Chapter Twenty-Three: The Ultimate Meaning of the Soul That Belongs to 'Me' Alone 6000
Because he had challenged in his previous life, Joshua knew that the existence that left behind this huge and strange god mist was the god who commanded the sky, and 'Geer' was a winged man with huge wings.
Not only that, but from Grim downwards, his priests, priests, believers, and people are all winged winged people, a race that can fly freely and face the future with the most optimistic attitude at all times, and has been following their gods, dwelling on the peaks and skies of the former Microf. They admired towering and sharp architecture, and loved fine art and poetry as much as elves, and there was no doubt that the presence of the Winged People was a very important part of the Mycrof continent during the Glorious Age.
But they were wiped out, hundreds of years ago, more than 800 years to be exact, the last remnant of the Winged People who once inhabited the Western Mountains were involved in a race war that affected the entire continent at that time, and unfortunately they were completely wiped out. In the war between the Sapient Race and the Savage Beasts, the last of the Winged Warriors was burned to ashes by the flames of the Origin Dragons and dissipated into the skies of the mountains of Sibent.
The reason why Joshua couldn't be sure that the god seal in the Divine Mist belonged to Gell at first was because the Divine Eom of the Lord of the Sky was very different from his previous life.
In the previous life, the arrival of the main god's first-level god seal should have been around 839 years of Star Fall, which happened to be the time when the Great Pioneer Era was in full swing, with the further strengthening of the Great Demon Tide, the adventurers' footsteps spread all over the entire Mycrof Continent, and the powerful Origin Ancient Beasts in the Central Black Forest also began to move-just when wisdom was about to be barbaric again, the stars fell to the sky, and the Boundless Heaven Realm fell from the void.
At that time, all minds couldn't help but raise their heads and look at the originally blue sky, and the firmament of the entire McCrove world began to fluctuate violently like an ocean.
The gods of this era descended along with the sigils of the ancient gods, bringing with them even greater magic and countless legacies that were precious enough for an empire to value.
Aside from anything else for the time being, the god of the sky, the Lord of the Storm, the god of 'Ger', was originally called [Heavenly Madness], its main body is a volley city completely suspended above the clouds, guarded by countless substantiated wind elements, sixteen wind elemental giants support its edge, and a huge tornado that runs through the sea, clouds and void turns into pillars, holding it high in the sky. In addition to these natural disasters, there are also visions of the high priests of the sky gods in the city, and only by defeating a dozen powerhouses of the Glorious Age can they enter the great temple in the center of the city, touch the seal of the god of Geel, and obtain his inheritance.
Interestingly, it was obviously his god of misfortune, but from beginning to end, Gell never appeared, and in the deepest part of the main temple, there was only a huge fresco of a winged man whose face could not be seen clearly, and a heritage inscription located at the heart of the mural.
Now, it was different, not only the main god-level mist appeared earlier, this time, Joshua was fortunate enough to see Gere's posture - he was indeed standing here, although his face had been completely eroded by the evil god, and the original majestic city in the sky had become a ruin that was now crumbling and about to fall into the sea, but it didn't matter, because everyone had already felt the courage and sacrifice of the once god.
Thoughts turn back.
"Really talking to me!"
The moment he heard this, the artificial intelligence, which should never have been shaken, began to shake completely on No. 3 - the girl's magic projection suddenly appeared a large area of snowflakes like poor contact, and the suitcase held by Joshua in his right hand also had strange magic fluctuations at No. 3's body. Undoubtedly, Gehr's words made Number 3 feel greatly puzzled and shocked: "No, although I have the same wings, I am the artificial intelligence of the Karlis world...... Aside from the differences in the world, I'm not a ...... at all."
Contrary to the girl who was still muttering to herself, Joshua was not surprised by this, a long time ago, he had already known when he was in Karlis, the winged people of the Mycrof continent and the winged people of Karlis were of the same species, after all, the relationship between the two worlds was too close, and there were even several natural time and space tunnels. Not to mention the extremely developed Microf civilization in the Glorious Age, it is impossible not to discover this neighbor, and the exploration of nature alone will definitely cause the phenomenon of racial migration.
As a being of the main god level, Gell must know the origin of the Microf Wing, so it is not surprising that he calls the world of Karlis his homeland.
"My compatriot ......"
A hoarse, low-pitched voice with a slight echo came again, and the remaining inscription of 'Geer' stood at the top of the central tower, facing Joshua and his party, and continued slowly: "I have been waiting for more than a thousand years, and I have finally waited for your appearance...... Whether you're a visitor from my hometown or a survivor of the McCroft Wing, I want to ask you for one thing. ”
"Not as a god, but as a winged man. I want ......"
Just when it was Number Three, Joshua, and Hei, who seemed unconscious and was actually eavesdropping, was engrossed in knowing what Ger's commission was, the god suddenly stopped. He was silent for a moment, then let out a long sigh: "No, you're not ......"
"It's like, it's very much like. The technology that is admirable, almost real, and I am glad that the Tsubasa has reached this point before I knew it. ”
The tall winged man stood at the top of the tower, purple lightning across the canopy behind him, reflecting a dim purple light on his chaotic countenance, and Ger 'looking' at Joshua and his group, 'staring' at Number 3 to be exact. Although he didn't have eyes, everyone knew that he was staring at the AI girl who was now a little helpless, and then said softly: "But in the final analysis, it's still a fake, not a real winged person." ”
“……”
No. 3 didn't say anything, and even his expression didn't change, but Joshua could feel that in the box held in his right hand, No. 3's magic power fluctuations paused for a moment - because of the excessive information shock, the artificial intelligence girl was down for a moment, although she immediately started again, but the warrior could detect it, and a huge sense of loss was spreading deep in her heart.
- yes, after all, I'm not a life, just a man-made soul.
Not even a body, imitated with magic projection...... No matter how similar the imitation is, it is just a pure imitation, not a real one.
Feeling the great loss and sadness in the girl's heart, the warrior couldn't help but clench his left fist.
"Artificial Soul...... You may not be a wingman, but you certainly have a great connection to them. ”
At this time, Geer's hoarse voice was still echoing in everyone's hearts, and he didn't seem to know the consequences of what he said, but simply followed his thoughts and said it all: "Excuse me, do you know if there are still living winged people in this world?" It is the creation of thy race, my descendants and my people...... Can you tell me, the people of the sky, are they still flying in the sky? ”
"They ......"
No. 3 opened her mouth, and she originally wanted to subconsciously tell the truth: whether it was the McCrof continent or the Karlis world, there was no trace of the Winged Man now. Perhaps some corpses or remnants of artifacts can be seen in the underground and in the ruins of the Black Forest, but the living Winged People have disappeared completely eight hundred and thirty-six years ago, or even more distant in the past, and the world of Karlis is even earlier, and the mobile fortress has wandered in the ruins of the wilderness for more than a thousand years without finding half a survivor.
But the girl didn't say it. Although the god's words were hurtful, she could see that Gell was not discriminating and belittling her, but just telling the truth, and the god was even willing to talk to him in an equal and inquiring tone, but he did not see himself as a member of the winged people, so he was disappointed and sighed.
So Number 3 didn't want to tell him the sad fact that the Winged Man was extinct, and that his more than a thousand years of waiting were hopeless and futile.
But how can a man hide from a God? If it is a legendary powerhouse, No. 3 obviously does not have that level of ability. In just a moment, Gell seemed to have read the truth he wanted from the slightly abnormal magic fluctuations of No. 3, and the god of the sky did not lament or grieve, he just raised his chaotic face, looked at the churning black sky, and said softly, "Is that so?" ”
"Although I am a little disappointed, since there are still intelligent beings that can enter my remnant soul, then it means that we have won, and we have defeated the endless evil...... It's not perfect, but it's enough, and I should let go of my obsessions. ”
With that, Gell turned his head. He stood at the top of the central tower, with his back to Joshua and his party, and then bursts of dazzling light began to surge up and down his body, and a huge amount of energy was released from this mutilated divine soul, gushing out to the outside world, and one after another blue-gold hurricanes poured out from the body of the Sky Lord, sweeping through the entire ruined Hanging City, sweeping through dozens of black tornadoes between the sea and the sky, sweeping through the pitch-black sky-
And in the blowing of this gust of wind, the floating city that was originally falling towards the sea began to rise slowly like a time rewind, and the thick black tornadoes that roared were gradually purified, and after more than ten seconds, the tornado gradually stopped. A tall and stout, hundreds of meters tall, titan-like storm giants stepped out of it and came to the bottom of the Hanging City, supporting its base.
Under Joshua's silent gaze, the originally dilapidated and ruined floating city was repaired by unparalleled divine power, and with the support of a dozen storm giants, the majestic and magnificent city began to rise rapidly, even surpassing the sky that had been purified into a turquoise blue. Above the sky, the myriad of materialized wind elements begin to condense, and it will turn into the strongest pillars that will hold the throne of the Lord of the Heavens high in the sky.
- Everything is rapidly becoming what Joshua saw in his previous life. The Giant Sky City, the elaborate and magnificent Great Temple, the Storm Giants that support the city, the Pillars of the Wind Elemental in materialization...... and the remnant soul of the god of the sky, which is about to dissipate, leaving no face, only a mural and an engraved remnant of the god of the sky.
"Latecomer, this is the last ...... I can leave behind"
Gere's remnant was now beginning to become translucent, as Ogna had been, and he seemed to want to say something, but he had to shut his mouth halfway through, for a sharp, vicious, and extremely pure aura appeared behind him like a flame that was gradually burning and burning more and more.
"Are you going to just dissipate? After hurting your last descendants, you just dissipate without care? ”
'Gere' turned his head, and he saw that the mighty human who had been silent until now had landed at the top of the central tower after calling out his true name and awakening his remnant soul. The human waved his hand, ignoring the winged artificial intelligence and a humanized black dragon beside him, eager to stop him, and approached him step by step.
But the remnant soul of the god of the sky didn't seem to notice that the other party was getting stronger and stronger, and seemed to want to attack him, he just said lightly: "No, she is not my descendant. She's nice, close, almost identical, but it's not. ”
Hearing this, No. 3's projection trembled again, noticing this, Joshua shook his head at Gehr, and he said word by word: "She is." ”
"Even if you are a god who has guarded the Mycrof Continent and saved the entire world, I still have to ask you, why not?"
"Forget it, Joshua, it's not a big deal...... Are you being influenced by divinity again? Why are you so excited all of a sudden? ”
On the side, No. 3 peeked at Geer's chaotic face, and suddenly became even more nervous, and she whispered to the warrior, "After all, Your Majesty is right......
"I didn't."
Joshua shook his head, his expression so serious that Number 3 couldn't utter any words of rebuttal or persuasion at this moment, and could only let the warrior continue to move forward, walking in front of Ger, almost face to face with the master of the sky.
"Human, you have an aura of familiarity with me, as for your question."
Gell didn't care about Joshua's approach, and he replied in a calm tone to the human who dared to face his mutilated face: "Just dissipate like this? Of course I didn't want to, I waited a thousand years, not to just dissipate in the wind. But since there are no winged people in the world, my existence is meaningless, and according to the agreement with the sages, I will leave my legacy. ”
"And then." Gell paused, and said softly, "Return with my people." ”
"The last of your people is right before your eyes." Joshua said.
"But she's only man-made......," the god of the sky replied calmly, his body gradually dispersing, and dotted, star-like cyan light flew out of the god's remnant soul and submerged into this illusory world, and as the remnant soul of Gol dissipated, this illusory world became more and more solid, as if it was about to become real.
The mist of divine misfortune, the land of the inheritance of the gods, and now, the land of the inheritance of the sky gods in the previous life, [Heavenly Madness] is rapidly taking shape and is about to turn into the most perfect form.
And at this time, Joshua grabbed Geer's shoulder, he didn't care about the true god-level power counterattack and almost smashed his arm in an instant, an inexplicable power flowed, and the situation of Geer's dissipation was temporarily alleviated, and at the moment when the god of the sky seemed to be surprised by this matter, the warrior said: "Your wish, although it is not said, I can guess it with a guess, it is nothing more than to revitalize the Winged People Clan, and not let the former glory of your Clan completely dissipate." ”
“…… That's true. ”
There was a strange light flickering on Ger's chaotic face, and his mood seemed to fluctuate a little, but he still retorted lightly: "But what's the use of knowing this?" Can a race that has been extinct reappear in the world? Man-made falsehood cannot continue the inheritance of the race after all. ”
"Why not."
Joshua looked at the chaos on Gele's face, he didn't give an inch, his pupils flashed with flame-like light, and the man said in the most serious and solemn tone: "Who said that if it is artificial, it can't be real?" ”
"The man-made soul is also the soul, and the intercourse of man and woman gives birth to life in October, which is innate. A group of scientists worked hard for decades before artificial intelligence was born, but why can't it be considered life? Is there something like the soul that is born and man-made? ”
"Life itself is the most sophisticated machine made by nature, the Creator, and so is the soul—"
Joshua pressed Geer's shoulder, the energy of divinity was flowing between the two, maintaining the existence of the god of the sky who was about to disperse, he seemed to be not only refuting the stubbornness of the gods, but also answering his own troubled questions, he said loudly: "It is not perfect, but as long as it is fine enough, perfect enough, man-made can prevail over nature, and acquired can be comparable to nature-there has never been a saying that the older the more powerful, and there is no saying that the more primitive the more perfect!" ”
"You say No. 3 is a man-made, fake wingman...... But in my opinion, she is the condensation of the wisdom of countless people in your group, born from the laboratory, the last winged person named No. 3! She has been operating in a world on the brink of destruction for thousands of years, just to find the remnants of hope, how can you say that such persistence is false? I don't agree with this sentence, and neither will the great alchemists of the Karlis world who created No. 3! ”
Under Joshua's questioning, Gell fell silent, and several times, he seemed to want to retort, but in the end remained silent.
The blue-golden wind enveloped the entire Sky City, rumbling thunder in the sky, as if the hearts of the gods were stirring.
And Joshua continued to press one hand on Geer's shoulder, using his divine power to maintain the existence of the other party for the time being, and he looked at the other party without showing weakness, insisting on his own opinion. And because of the sudden and excited rebuttal before, the warrior suddenly had a trace of understanding of the so-called soul extreme intent in his heart.
"The soul, to put it bluntly, is nothing strange and sacred, what is the difference between artificial and natural? Just like the body, if I can sublimate my life form into what I am now, how can I not do it with my soul? ”
"In that case, it should be my own [Soul Essence]!"
On the other side, after a long time, Gell 'laughed'.
The chaotic face couldn't tell what the expression was, but the slight voice echoed in the hearts of everyone present: "Huh...... Hahahaha, I, the ruler of the sky, was actually educated by the latecomers in this tone...... Without the slightest fear, without the slightest hesitation, this kind of spirit, and this familiar atmosphere, you should be the inheritor of the sage. ”
The winged god's wings trembled, and countless actinized wings scattered around the central tower, twinkling like starlight, and after laughing, Gell turned his head and 'looked' at Number Three.
He said softly, with a hint of apology, "I'm sorry. ”
"The last of my kind."
The god of the sky raised his hands, and a gentle but cold, contradictory aura surged, accompanied by a dazzling cyan light flickering, an incomparably complex 'mark' composed of countless arcane runes, which looked like a pair of wings wrapped in a storm, appeared in his hands. Gell hung the inscription on his chest, and then said in a relaxed, relieved, yet heavy tone: "Take my seal, take my life." ”
Speaking of this, he was silent for a long time, and the ancient god seemed to recall the memories of ancient times: he led the winged people to multiply in the mountains, fought against all kinds of demonic beasts, and fought against thousands of alien races, and after hundreds of thousands of years, in blood and fire, in pain and pain, he finally led the winged people to rise and become one of the most powerful races in the Mycrof continent, the kingdom and civilization of the winged people prospered, and he became the ruler of the sky.
And these memories of the past dissipated, dissipated with the wind, and everything was reduced to nothingness in the final battle with the Abyss and the evil gods, and almost the entire Winged People died in that void resistance.
Regret it? Of course not. He simply blamed himself for not protecting his people as a god, so that after a thousand years, he could not find a second compatriot who could accept his legacy.
But in the end, everything came to a perfect answer.
He patted Joshua's hand and took it off his shoulder. Losing the divine power from Joshua, Gell began to gradually dissipate, the tall god disappeared as he walked towards Number 3, and finally, he came to the front of Number 3, who was still confused and hesitant, not knowing what was going on, Gell slowly crouched down in the light, and then placed the mark in his hand in the hand of the artificial intelligence girl.
"Whether it's a man-made soul or a man-made body...... The last Winged Man, the Winged Man clan, reappear in the world! ”