Chapter 8: Preparations to Save the World

The size of the half-plane within the space-time distortion point, that is, the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground, was beyond the imagination of all the legendary powerhouses who entered.

"This place...... At least as big as the Northern Provinces. ”

Flying high into the sky, Nostradamus looked at the end of his vision, he looked at the center of the half-plane, the unknown area shrouded in layers of silver mist directly below the gray sun, and his face was serious: "This desert alone is nearly 100,000 square kilometers, and there are at least six or more areas equivalent to it on the periphery, and there are many unknown areas in the inner layer...... Could the civilization of the Glorious Age have been able to create such a huge half-plane? ”

“……”

"Joshua?"

“…… I'm listening. ”

In mid-air, Qiao Shuya, who was called out by the old mage before replying, looked very unsightly, because the sense of calling he sensed was really getting stronger and stronger.

If he had only vaguely felt before, now it was like a knife was placed in front of the warrior's forehead, making him feel that someone was going to attack him, so that his body was about to fight back subconsciously, and Joshua had to suppress this urge and force himself to calm down and communicate with the others.

"You're a little absent-minded." Nostradamus turned his head in confusion and said bluntly, "What's going on?" Could it be that the abyssal aura here makes you uncomfortable? At this, the old mage shook his head self-deprecatingly. As far as he knew, the guy in front of him almost killed an Abyss Lord in the Abyss half a year ago - this kind of person was uncomfortable because of the abyssal aura, so it was impossible to think about it.

"Nothing, probably...... It's an environmental issue. ”

Joshua took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the impulse in his body, he also looked into the distance at the end of his vision, his eyes reflected the gray light of the sun in the center of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground, and replied calmly: "If it is calculated solely by the civilizations of the Glorious Age Races, they have the strength to create such a large half-plane, but it will definitely have to pay a great price, and the material lost by the Mycrove Continent will definitely make the Mother Earth angry." In fact, the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground was constructed by the gods of various races joining forces and spending a hundred years dragging the world fragments in the void, so it is not surprising that it is so large, but rather, it should have shrunk a lot during these thousand years of wandering. ”

- An affirmative sentence is used.

After listening to the warrior's answer, Nostradamus nodded thoughtfully. Of course, he noticed Joshua's strange behavior after entering this half-plane, and also noticed his behavior as he traveled all the way, passing through various regions.

Whether it was crossing the Desert of Death or passing through the silent hills, Joshua's performance was very calm, without the slightest curiosity or surprise, and this kind of composure was not indifferent or extremely deep, but a kind of indifference after familiarity, in other words, Joshua was as familiar as his own home to this half-plane that no one had entered for thousands of years.

And then for his own question, Joshua also said a lot of information that could be taken by default as facts, but he felt that it was very common.

But that's not usual, Joshua, you shouldn't know so much.

Nostradamus kept this thought in his heart, and he landed back to the ground with the warrior. After several years of getting along, the old mage has become very familiar with Joshua, and he now does not need to be notified in advance when entering and leaving the Moldavian Lord's Mansion, whether it is the guard at the door or No. 3, he will automatically let him go, and the warrior is not surprised, and it is precisely because he is becoming more and more familiar that Nostradamus has doubts in his heart.

He only noticed this suddenly rising young earl because of the Northland Black Tide, and at that time, Nostradamus's observation was still focused on Brandon's body, and he sensed Joshua's potential, but it was only potential, and the old mage could not have imagined that just a few years later, the young man who had just entered the gold and had just inherited the title would have become a legendary powerhouse like him - even more advanced than him!

It is precisely because of this strong contrast that Nostradamus is curious. The mage's curiosity is terrifying, and they will dissect the details of everything bit by bit in order to get the answers they want. Nostradamus meditated in his secret room for several days, filtering through all the information he knew about Joshua, even the words and deeds of the other party, and he made an astonishing discovery.

Joshua van Radcliffe. This man is able to predict the future.

Actually, the term predicting the future is actually a bit biased, because some of the things he knows are impossible to know even if he predicts the future, but other than that, there are no very good adjectives to describe it.

Whether it is the Kuroshio, the Plague of the Dragon, the Cultists, the Great Plague or a series of major events about the Mycrof Continent, Joshua can always predict the prophet and prepare accordingly in advance, the Kuroshio He broke his own beast herd at the first time, and then sent troops to save the lord of Moldova who should have died undoubtedly, that is, Count Verdany, he even killed the white dragon in his territory half a year early, and developed the dragon disease vaccine - Nostradamus felt that he didn't have any suspicions at that time, Probably because he was too tired and broke his brain, he should have noticed this a long time ago.

Needless to say, the next step is to deal with cultists and plagues, Count Radcliffe is always one step ahead of people, and handles everything perfectly, which is even manifested in the other world, he has achieved a great feat that countless inheritors of the relics of the sages have not done for thousands of years - to recover the fourth relic and rekindle the fire! This is not something that can be fooled by using the inheritance of sages as an excuse! There are many obvious things that prove that Joshua can know something that should not be known, and the most terrible thing is that he never hides it.

Just like just now, he said the name of this half-plane in a nonchalant way, 'Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground'.

Nostradamus could swear that he had studied the ancient civilization for more than ten years, and not a single book from the Glorious Age had mentioned this name, and even the half-plane itself seemed to be something that did not exist, but Joshua was very familiar with this place, and even knew the name of this place...... This strong sense of dissonance made the old mage feel a stomachache.

- Did he expose this information so unsuspectingly to test me?

In addition to the stomach pain, Nostradamus was still a little skeptical about whether Joshua did it on purpose, but he thought about it a little with reason, and then put his suspicions behind him - if this man can play tricks, then he is not Joshua, he should just say what he wants, and he doesn't care if he is exposed or not.

"Yes, you do have a clear conscience."

Nostradamus suddenly muttered to himself, and Joshua also turned his head in confusion and glanced at the old mage, but because of his strong induction, he didn't continue to care. Nozzaria Damus sighed deeply at noticing the warrior's reaction.

What if Joshua could predict the future? What he has been doing all this time is to help more people get out of suffering, in order to bring this dying world back to life, he doesn't really care whether he is the reincarnation of an ancient god or some kind of gifted prophet, the old mage is just simply curious, and looks forward to the day when the warrior can tell him the truth.

At this time, Joshua did not find the tangled thoughts of the legendary mage beside him, but reached out to support his forehead and closed his eyes. In fact, even if he knew, he would not care, and even simply tell the other party that he was actually a time-traveler - as Nostradamus said, he had a clear conscience, and no one would offend a powerful legend for such a trivial matter that could not be proven, after all, even the Seven Gods did not care.

But now is not the time to say that. The current warrior didn't even notice that Hotaru and Rin had stepped forward to support his back with a worried face, and he didn't notice that the old mage and the ball of light were both surprised to turn their heads towards him, Joshua felt a violent trance attack his brain from the information about the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground just now, if he hadn't been able to notice where the anomaly came from before, then now he knew - the anomaly came from the sun hanging high in the half-plane sky, shimmering with a dull gray light!

The gray sun, which had been dim for thousands of years, seemed to be about to be extinguished, and even in the previous life, there was no sign of replaying the light, but at this time, it seemed to be activated by something, and began to release a strong silver-white light little by little, and neither Nostradamus nor other legendary powerhouses who were exploring the plane paid attention, because for them who didn't know the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground, it was just a normal alternation of day and night, and they even thought that when the gray sun's light was dim before, It's the night of this artificial half-plane setting.

……

[I can hear the lamentation among the stars, Cynthia, Morning Star, my disciple, you can hear it too, right? They are weeping because the world, the civilization, the beings, the order, everything is destroyed by the invasion of chaos...... I can't take it anymore. 】

[So teacher, what should we do?] The multiverse is too vast for even you to save them all. 】

At the very least, I'm going to help those I can hear...... I already have a plan. 】

……

With an intense trance, Joshua felt a hazy word flash through his mind, and he could vaguely see that it was a beautiful elven woman with a sad face who was kneeling on one knee respectfully in front of a white figure, she raised her head sadly, and her face overlapped with that of the Star Sage of the Grandia World.

"It's ...... Sage Cynthia Morningstar? That person, is it a sage? ”

Even in a fleeting moment, Joshua could clearly distinguish who the owner of these words was, but he didn't understand why this was happening, as the gray sun in the distance above his head became brighter and brighter, the sense of trance became heavier and heavier, and the room for the warrior to think became smaller and smaller, and Joshua also discovered the purpose of this power that invaded his spiritual will - it simply wanted to pull his own spirit into its spiritual world, Just as the Azure Orb pulled the will of the warrior into the spiritual world of the sage's memory fragments.

However, the current Joshua is very different from before, and the owner of the unknown will is also very different from the sage, not to mention that Joshua can perceive that the other party's soul has been deeply damaged and has not completely healed, so the will of the two sides has an extremely strong confrontation, and even some information has begun to exchange with each other under the fierce conflict, just like the memories of the sage he saw.

"Don't want me to go to you!"

Sensing the other party's purpose, how could Joshua let the other party take the lead? The sage is just that, it is a strong man who can run rampant in the multiverse and kill multiple evil gods, and the warrior is willing to admit that he is far inferior to the other party now, but even so, Joshua believes that one day in the future he will definitely be able to surpass the sage, not to mention others.

This inexplicable, something that had never appeared in his previous life, wanted to pull his will away so easily? Amusing!

"Come here!"

Gritting his teeth and roaring, Joshua spit out such a sentence from between his teeth under the concerned gaze of the god machine sister and brother, the ball of light and the old mage, and at the moment when his spirit was extremely condensed, and the will to engage in long-distance soul tug-of-war with him was forcibly pulled from the other side along the track in the underworld, the gray sun that was gradually lighting up in the sky immediately lost its brilliance and regained its previous bleak appearance, and at the same time, a huge and battered will was pulled into Joshua's spiritual space in a daze.

And Joshua was also completely caught up in the huge flow of information brought by the other party.

……

[My strength comes from the will of all worlds, now is the time for me to give back to all worlds, you don't need to persuade me, this is my future path. 】

[No, teacher, Christina and I are not trying to stop you, we just think that you don't have to take on this great goal alone...... We and the gods want to walk with you! 】

……

In front of the temple that burned with holy flames, a slightly tired and sturdy man and a mysterious woman with black hair and white skin who covered her face with a veil bowed respectfully to the temple door, both of them flowing with ripples of holy light that seemed to materialize up and down, and they conversed with the majestic voice coming from the temple, as if trying to convince the venerable being.

Joshua, who had not yet come to his senses, looked at this scene with some confusion, he already knew that he had won the spiritual war, but it was obvious that he had not achieved complete victory, as evidenced by this scattered flow of information. Looking at these passing fragments, the warrior suddenly understood something,

"These are ......"

There was a trance.

……

Let us rejoice in the light of wisdom of the peoples and gods! This great creation is worthy of our eternal praise! Teacher, behold, the stars are in our hands ever since! 】

[Very good...... Huls, you really understand my disciple best, just tell me, do you want to rely on it to subdue other worlds other than help? 】

【…… Naturally, teacher, I dare not deceive you, but if you don't defend it with power, how can chaos be expelled, and how can truth and justice come? 】

……

Under the silver-white sun, the gray-haired tall man excitedly introduced to his teacher the crystallization of wisdom he had created by uniting the gods of all races, the supreme creation of the Mycrof civilization, his teacher seemed to be a little surprised, but he saw through his disciple's true thoughts at a glance, and in this regard, the tall and sturdy man who seemed to be carved from the most perfect marble on his body stated his desires without concealment.

Joshua watched this scene in silence, at this time he had recovered from his trance and had begun to consciously collect the spilled information, but the more he watched, the more sure he was of the guess in his heart.

"It's not close."

The spirit sank into the flow of information, and the trance struck again, but this time it appeared as a huge and illogical fragment of chaos, and all the memories had no logic at all, as if it had been shattered and destroyed by some huge force, and the owner of the memory could not repair them, so he could only let them go to what they are now.

After a long time, there was a brief next scene.

……

[How do you want my daughter to become one with that filthy and chaotic being? I will not allow it, I will never agree with it! 】

[This is the only way, to save you, and your daughter, I'm sorry, but I can only do this. 】

[Ahh I curse you! Curse you! Humans, elves, dwarves, all ...... Living in ...... I curse ......]

……

Under the dome of the Star Sea, the grinding sound of steel turned into a rumbling roar, and Joshua could not see any clear vision, but he could hear a tired and helpless voice, talking to a deep voice that was in a frenzy, it was obvious that the two sides had not reached an agreement, and under the fluctuation of a force that was incomparably vast even after thousands of years, the furious voice suddenly became low and weak, and finally disappeared.

"It's not enough, next."

The warrior's voice sounded, light and shadow intertwined.

……

[Teacher, will the world of McCrove be destroyed?] 】

[If you're talking about the complete disappearance of the traces of existence, of course not. But if you are talking about the existence of the world itself, you can only look at the struggle of the people of the future, and it is a distant future that has nothing to do with you and me. 】

[Could it be...... Teacher, can't you stay? 】

[This accident made me realize a lot of truths that I had never been aware of before...... That's something that can't be solved by staying in McCrove for 10,000 years. So, the rest of the world will be left to you. 】

……

"This is the conversation between the sage and his disciples, and it is also the memory of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground. It is the source and end of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground. ”

The last scene also disappeared from front of his eyes, and Joshua sighed deeply in his spiritual world, he turned his head and looked at the darkness on one side: "Isn't it?" ”

"Correct. Inheritor. What you say is the truth. ”

In the dark spiritual space, a little silver light suddenly appeared, and the next moment, the silver light skyrocketed, brightening the entire darkness, and a huge silver-gray ball of light appeared on Joshua's side, and it said in a mechanical and rigid tone: "The existence information has been confirmed. Legacy number three, holder of 'Azure Radiance'. Please proceed to the Central Sacrifice Ground, where the multi-quadrant teleport is ready. ”

"Please be ready to save the world."