Chapter 14: The Truth About the Coming of the Sage

"You were able to contact me through the Light...... It seems that the shard of steel has a function that I didn't know existed. ”

Holding the light that had been transformed into metallic silver light in his arms, Joshua spoke to the steel python Karlis, who was on the other side of time and space, and he frowned slightly, as if he was a little dissatisfied with the other party's abruptness: "You should have told me earlier." ”

"That piece of steel is a part of me in itself, and contacting you through it was one of the purposes for which it was given to you in the first place."

Karlis's tone was as gentle as ever, and he whispered, "It's just that I didn't expect that you didn't fuse that piece of steel, but instead gave it to this nascent will collection...... You seem to have given it back pieces of other worlds? ”

Karlis's tone changed to surprise: "What a generous one. ”

Generally speaking, if an ordinary person obtains a world fragment that can make people powerful, they will definitely not hesitate to use it themselves, after all, this is a strange thing that can make a mortal instantly become comparable to a powerful person, and it is precisely because of this logic that the Steel Python feels that he should be able to contact Joshua directly through the fragment.

But the warriors were not very interested in the fragments...... The power given by Karlis is to manipulate wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and other natural phenomena released through the elements, and Joshua can do this without this fragment and power, with his own strength, it is precisely because he feels that it is chicken, so when Joshua feels that these things may be beneficial to Xiao Guang, who is also the will of the world, he simply feeds it to the other party.

"That fragment has no other ability than to communicate, and this child just heard my voice, so he came to contact you."

Karliss explained slightly, and then, its tone changed: "Joshua, I contacted you this time because of an important matter. ”

"What's the matter?"

Joshua could sense that Karliss had no ill intentions, and Xiaoguang did help the other party contact him because of his own will, so he didn't care about the shard. In turn, the warrior also knew very well that it must be because of something important that allowed Claris, the Metal Python, to use his few strengths to connect with him across the world.

"It's incredible, but Joshua, in my perception, the world of McCrove is dying."

In the simplest and most unpretentious words, he said the unbelievable, and Karlis's tone was also full of incredulity, and it did not pay attention to the expression of Joshua, who was also inexplicable, but continued: "I have witnessed the rekindling of the fire in the world of Microf, and I have also felt the vitality of the world...... Unlike the world I live in, the world of McCrove should have become a normal world completely, with a lifespan that is not endless, but at least stable for the next few thousand years. ”

"But I felt the wail of the world on the verge of extinction...... The sound was almost like when the 'famine' came. ”

As he said this, the Steel Python squirmed its massive body that had penetrated through the past and the future, and the jewel-like snake pupils shimmered red, as if expressing its doubts.

The will of the world cannot communicate with mortals, they are beings of a completely different dimension from ordinary life, they are 'existential' beings, and only the soul burners who hold the power of the Initial Fire can communicate with them. While observing this phenomenon, the world of Karlis thought of Joshua in an instant, and only Joshua could communicate with it now and discuss the truth or falsehood of this phenomenon.

Perhaps 'light' is also a communicative being, but light does not have combat effectiveness.

"A sound similar to the coming of the evil god of the 'Famine'? In the world of Microf? A wail of dying out? It's not something to be joked about. ”

When Joshua heard the news that seemed to be a bombshell, his face couldn't help but change slightly, the matter involved the evil god and the destruction of the world, so no one can be careless, even if it is a false report by Callis, then he must take action, this is his responsibility.

"Why didn't I perceive anything...... Tsk, it's too big, it looks like someone else has to be informed. ”

Although there were still doubts, at this moment, Joshua immediately stood up from his seat, he was going to contact Israel and Nostradamus first, and then go to communicate with Pope Iger, and the old Pope had the means to contact all the legendary powerhouses.

However, just as Joshua was about to contact the Emperor and the old mage, he suddenly thought of another possibility.

"Karlis, in your perception, is it business as usual in the McCrove world?"

He emphasized: "It's the world itself. ”

"There are no anomalies...... But the wails of dying continued to spread towards the surrounding multiverse void with the tide of the Great Demon Tide. ”

On the other side of time and space, the Steel Python was a little strange about the question asked by Joshua, but it still said patiently: "I came to contact you immediately when I found out that something was wrong, so this voice may not have spread too far...... But if it continues, it may attract some terrifying presence. ”

Karlis didn't say exactly what those terrifying existences were, but who else could make the will of the world jealous, but the evil gods? Later, the Steel Python continued to emphasize: "The realm of time and space we are in is connected to the abyss, where there are also many ancient evil inhabitants, sensing the wail of the imminent destruction of a world, they definitely don't mind coming to eat the wreckage of the world. ”

"Well, I guess I understand."

Joshua's eyes narrowed, he probably had a guess in his heart, but this guess was inconvenient to say to the Steel Python, who was the will of the world. So after a moment of silence, he strode out of the study and headed to the top floor of the Lord's Mansion.

"Master? It's so late, are you going out? ”

On the top floor, Hotaru, who was sitting on the battlements and reading by the light, suddenly saw Joshua appear, still holding a small fluorescent light in his hand, and couldn't help but be a little surprised: "It's really strange to take a walk with light today?" Will you come back in the evening? ”

"Come back, remember to prepare a supper for me."

Although the matter of eating food is meaningless for Joshua now, the process of eating itself is also a part of life, and Joshua does not have the consciousness of a non-human powerhouse, so as long as he has time, the three meals are as usual. After he told the silver-haired girl, he directly turned into a streamer and flew towards the sky.

In just an instant, he broke through the barrier of the world and came to the void.

In the void, the light of the demon tide is surging, and you can see that there are white energy waves surging in the multiverse, and countless worlds are shimmering in this sea of fog like a nebula, hazy and bright.

The moment Joshua came to the void, he immediately felt a slight pressure, which was the thrust, or gravitational force, generated by the energy of the Great Demon Tide attracted by the mass of the world and constantly seeping into the interior of the world. For an individual, this thrust has no effect and is almost completely non-existent, but for things that are too large, this thrust adds up to a powerful pressure that cannot be resisted.

It's like the Boundless Heavens, the abode of the gods that hang high above the world of Microf and breathe with the world. This plane bubble, which is the same as the fairy town, is also hanging in the outer layer of the Mycrof world, and it is precisely because of the thrust of the great demon tide that it is constantly pressed into the Mycrof world, even the gods cannot resist this process, what they can do is to maintain the smooth fusion process of the boundless heavenly realm as much as possible.

This is also the reason why in the previous life, the gods turned into saints and descended on the Mycrof continent.

And in this life, Joshua, as a legendary powerhouse, knows a lot of hidden information, so another possibility emerges in his heart.

"Karlis, can you share with me the 'voice' you hear here, in the void?"

On the outer layer of the world barrier of the Microf world, there was a silver steel light flowing up and down his body, and Joshua held the light in his arms that seemed to want to fly around with one hand, and said solemnly to the steel python on the other side of time and space: "Be as clear as possible, I also began to perceive at the same time." ”

"Yes."

Karliss did not know Joshua's intentions, but it believed in the warrior, and after a brief answer, it shared the 'voice' it heard with Joshua through the intermediary of Xiaoguang.

And the moment Joshua sensed the message from Karlis, he determined the truth behind the matter.

It was not a real 'voice', but a flow of information that spread to the distance of the multiverse with the power of steel as the carrier, it was like an electric wave, drifting in the vast void, if it were not for the will of the world, or for Joshua, a legendary powerhouse who cultivated the power of steel, no one would be able to notice this almost non-existent flow of information, but if they did, they could hear the wails of endless resentment, despair, pain and sorrow.

That's the voice of the McCrove world.

It's the voice of 'Will of the World', 'Fullmetal Python Microf'.

- The will of the world sealed by the gods and sages of the Glorious Age...... Has it been restored to the point where it can transmit the flow of information?

The Mother of Everything, sealed by her own child, had been silent in the middle of the depths of the world for a thousand years, but now she let out a near-death wail, a voice that made Karlis, who was also the will of the world, feel as if it had been invaded by evil gods in the first place.

- It did suffer a pain comparable to death.

If this is the case, it can indeed be explained that for Callis, the will of the world is the world itself, and the steel python is equivalent to the world...... In the multiverse, this perception is not wrong most of the time, but it does not work in the McCrove world.

The gods sealed the Steel Python, and the sages severed the connection between the world and the will of the world, and the two had been completely separated since the end of the Age of Glory.

The moment Joshua understood the truth, he wanted to return to the Mycrof continent immediately, he felt that he had to inform the other legendary powerhouses to reinforce the world seal located deep underground, but the moment he remembered it, he suddenly turned his head to look at the boundless heavenly realm located on the other side of time and space.

The huge void plane is under the thrust of the light of the demon tide, slowly merging with the world of Microf, around the world barrier where the two are in contact, you can see more than a dozen different colors of divine power, that is the means used by the gods of the Starfall Era to maintain the stable integration of the two, when the great demon tide appeared, the gods were silent, even the dragon calamity did not perform too many miracles to interfere in the world, which of course has the concept of 'mortal disputes are resolved by mortals', and most of the forces must maintain the stability of the world.

"Joshua, that's the 'voice' I heard."

Spiritedly, Karliss didn't care about Joshua's distraction, it replied seriously, and the warrior nodded and hummed, "I see." ”

Joshua communicated with Karliss somewhat absent-mindedly, and his eyes were always fixed on the Boundless Heavens that were merging - in the eyes of ordinary powerhouses who could enter and exit the Void, this scene could be said to be very spectacular, even a warrior had to admit that he had never seen such a magnificent scene. But in the case of prejudices, the more Qiao Sia looked, the more he felt that the scene of the fusion of these two worlds was really familiar.

To use a layman's analogy, it's like 'nailing a nail'. A pair of invisible hands, with the help of the power of the Great Demon Tide, nailed the mysterious plane of the Boundless Celestial Realm, which had existed for many years in the Age of Glory, into the Mycrof world......

Then, a complete repression, or even the elimination of an existence.

"Do you mean ......?"

Shocked by his guesses, Joshua couldn't help but murmur in a low voice: "Regardless of whether the world rekindles its flames or not, when the Great Demon Tide descends and the worlds are shaken, 'it' will become the most unstable factor...... Therefore, the gods came to the mortal world and walked the world as saints. ”

- The gods descended on their own initiative...... It is to suppress the world will of the Microf world.

Joshua thought it was highly likely.

In the previous life, after the gods of the Boundless Heaven Realm descended, except for enriching the inheritance and mysteries of the temples of the Great Churches, they did not move, just like when they were still in the Boundless Heaven Realm, they hardly interfered in any mundane events, even if it was the final abyss invasion, the gods stepped forward to fight against countless ancient evils, void beasts and abyss lords, and it seemed that they were forced to take action.

This is very strange and unnatural, players in the previous life speculated that it was a restriction made by the operation in order to prevent the god-level combat power from descending to the mortal world too quickly, but now it seems that the gods have a major task in their own right, and they have no time or energy to care about other things!

- If the Steel Python McCrof, an existence with great malice towards civilization, escapes from the predicament, then with its power, even if it cannot directly destroy the ecosystem, it can subtly change the world environment, making the world unsuitable for mammals, and even it can cause some accidents and stumble when civilization is at war with the abyss...... If this world will, which has been sealed for thousands of years, goes crazy after getting out of trouble, and has to die with the Mycrof civilization, then there is nothing anyone can do.

So the gods must come down and strengthen the seal...... Before this is done, they will not pay attention to other matters, which can also explain why the Microf world in the previous life was in turmoil, and the Church of the Seven did not make any substantive coordination measures, until after the abyss invasion, one or two hasty oracles descended to unite the living forces in the world.

The truth was deduced by Joshua, but he didn't know how to tell the anxious Karlis...... After all, the other party is also the will of the world, compared to a civilization that is more like a child, the steel python is the same kind, if the other party wants to rescue the other party after knowing the situation of the steel python Microf, Joshua doesn't know how to deal with it, after all, he doesn't know what happened at the end of the Glorious Era, so that the world will and civilization that fight against the abyss and the evil god together will turn against each other.

After all, Karlis was also kind enough to remind him that Joshua couldn't pass this matter perfunctory.

And just when the warriors were distressed by this, a light seemed to spot the figure of Joshua who was observing them in the distant Boundless Heaven, and a stream of dark purple light passed through the void in an instant and descended in front of Joshua.

"Joshua van Radcliffe, heir of the sages, the one who rekindled the fire, met for the first time."

An ethereal, as if with a double response, a faint female voice sounded in the warrior's ears, and several means of communication such as eardrum shock, spiritual communication, and information flow received the message at the same time, and Joshua raised his head to look at the majestic symbol that was gradually condensing between the bright light of purple and blue.

It was a withered heart, and the majestic divine power was condensed in this symbol.

"First Meeting, Master of Love and Decline."

Joshua stared at the withered heart that was gradually condensing, and he nodded seriously, showing respect and respect for the other party, although he had never communicated, but the warriors who had a close relationship with the Seven Sacred Mountains naturally knew the identity of the owner of this symbol.

"Your Majesty (Yolanda)." ①

And with Joshua's words, a slender elven female body condensed in the void out of thin air.

In the slow beating of the withering heart, everything was soaked in the surging divine power, and the surging energy of the great demon tide acted as if it had a will, causing everything in the void to naturally converge together, forming a translucent elven woman image.

The elven woman was holding an oak scepter, dressed in a complex and heavy, purple-blue robe like flower petals, Joshua couldn't see the other person's face, it seemed to be a face that could not be observed, could not be determined to be beautiful, ugly, old and young, she seemed to be extremely beautiful, but it seemed to be just a pale skeleton, there was pure white energy to form a ribbon like a wing, slowly fanning behind the other party.

In response to Joshua's salute, the god of love and decay also nodded slightly in response, her voice ethereal and emotionless, as if it had burned all enthusiasm with a faintness: "I noticed your unexpected action, Joshua, the gods are watching you. ”

"Did you observe the process of the merging of the Boundless Celestial Realm with the Mycrof World, or did you guess something?"