Chapter 4: Karlis's Determination (8400)
Crystal obelisk, resuscitation hall.
Everything in the hall was imprisoned by the materialized light, as if time had been suspended, whether it was the Ash Order guards who wanted to pull out the thermal sword from their waists, or the archinquisitor Glonn, who repeatedly agitated the fighting spirit and wanted to break free from this bondage, all of them were suppressed by a gentle force, they were not harmed, but they were completely deprived of their freedom of movement.
And in mid-air, he was completely revived, and all the chaos in the surrounding sensing range was completely cleared by Iger, who slowly landed on the ground like this.
He raised his hand, then frowned slightly.
"I'm not used to it...... This body is too young, isn't it? ”
This body is only about sixteen ...... No, fifteen years up to the age of one. Although this age is indeed the time when the relative vitality of the mind and body is the highest, and it is also the time when the reflexes are the sharpest, which is just right for the priesthood - but for the legendary powerhouses, the physical body is only the appearance, they are at their peak whenever and wherever they are, and there is no need to really be so young.
"But it's nothing, after all, I'm all resurrected, these are small things."
Putting his hand down, Eagle in the form of a blonde boy touched his chin, but unfortunately there was no familiar white beard there, but he still thought: "It's strange to say, I clearly remember that even my soul was shattered by the attack of the near saint and evil god - the soul fragments were infected by chaos, and it stands to reason that the seven gods can't save me back, I'm afraid, only the power of the legendary sage to resurrect the seven gods can forcibly pull me back to the world of the living in that state......"
But even if the sages of the beginning wanted to do this kind of thing, they must have to work hard.
"Joshua, is this guy actually strong enough to be this point?"
Raising his head, Eagle looked around, the familiar silver crystal, the simple internal structure and decoration, and the familiar, crooked and lovely handwriting of the silver fairy, he couldn't help but smile faintly: "When the time comes, I will say thank you—although it is more than 120,000 years late." ”
By repairing the remaining information in the pillar of light, Eagle knew that this crystal obelisk was the high-level resurrection device of the many civilized heroic spirits in the body of the evil god who resurrected the dead in the past, and at the same time, he also knew that in order to resurrect himself, this crystal obelisk had spent more than 100,000 years to glue his soul from countless small to unbelievable fragments to the point where it was completely consistent with his life—129,600 years to be exact.
This number, even for Iger, a legendary powerhouse, is a very large number - the total time he lived is not a quarter of this number, but he is not alarmed by this, because the existence of the obelisk and the resurrection of himself proves that Joshua is still there, and the Mycrof civilization - or at least the successor of their civilization, the order of all things, still exists.
As long as order still exists, it will be the same, 120,000 years have passed, he does not expect everything to be the same as before, familiar things and people have not changed, he just hopes that the fire of order is still burning, and human beings can still enjoy its warm shine and can live happily.
"But, these little ones, what's going on?"
After sorting out his thoughts, and those who have risen from the dead always have a lot of emotion, Eagle turned his head to look at the people of the Ash Order who were imprisoned in place by himself, and the ...... who had awakened him in the voice of the silver elf Microf Uh, half-blood silver elves? How is this again? Could it be that intermarriage between humans and goblins has become the norm?
“…… What's going on with you guys? ”
With a movement of his mind, Eagle untied the holy light that imprisoned everyone - of course, no one dared to make any changes, everyone present was not stupid, facing a prehistoric powerhouse who was at least a legendary high-level, maybe even stronger, not to mention that they had bad intentions before, even if it was an alpha with good intentions, they didn't dare to gasp now.
"Let me change the question - why are you in this crystal obelisk? What about the silver elves who guarded it, and what about Joshua's defenses? Also, what era is it now, and which civilization or power do you belong to? ”
Eagle could see that most of the people present couldn't understand McRov's language, so in the latter words, he used spiritual communication to communicate directly, and in order to avoid the other party being oppressed by his spirit to the point that he couldn't think, he also deliberately blessed the audience with an extremely effective iron will. But even so, because Iger asked too broad a question, and many of the words in the room did not understand at all, he did not know where to start.
The entire hall was once again in an awkward coldness.
And what broke this cold scene was a female voice full of neutrality and vitality.
"Eagle, instead of asking these youngsters who don't know anything, let me tell you."
Hearing the familiar remaining voices, Alpha immediately raised his head, and he looked at the stairs of the hall in the distance, where two silver-haired and red-eyed women were strolling towards the center of the hall.
Although it was a slow step, in fact, each time they took a step, they made a short leap, and it didn't take long for the two women to reach the center of the recovery hall.
"Mr. Karlis!"
Struggling to get up - but because he was first shocked by Glonn's momentum and then by Iger's coercion, Alpha, who wanted to stand up, almost didn't break his teeth, but at the moment when he almost hit the ground with his face, a gentle force lifted Alpha, and Eagle and Karliss shot at the same time and gently lifted Alpha up.
"I'm sorry, Alpha, for making you suffer so much - but now is not the time to explain, and I'll tell you the truth about it later."
Patting Alpha on the shoulder, Karlis turned his head to look at Glon and the Ashes Order guards on the other side—she glanced at him, then turned his head disapprovingly to look at Eagle, who shrugged, "Remember me?" Mrs. McCro's Pope. ”
"It's the predecessor - now God knows how many years ago."
Correcting Karlis's words, Eagle looked at the two silver-haired women in front of him, his expression gradually becoming puzzled: "As for you...... Your breath ...... Yes, the steel python that used to be with Joshua back then? And you ......"
As he said this, he shifted his perspective to look at Microf, and Iger's expression became stunned: "You, you are ......"
"Aren't you children the ones who teamed up to seal me in the first place?"
The former steel python, now a scholar of the Royal Universities, McCrove stepped forward, generously opened his chest, and gave Eagle a hug, and then she skillfully raised her hand and stroked the other party's cheek: "Do you recognize it?" Hey...... Your face is so tender! It's no wonder that you have always appeared in front of the public as an old man back then, otherwise there is really no majesty - it's hard to imagine that you looked like this when you were young! ”
At a thought, the holy light trembled slightly, and broke free from Microf's embrace, and Iger's face at this time was completely incredibly shocked: "The mother of all things, your chaotic erosion, has also been completely removed?" Yes, after such a long period of time, it is appropriate for technology to progress...... But what's going on, how did the Steelball Python appear in human form? Moreover, you didn't merge with Joshua in the first place......"
Wait, it's not surprising, Joshua can resurrect one of himself, and naturally he can resurrect more people, maybe it is precisely this method that can get rid of the steel python Microf, the chaos erosion that penetrates into the essence, right?
But...... That's too much of a change...... Iger's memory is actually still immersed in the past battle, in order to protect Joshua's and the new world, the moment when he was shattered by the attack of the Near Holy Evil God, he faced his resurrection before, and slept for 100,000 years of peace, but it was just the determination of the legendary powerhouse.
But now, all kinds of strange things have appeared one after another—the two hostile centaurs who have rashly appeared in the Obelisk of Joshua, one of them is still the 'disciple' of Karlis, and the steel python that used to be one with Joshua has now also separated and transformed into human form, and they have obviously come to the place of their resurrection for their own purpose.
There are so many things that can no longer be solved by a firm will, and no one can keep calm.
"I'm not going to talk nonsense, Iger, I'm afraid the current situation is much worse than you think."
Squinting slightly, she glanced at the members of the Ash Order who were standing still without saying a word, she deliberately connected with Iger's spirit, but she still said loudly in the language of the Light Chaser: "Joshua Van Radcliffe, the creator of the 'Three Realms and Nine Heavens', the Holy Father of all living beings, has long been 129,600 years ago, because of the battle against Endless Chaos, using the power beyond his own limit, he fell into divine annihilation and submerged in the Great Source. ”
"Now, we are all in the world within Him—the place where He used to seal away the Divine Spirits at his own expense."
The words in her mouth are far less fast than the spiritual communication, and when Karliss finished saying those few words, she had already told Eagle all the news she had gotten in recent years and the memories she had recalled, and she could see that Iger, who was originally calm on the surface, now had wide eyes and an expression full of incredulity.
"How is it possible—Joshua, the gods have been destroyed?!"
He subconsciously raised his head and looked at the top of the crystal hall, Eagle used his holy light to try to erode this crystal obelisk, the result was indeed eroding, but it was quite laborious, this crystal seems to be fragile, but in fact it is an eternal and unchanging wall of immortality - this is enough to prove that this crystal obelisk far contains the power of Joshua, otherwise, even if it is the body of other legendary limits, as long as it is hard connected to his holy light that is enough to change the speed of light constant, it will inevitably be severely damaged.
"His strength is still there...... However, "
Confirming this, Eagle shook his head, he still couldn't believe it: "Although I am shocked in my heart, reason makes me believe your words...... Actually, I had already guessed Joshua's crazy plan, but I was just lucky...... But in that case, how did I get resurrected? And you guys. ”
Saying this, he was puzzled: "According to your words, weren't you also drawn closer to the Great Source and destroyed with Joshua?" ”
"The reason for your resurrection, in fact, is easier to guess, 'resurrect all the victims' should be one of the last orders that Joshua left for his body, and you happened to die around Joshua's core world at that time, the soul fragments were collected very completely, but they were just a little broken, and the resurrection should be more convenient, but it will take a little longer."
Callis patiently answered the old pope's doubts, but she also seemed very puzzled by his latter question: "Actually, I don't know. At the beginning, Microf and I, along with the Steelpython, did enter the Divine Annihilation with Joshua—he lasted a little longer, but not too long. All in all, we should theoretically be certain to die, but now, we are all in this 'Three Realms and Nine Heavens', which is supposed to be Joshua's inner world. ”
"Actually, Karlis and I, in the last few decades, have gradually awakened and recovered our memories of being a steel python."
At this point, McCrove took over, her tone rather lazy, but she could also hear seriousness: "How do you say that?" It's a strange feeling, I feel like I'm still in a place of warmth and peace one moment, but the next moment, I'm the Microf of this life, and I think of the memories of my past life by the way—this feeling of confusion is not a personal experience, and I can't understand it. ”
Karllis nodded, acknowledging Microf's words, and said, "Actually, Iger, this obelisk you're on has actually been activated in the last decade or so - it has been a mountain for a long time, and it wasn't until seventeen years ago that Microf and I detected an unusual burst of steel power fluctuations and found this obelisk. ”
"Then, why didn't you wake me up sooner?"
Eagle listened quietly to the other person's narration that everything that happened now was strange and bizarre, but it was true, and it was not a bad thing. It's just that he always has some doubts and can't figure it out: "If I had woken up seventeen years earlier, we would have joined forces a long time ago." ”
"No permissions."
Karlis's words were concise, she turned her head, looked at Alpha, who looked confused, and couldn't understand what her teacher and this prehistoric powerhouse were talking about, and then pointed at him and said: "All the silver goblins fought and died against the endless chaos army in the battle of the disappearance of divine power in this world 50,000 years ago, and the only remaining ones also volunteered to go to the Heavenly Sword Realm and the Earth Axe Realm to turn into divine machines and help sentient beings." And all obelisks need the presence of the Silver Goblin in order to change from 'blockade' to 'open' - the Obelisk without the Silver Goblin will enter the 'alert stance' to attack all approachers without permission, and if there is a Silver Goblin, it will enter the 'Open Stance' and become a safe public facility. ”
"Although the power of the Steel Python can also play a role, it is only a 'tourist permission' that can only enter and exit, and cannot be controlled, so we spent a long time to find out how many people in this world still have the blood of the Silver Fairy, whether they can purify the atavistic and create a new Silver Fairy 'Management Authority' - it wasn't until Alpha's daughter was born that I realized that there was exactly one of us next to us. It's a pity that Alpha's bloodline awakening is also a gradual process, and seventeen years ago, McCrof and I had just awakened, and we didn't have much strength, and we happened to be targeted by the Ash Order, that is, the organization of the group of people over there, so we could only leave the Shining Region as soon as possible and go to the Dusk District to evade. ”
On the side, compared to Alpha, who only knew a little bit about Mi Xin because he didn't know anything about it, and didn't even know what his teacher was talking about, Glorn, the Grand Inquisitor of the Ash Order, was shocked like a twelve-magnitude earthquake after hearing Karlis's words.
Heavenly Father—Did you really die because of the war with Chaos? And what we live in now is in the Father's body?
Is this prehistoric powerhouse really a powerhouse who fights chaos with his Heavenly Father? Even, he is already dead and only resurrected by the Father?
And the silver goblin ...... There is indeed a lot of information about this group in all the texts of the Order on antiquity...... This peculiar race, active in the depths of the twilight zone of the Age of the Gods, has always settled in the mountains – that is, around the hidden obelisks! Because the Silver Elves don't need to migrate, and they rarely travel to the Shining Zone, they just stick to their hometown, so they are not famous, and they don't have many deeds to circulate.
I really can't imagine that this mysterious race in the past is actually the controller of these big crystal obelisks? And Alpha, who holds the bloodline of this race, has the authority to control all this?
That being the case, what about their purpose......
At this moment, Eagle is still communicating with Karliss and McCrove. He already knew roughly everything that had happened since his death, as well as most of the customs and history of the world they were in now, the 'Three Realms and Nine Heavens'.
"All in all, now Joshua's will should still be in the Great Source, although we have returned for unknown reasons, there is no sign of him waking up."
Roughly summing up the meaning of the two steel pythons, Eagle said in a solemn tone: "And what you want to do is to awaken Joshua as much as possible - of course, before that, first of all, to awaken other resurrected people like me as much as possible, and accumulate enough strength to fight against the existing world order." ”
"As you can imagine. Moreover, it's not just the resurrection - the Heavenly Sword Realm and the Earth Axe Realm in the Three Realms, we guess that those two worlds should be the ontology of Hotaru and Rin, they are probably also asleep, and they haven't woken up yet, if we can, we must wake them up first, they are part of Joshua's weapon, and they must have higher authority than the silver goblins. ”
Karliss raised her head, she stared at the silver crystal dome, and her tone carried a hint of sadness: "Anyway, we have all returned from the destruction of the gods...... It may have been a hindsight that Joshua had prepared, or maybe we had been accidentally involved in the Great Source and returned after a long time, but I have always believed that the man would never die so simply—he would have returned from the Initial Fire. ”
"But ah, with what I know about that man...... If he couldn't do anything, he might let his world give birth to a new world will—a world will that belonged to the Three Realms and Nine Heavens, but not Joshua—and then let the world will continue to fight forever in his place. ”
This was indeed what Joshua would do, and Igor was silent when he heard this, but soon he heard Karlis's cold words.
"But I won't allow it."
"The Joshua I want—that Joshua, he doesn't want to run away from his responsibilities! To save this multiverse, give it to myself! No matter what the cost, I have to bring him back! ”
"Even if this price is to destroy everything that exists in this world."
Nothing could be more important than Joshua's recovery.
This is Karlis's will and determination, so firm and clear that even if it is not spoken, everyone present can understand it.
"In any case, in recent decades, there have been revivals of ancient ruins, and I believe that there should be more than a few steel pythons to recover the memories of their previous lives - these are opportunities."
McCroft's tone was not hurried, she was a little more calm than Karlis: "And these opportunities need to be with the help of this little guy's power, his silver goblin authority." ”
His gaze shifted to Alpha's body again, and he subconsciously trembled nervously for a moment, but soon, Eagle looked at him, and Lady McCro's warm eyes were like a bonfire, making him feel warmth and strength, and no longer nervous and afraid.
Seriously, whether it is Mr. Karliss or Fellow Microf, Alpha can't understand it, and at most he can understand that the true identity of his teacher and boss is probably the reincarnation of some gods in ancient times, and they all know the 'Heavenly Father' - and now, at the moment when many stars in the Three Realms and Nine Heavens are gradually extinguished, they want to revive the 'Heavenly Father' and save this multiverse.
But...... What is the Multiverse? Is it another name for the Three Realms and Nine Heavens?
"What should these people of the Ash Order do?"
Turning her head, McCroft looked at the silent members of the Order, her brows furrowed slightly: "Did you kill it?" ”
"No, you don't."
Karliss replied quickly, although she was indifferent, and knew how the other party had been chasing her and the others for more than ten years, but she still didn't plan to do so: "There's no need to kill them, we still need them to lead the way to the Great Heavenly God Mountain, and where the other obelisks are." With the Steelpython authority of the 'Holy Son of the Stars', they should have used the power of many strong people who have not yet fully recovered and are waiting to be resurrected, and made them into living batteries to move the stars...... Don't touch your chin, Iger, if it weren't for us this time, you'd almost be made into a holy photocell. ”
"What should this be called? Holy Light Solar? McCrove quipped.
And while these ancient powerhouses from the Starfall Age were joking with each other, the Ash Order, Grand Inquisitor Glonn, couldn't bear it anymore.
- He knew that he was hostile to Karliss and the others. The Ash Order has been hunting them down.
He knew that the other party was hesitant to kill them.
He knew that these should be strong people from the same era as Heavenly Father, so ancient that they couldn't imagine, and I was afraid that they didn't regard these ordinary light chasers of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens as the same thing.
He knew it all - but Glory still had to speak, it was about saving the world, so he had to come forward - it was his responsibility as a member of the Order of Ashes.
"You ...... Exactly, from what era is the powerhouse? It's hard for me to imagine such a thing, but your origins are much older than the history of the Light Chakers. ”
Walking forward slowly, even in the face of the coercion of several legendary powerhouses, Glone still gritted his teeth and refused to take half a step back, he hoarsely roared in a low voice: "But, whether you knew each other before or not, whether you were acquaintances or not—now, you are all part of this world, aren't you?" "You are all in this 'Three Realms and Nine Heavens'...... You all know the state of the world, right?! ”
"It'...... It's about to be destroyed......"
Eagle didn't release his momentum and suppressed Glone, but Carlis and McCrove didn't intend to let each other get closer, so when Glone walked forward for more than ten meters, he could no longer get close to the four people not far away, and this white-haired old man with a strong body, who usually spoke with a lot of energy, and was so energetic that he didn't look like an old man, his tone had begun to choke a little: "Aren't you also living in this world?" Whatever you think of the Order, whatever you think of me—whatever you think, but if you have any other way to save the world, can you say it? ”
"Really, we're going to do it anyway......"
"We beg you!"
The other guards of the Order also knelt on their knees at this moment and shouted in unison, "We will definitely do it—no matter what it takes!" ”
Even the two opposing sides can hear the sincerity and determination in each other's words.
Looking at Glonn, who was kneeling in place, with tears streaming down his face, just begging for him to say 'the way to save the world', and all the guards who were kneeling on the ground behind him, Erlis was silent for a moment, and then couldn't help but sigh.
"That's why I don't want to kill you...... It's just, speaking of which, it's really cruel. ”
At this time, the former Steel Python did not use the language of chasing light, she closed her eyes, and said softly in Microf's language: "Although you don't understand, but Glone, what your Ashes Order did at the beginning was indeed right - 50,000 years ago, when many Steel Pythons had not yet awakened, and many people waiting for the resurrection were still repairing, when Joshua's return was far away, and we did not return from the Great Source, it was you who continued the flame and maintained the center of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens, Joshua' It is the aftermath of the core engine's that allows the world to continue to exist - your land has indeed saved the world and laid the foundation for what it is today. ”
"But now, it's different – we've all returned, and Joshua's chances of recovery are slim, but it's not impossible. And our purpose is not to save this 'Three Realms and Nine Heavens' that is about to be extinguished, to save this world...... Rather, what I am going to do is destroy it and quench all its flames.
"Only in this way can the 'core engine' of 'Joe World', which has long been shut down, be able to 'restart' after a complete shutdown - and only at that time, when the warrior's body is reactivated, can we have the slightest possibility to wake him up."
This is a very helpless thing.
The entire Three Realms and Nine Heavens, the core of the Steel Continent, in essence, is actually Joshua's 'core engine' that stopped working - after the destruction of the warrior god, all the chaos that was strong enough was destroyed, and the core engine had long since stopped running because of the loss of its goal, which led to the rapid cooling of the entire steel continent, and the infinite stars were extinguished one after another.
In order to maintain the survival of the world, the Ash Order uses the power of the Son of the Stars, that is, the Steel Python and some obelisks, the powerhouses waiting to be resurrected, and with the amplification of the obelisks, they move the endless stars, maintain the light of the shining region, and also maintain the residual warmth of the core engine, the black giant. This allowed the world to continue to exist, but it also kept the core engine from completely cooling down and 'restarting'.
As a former fusion with Joshua and fighting the Steel Python together, Karliss is very clear about Joshua's internal structure and operating principle, and this is the method she came up with.
"Only when the old flame is completely extinguished, can a new and vigorous fire be lit again...... We're not strong enough to have the best of both worlds, and if I had to choose, I'd always choose Joshua. ”
Karlis's tone was firm, and if it was for Joshua's resurrection, she would not hesitate to sacrifice herself.
McCroft's expression was indifferent - she knew very well that some of the races bred by Joshua's inner world and the entire multiverse needed the power of warriors more than just one Three Realms and Nine Heavens.
And Eagle was silent. He was Mrs. McCro's Pope, a friend of Joshua, he sacrificed himself for Joshua, and Joshua resurrected him - is this choice still to be considered? However, after all, they are all civilizations of order, and if he can, the old pope will do his best to protect the lightseekers when the flames are extinguished.
For a moment, the entire hall fell silent.
And Alpha on the side felt that the teacher she was familiar with had changed - she was still the teacher who was resolute and resolute and extremely daring to make choices, but her essence was no longer that scholar and great explorer in the shining region, that was a strong man from ancient times, and a 'stranger' who did not belong to this world.
- Is your choice really the right one?
Alpha didn't know, but he knew that only by following his teacher could he save his wife and children from the Ashes Order, as for the rest of the world...... Alas.
He, after all, is also a selfish guy......
And after a long silence, it is a decisive departure.
"That's it, let's act immediately - go to the other coordinates on the star map first, and let the alpha revive the other strong people who are waiting to be resurrected."
Turning around and walking towards the stairs of the crystal hall, Karlis obviously didn't intend to waste any more time: "Then, let's go to the Shining Region and rescue the reincarnation of those steel pythons and many Star Saints - there are many strong people in the Three Realms and Nine Heavens, the Heavenly Sword Empress and the Demon Slayer Lord, I am afraid that they have obtained part of the power of Hotaru and Rin, the Joshua weapons, they all have the strength of the legendary limit, and the Ash Order has almost all the divine weapons, there must be many strong people, if we are not enough, Maybe they won't be able to capture their headquarters. ”
"And then?" Immediately behind Karlis, Eagle sighed, "What are we going to do after the flames are extinguished?" ”
"Finally, let's go to the end of this steel continent, the 'frontier of the world'."
Staring straight ahead, Karlis's words did not hesitate: "The Steel Continent is boundless and vast, but the 'World Frontier' is different - it is the wound that Joshua himself tore, it should be the passage he opened up in order to seal many near-saint evil gods, and now, this passage has become the end of this boundless world in a sense, the world barrier that should have been absolutely impossible to jump over and shatter, should appear at the most vulnerable moment when the flame is extinguished, and it can allow us to connect to the multiverse outside Gap'. ”