While Monia is agonizing over how to leave, Liel and Fana are pondering whether or not to enter. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 After entering the hall of ruins and opening the half-dimensional passage of the puppet Javos, they came to a narrow corridor, and at the end of the corridor, behind the door carved by Mithril, there was an impenetrable darkness.

Children are always afraid of the dark, even Liel and Fana, who are relatively mature because of their experience. Looking at the darkness with no end in sight, two little girls hesitated in front of the door.

"I suppose," Lil, who was a little bolder than Fana, looked at the thick darkness that seemed to engulf everyone who came near it, hiding behind her twin sister, poking her head out in cringe, "Javos won't hurt us, will he?" ”

Fana tilted her head to think for a while, then turned her head to look at her sister behind her, and replied in a slightly questioning tone: "Should it?" ”

"Although I also think that Javos should be trusted," Lil smiled behind Fana, "but why is my sister questioning?" ”

Fana lowered her head slightly and said, "Mom said that humans cannot be trusted. ”

When Lil heard her twin sister's reply, she couldn't help but be silent: Indeed, humans are not trustworthy. It was because of their mother's trust in humans that they were imprisoned in Aniji. Jarworth was nice to them, but was he really trustworthy?

Silent.

Apparently both little girls were thinking about it.

The last one to break the silence was the quiet Farna, who nodded to herself, then reflexively looked at her twin sister behind her, and said in a flat tone: "Jaworth is a puppet, not a person. ”

"Hmm......" Liel echoed, the elven twins had a special sense of affection, and of course she knew that the "human" in her mother's mouth was not limited to "human" itself, and the so-called dolls were just a pretext. It's just that since both she and Fana think that Jarworth is a "person" worthy of trust, then they should all have the courage to trust others.

"Let's go."

As short as ever, Fana grabbed her twin sister's hand and sank into the darkness.

The twins aren't exactly the same in every way, at least not Eugarena and Eugariel. In terms of fear, the elder sister Fana is afraid of lightning and thunder, while the younger sister Lil is afraid of darkness and loneliness. This is one of the reasons why Vana took the initiative to take her sister's hand.

As for the rest of the reason, it is actually very simple, the fear of darkness is the instinct of intelligent beings on the surface. In the face of such endless darkness, Fana was also full of fear and doubt in her heart. It's just that she's an older sister, and she has to show her strong side to her sister. Holding Lil's hand, it's not just about telling her sister that her sister is here, it's also about telling herself that she's not alone.

Lil didn't speak, feeling the warmth in the palm of her hand, groping her way through the darkness.

There are no secrets between the elf twins, she can feel the fear and hesitation under her sister's plain face, and she can also feel her sister's pretense of strength. But what is there, who has no weakness in his heart, since one person cannot be strong, cannot be fearless, then two people bear fear together and share strength together.

Don't be afraid, I'm here.

The so-called warmth is not only the temperature that can be perceived, but also the touching of the soul.

Fana and Lil feel the warmth of each other's transmission, silently moving forward in the darkness with no end in sight.

Walking in this darkness, time has no meaning. I don't know how long it took, but when Fana and Lil got tired of walking, they stopped to rest, and when they were tired, they snuggled up to each other and fell asleep. Strangely, there seemed to be no hunger in this space, and judging by the number of times they rested, at least a few days had passed. However, apart from their mental exhaustion, they did not eat or feel hungry for a few days.

When is the end?

The two little girls had such helpless doubts more than once, and more than once they had the idea of giving up, but in the end they both gave up. Their qualifications are not good, neither the mad lich in their hometown nor Sister Monia can do anything, and it can be said that the mysterious gift of Javos is the only possibility for them to become a mage at the moment.

They are willing to pay any price for it.

Suffering leads to growth, and they are far more mature than they look.

In this way, again and again, they finally encouraged each other to persevere, and still move forward in this darkness with no end in sight. There may be a gift ahead that can change their fate, or maybe there is nothing. But as long as there is such a possibility, they will persist until the end.

Because they're not alone.

How long has it been since then? No one knows, and perhaps no one cares. Fana and Lil held hands and walked numbly forward in this darkness, which seemed to have no end, and there was not even a ray of light until now, but they still stubbornly groped their way forward.

Perhaps their persistence was recognized, and around the corner ahead, they were greeted by a dazzling light.

Then they lost consciousness.

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"You're awake." When Fana and Liel opened their eyes, a voice without emotion sounded above them, "This is the highest achievement of Hormonex alchemy, an equivalent exchange platform. Perhaps it is difficult to understand with your barren knowledge, then I will tell you honestly, this is the time to make a wish, and as long as you can afford to pay the price, any wish you can make your wish come true. Note! Be any wish! ”

"But before I do that, I want to ask you a question, how did you get here?"

It was an empty room, and in the center of the room was a complex array that made people dizzy at first glance, but other than that, there were no decorations or even objects in this room. In the perception of Fana and Lil, the voice seemed to be coming from all directions at the same time, and there was no way to determine the source, so they could only look at the only focus in the room and answer.

"It was a puppet named Jaworths who sent us here."

"Jaworths? A name I haven't heard of. The voice seemed to be a little confused, but then dissipated, "That's not what I'm asking, the people who can come here are the ones the legendary mages recognize." I'm asking you how you got through the previous test of illusion, the darkness that seemed to never end. ”

"Let's go."

This time it was Vana who answered the question, and she was still so concise and to the point.

"Let's go? Walked over? The voice paused slightly, and a tone of pleasure came out, "This is probably the simplest and most rustic answer I've ever heard, but it's also the answer that satisfies me." ”

"I'll tell you the rules of making a wish now," the voice continued, before Fana and Lil could familiarize themselves with the empty room, "The rules for making a wish are simple, it's an equivalent exchange. To be clear, this equivalent exchange is not only an equivalent exchange on the material level, but also on the spiritual level. ”

"If you treat money as dung, then you may not be able to exchange money here for anything you want. What you want, you must give something of equal value to your heart, it can be a memory you cherish the most, it can be an item you care about the most, or it can be the life of someone you care about the most. ”

"And so on, this is a balance of the heart, and human beings will never be able to completely deceive themselves, so this is the fairest way to make a wish."

"If you don't sacrifice, you get nothing, and in order to get something, you have to pay the same price."

You may think that this kind of equivalent exchange is a wish, but in the real world, in many cases, even if you give, you will not necessarily get something. And here, as long as you have to give, you will definitely get something. Equivalent exchange may not be the truth of the world, but it is the truth here. ”

"Have you made your decision? Do you make a wish and give something that is generally equivalent to what you want? ”

There was a slight hesitation, but Lil and Fana still looked at each other, and then spoke: "I take the liberty of asking, can the dead be resurrected?" ”

"Yes," the voice replied in the affirmative, but then the reply was not what they wanted, "but you can't afford it." ”

"We can pay anything."

The firm answer did not bring the expected answer, and the voice of unknown origin directly shattered their hopes: "Life for life, this is indeed equivalent to a certain extent." However, the barrier between life and death is not so simple, you can do it if you exchange your life for the life of a person who is about to die, but what the dead are asking for is not only life, but also the power to transcend the law and break the law. ”

"Don't talk about you at this point, even the hormones can't see a little hope."

"This refining array was originally portrayed to awaken the souls of the dead, but in the end, the legendary mage failed, and it couldn't afford to pay the price......"

Fana and Liel were silent, how could they afford a price that even the legendary mages couldn't afford. Beyond the law? Breaking the rules? They don't even have a concept of this unfathomable thing. But there is no doubt that it is a realm that only legends can reach, and it is a realm that even legends cannot help.

Become a mage at all costs.

Holding hands and feeling each other's hearts, the hearts that have never been more resolute than ever.

And then...... Become a legend!

And then...... Beyond the Legends!

After a moment of silence, the voice asked, "What else are you going to wish for?" ”

"We want to be qualified to be mages."

"Make this wish come true...... The price should be acceptable to you......" The voice seemed to be considering something, and after a moment's pause, it said, "as you wish." ”

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