The stone longsword sliced through the air and smashed into the floor, splashing tiny sparks that were no less moving than Ante's greatsword...... Although it also did not hit the target.

The statue of Casagrande I stood taller than Akan when it stood upright, and the long sword in his hand looked more like a greatsword. It moves at first ridiculously slowly, then gradually becomes more flexible than a normal person...... Like a good enough warrior to destroy.

When the sword is raised, the shattered stone is absorbed upward, and the tiny cracks on the sword disappear in an instant—as part of the three-storied tower, it also has the ability to heal itself.

But it was completely under Ed's control.

Ed had never manipulated a golem before, but Iss had told him some spells about Mud, the Wood Golem in the Valley of Farth.

The golem carved out of wood with a melancholy face can not only make tea and grow flowers, but also control the magic circle in the Yuanzhi Valley, and even have a faint sense of self.

When Inglis created it, he also used the so-called "forbidden art". He connected his soul to it until he gave birth to his life and soul out of the rootless dead wood.

When Isis brought it up, Ed felt a little uneasy that such a spell seemed too similar to the way a necromancer controls the undead. But now he understands that while there are similarities in method, the two are not the same in essence - the former is imprisonment and manipulation, while the latter is closer to "creation".

And "creation" is the realm of God.

He was puzzled. When he realized that there might be gods in hell...... When he realized that the jealous power of darkness was also the power of creation, he was at a loss when he felt the blurred or non-existent line between life and death, between creation and destruction. He was able to say to Stormel that "magic is like a warrior's sword, there is no difference between good and evil, just how it is used and why it is used...... because it was not he who held the double-edged sword at that time.

Who wouldn't want to be bathed in the sun forever?...... But he had seen the greater power in the midst of chaos.

He can use more powerful power. It is not given by anyone, nor is it under the control of any being, a powerful, free force.

It was the origin and destination of countless gods he had heard of or had never heard of, the source of the birth of endless worlds that he knew or did not know.

It is nothingness, and it is everything. Even a glimpse of just one grain of sand already gave him an irrepressible desire.

He didn't want to be a god at all, but it was clearly not a power that only gods could control...... It is the power of every rock, every drop of water, every breath of all the worlds that are being born or dying, that belongs to all living and dead.

Why can't he use that power and still have himself......? Xingyi is the same.

He knew that such thoughts were arrogant. He knew he could turn into another Ankland, but he had seen the consequences of defeat with his own eyes...... Iss had been watching him carefully, ever since they had left that gray-white world. Fearing that he would be affected by the pain and despair of being alone in it, he sternly forbade him to make any attempt that he felt dangerous—Ed understood and appreciated, and tried to act like he had been, as if the experience had lasted for an unknown amount of time was just a nightmare that could be tossed aside when he woke up...... But if Iss could see into the depths of his soul, he would know that he never really left that dead silence.

He wouldn't leave either—that's Ed's warning to himself.

He can't afford to fail again. He could take any risk for that...... Pay whatever it takes.

He looked up with a thud. A moment of distraction did not pose any danger to him, and the indestructible stone statue was able to block all attacks for him.

Ante is still far inferior to Scott in at least one point, he doesn't know how to cast spells.

He was grabbed by the stone statue in the most brutal but simple way, threw it with all his might, smashed it on another stone statue, and then crashed to the ground with it, his face full of anger and disbelief.

He couldn't even deal with a controlled stone statue - this was something he couldn't accept.

But this stone statue is flexible and powerful...... It was as if there was a living soul in it, and the stone body really had joints and muscles that moved freely.

He even recognized some of the fighting moves, like Fili Zeri...... Also like Scott.

Of course, he wouldn't have thought that Ed would have been able to extract the souls of those two men and stuff them into a stone statue of Casagrande I.

So...... How the hell did this guy do it?!

He didn't realize that he had actually asked, and Ed had given him an answer.

"I gave it some memories," he said, "and then gave it a little wisdom...... I don't have breath and it doesn't need to breathe, so I just need to give it a little more life force...... I didn't think it would work. ”

He was still smiling, and the smile was as simple as before, but Ante suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

He couldn't see through this young man whom he had completely ignored...... It's like he can't see through Scott now. But every unexpected move of Scott is a little inexplicable, although it is elusive and fearful, but it does not feel that he is unfathomable, only wonders if his brain has burned out somewhere.

But Ed is different...... He knows exactly what he's doing, and he doesn't mind letting you know about it because you simply can't stop him.

Ante was once considered a madman. Although I don't want to admit it, he really wasn't very conscious for a while...... But in his opinion, Ed Singall, who is standing opposite him at the moment, the guy who is regarded by almost everyone as a "simple but useless good person", is really crazy.

He rolled over before the stone sword slammed into his head, and as he leaped to his feet, he turned around, and the greatsword slashed at the stone statue's knee with the sound of the howling wind, since the stone had to be human...... There are many more weaknesses in man than in stones.

Not surprisingly, the stone statue sword swung downward, trying to block the sword that didn't actually do much damage to it.

Ante retreated with his sword and charged straight for Ed.

He was so stupid to fight with a stone statue like a knight duel for so long...... It was just a puppet, and the master of the puppet was his real enemy.

This time, Ed doesn't seem to plan to dodge with spells again. He stared directly at the blade that was pressing in front of him in an instant, and there was a creepy light in those bottomless blue eyes, which seemed to be light and dark, and it was difficult to distinguish.

He opened his mouth to say something, maybe a spell...... Ante didn't hear it at all, but almost instinctively folded his sword and flipped it on its side, not having time to think about how awkward the posture was.

He felt in a trance that it was not a person standing there at all, but a huge, all-engulfing black hole.