people poured into the streets, watched the shops and vendors under lights began to appear, and watched the celebration scenes that only appeared on the God and Man Festival in the past would become a daily routine. .

It was obviously night, but Helfas seemed to see a sun rising above the horizon.

"It's so lively."

"Full of life, like the rising sun."

In the dark.

One lamp after another lights up, illuminating the extraordinary city without night, announcing that the world and civilization have entered a new stage.

But at the same time, we also fall towards the "god" who is quickly rushing towards death and aging.

He was stooped and old, his hair was completely white, and his originally dark eyes had become cloudy.

Like the twilight sun.

He made a decision.

As for the city and the order he established, as well as how to make them go further, Helfas also made the final arrangements.

Perhaps the arrangement he left behind was not the best, nor was it able to solve the problems he would face in the future.

However, he found that there seemed to be only so much he could do.

Some things cannot be achieved by hard work, and some fate cannot be rejected by unwillingness.

He lacked too many prerequisites, or it could be said that he was born in an era when he should not have appeared.

He could only place everything on the future again.

——

at the same time.

In a distant city, a strange thing happened in the Bronze Dragon Palace.

Most of the monks have already rested late at night. The bronze dragon in this Dragon Palace has recently left the Dragon Palace due to some matters. Only a few monks are on duty.

"Dong dong dong dong!"

"Dong dong dong!"

A slight friction and vibration came from inside the hall. A monk noticed this situation when passing by outside the gate.

He immediately entered the hall, looking for the origin of the sound, and finally fixed his eyes on the most important statue of the Dragon King made of orichalcum.

At first, he thought his eyes were dazzled.

But after taking a closer look, I found that the Dragon King statue was indeed moving.

"That's right."

"The bronze Dragon King statue is really moving?"

After the monk confirmed it, he said excitedly.

"Is it going to split into a second dragon statue?" (End of Chapter)