Back in the store, Mr. Vitan had returned, and there was a beautiful and moving woman beside her, with a tall figure, a delicate figure, a volatile honey-colored hair, and a delicate face, exuding a fresh and pure atmosphere, but there was a trace of hesitation and helplessness on her moving face at this time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When the woman saw Memphis, her originally sad and uneasy expression turned into a deep affection, and she called out: "Memphis ......" and got up and ran to Memphis.

Memphis's face was also filled with sea-like affection, hugged her into his arms, and said softly, "Sasarin, you have finally returned to me......"

Sasarine looked up from Memphis's arms, and saw Adler, who was tightly bound by the Wind Binding Technique and couldn't move, and her face was pale, her face changed drastically, and she cried out in a lost voice, "Father......"

Adler turned his face away, his eyes showed a resentful light, and he said angrily: "Don't call me that! I Adler can't afford it! I don't have a rebellious daughter like you! ”

Sasalyn said sadly, "I'm sorry...... Father ......"

Adler turned his face and said coldly: "I, Adler, have no daughter who has fornication with robbers!" If you want to call my father again, leave that robber who killed a thousand knives! ”

Memphis let out a long sigh and said to the jade man in his arms, "Sasarin, my love! It's up to you whether you want to leave with me or go back to your father...... I don't want to forcibly take you away so that you will no longer have happiness in your life in the future, so even if your decision will plunge me into endless pain and bitter lovesickness in the future, I will still respect your choice...... In any case, you will be the only love of my life in Memphis! ”

Sasalyn glanced at Memphis with a look of uncertainty on her face, and finally turned into a determined expression, and said to Adler, "I'm sorry, father...... I know I'm not filial, but I can't control my heart...... Your daughter can only follow her lover...... For him, even if he betrays all moral norms and bears all the spurned eyes of the world, his daughter thinks it is worth it...... Father, I beg your pardon for not being able to serve by your side anymore, and I hope you will take good care of yourself...... I hope one day you will forgive your daughter......"

After saying that, he left the arms of Memphis, bowed deeply to Adler, and looked up with tears streaming down his face.

"You...... Ok, good, good! I can't imagine that I, Adler, would give birth to such an unfilial and rebellious daughter! From now on, you will no longer be my daughter, and the father-daughter relationship between you and me will be severed from now on! The gods will curse you dogs and men ......," Adler said angrily, and at last he was so angry that he had to turn his face away again, not wanting to look at his daughter again.

"Memphis, you won't embarrass your father, will you?" After a pause, Sasarin asked.

The questioned Memphis turned his eyes to me, because the whole situation is in charge of me, and the situation has developed to this point, it is no longer Memphis's personal business, and the safety and lives of me, Mr. Vitan, Vivian, Bernini, and all my brothers under Memphis are no longer within Memphis's control.

I smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry, Sacharin! Adler is your father and the future father-in-law of Memphis, so how can we be sorry for him? As long as we leave, we will release your father together, but we will grieve him for a while. ”

Sasalyn's delicate face blushed for a while, but a worried heart was put down.

At this time, one of Memphis's men had arrived and said to us, "The men of the Jialan Temple have arrived at the north gate and are engaged in the joint defense force!" The scattered brothers who set fires everywhere also completed their mission, and now the city is in chaos, and the coalition forces are exhausted. ”

I nodded and said, "We can go!" Set off to the West Gate! ”

Teacher Vitan said, "Alex, you asked me and fifty people to attack Adler's Mansion in black cloaks and dark blue armor, the purpose of which is to fish in troubled waters, so that Nagwi's coalition defense forces will mistake the people of the Jialan Temple for us, right?" With the wisdom of Aaron's poetry, you won't guess that you did it, and in the future, the Jialan Temple will definitely stick to you! ”

I laughed and said, "Whatever, what should come is still coming!" And they don't have any evidence, and I just took advantage of the situation, and they didn't find me a reason. ”

Saying that, he said to Adler, who looked wilted: "The wind binding technique on your body will be automatically untied in an hour, and it will trouble Mr. Adler to be wronged during this time!" ”

By this time, everyone had already packed their bags, and Bernini had to leave because of our relationship.

Teacher Vitan said to Bernini, "I've caused you trouble for the sake of our relationship. ”

Bernini glanced back at his ironware shop a little reluctantly, and said with a little sentimentality: "My mission is complete, and it's time to leave, and I should return to my own people......"

When they arrived at the West City Gate, they found that only a small group of joint defense forces were stationed here. Because of the relationship between the main manpower in the city and the north gate, the defense of the west gate is very weak - at this unreasonable moment, I don't know how long the Aaron Poetry Society and the joint defense force have been entangled, of course, with the strength of the joint defense force, it is impossible to stop the wolf-like holy dragon warriors, but when the joint defense force is shocked to find the wrong target, we are afraid that we have already fled.

When the coalition defense forces stepped forward to try to stop and search us, at my command, everyone waved their blades and rushed forward, and the mentally ill-prepared coalition defense forces could not compare with the men of the Memphis "Hurricane" regiment in terms of combat effectiveness and fighting will, and they were completely unable to resist our violent offensive.

Under the onslaught of nearly 100 of our men, the city defense was broken as soon as it was rushed, and some soldiers who had escaped death could only shout behind them, completely losing the courage to pursue.

We quickly got out of town, mounted our horses prepared in Memphis, and galloped away.

Sasalyn on horseback looked back frequently, the reluctance and sadness, even Memphis couldn't help but be infected, seemed to be in high spirits, and there was no joy of double accommodation and double fei.

Seeing Sasalyn's expression, I couldn't help but think of the scene when I first left Haynes, and my heart was also filled with a faint sense of homesickness, so I said to Sasalyn and Memphis: "Don't worry! Adler will accept you sooner or later! The 'Black Hawk' and 'Nightfire' among the three major thieves in the desert have been eliminated, and the 'Hurricane Regiment' has become the absolute powerhouse of the 'Heart of Death', and the establishment of the Desert Kingdom is just around the corner if the 'Heart of Death' is unified. With Adler's shrewdness, he wouldn't have thought of it, at this time, he was just angry and couldn't figure it out for a while, and he couldn't pull his face, in this era when strength represented everything, Adler would understand sooner or later. ”

Memphis's eyes sparkled and he said to me, "Alex! Sasalyn and I are here today because of you! My kingdom is yours, and you are my brother in Memphis! I will follow in your footsteps and create a manly hegemony! ”

Leaving Nagvi, we quickly headed west, and after a day and a night of travel, we soon entered the "Heart of Death" desert.

The "Heart of Death" desert is located in the middle of the southern continent of St. Lun, bordered by the Star Mountains to the south, the psychedelic forest and the cloud mountain range to the north, thus separating the eastern countries of the southern continent from the western states, like a curved golden scythe lying in the middle of the southern continent. It is said that this desert was formed after the Bailing War, which used to be a vast plain, and later the Bailing War was launched in order to fight for control of this fertile land, and finally the Terrans won the war, but the Wanli Plain was turned into a desert because of the destruction of various forbidden techniques, forbidden spells, and super martial arts in the war.

However, the desert is not completely silent, with scattered oases that have become colonies of nomads and sand pirates.

Once in the desert, Bernini parted ways with us, choosing to head south, intending to return to the dwarven settlements west of the Southern Star Mountains, while we planned to head north, first to the oasis inhabited by the "hurricane masses", and then to find a way into the elven forest.

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The temperature difference between the "Heart of Death" desert varies greatly from day to night, the whole earth seems to be in a steamer, the heat is unbearable, at dusk, the temperature begins to drop sharply, and at night it is already a bitter cold wind, and you have to put on a thick cotton jacket to keep out the cold.

Standing on the sand dunes under the starlit night sky, I couldn't help but have a lot of thoughts, many things that I had never thought of, questions that I had not considered, and gradually formed clear ideas in the tumbling of thoughts.

In the Bailing War, humanity was the ultimate victor and won the dominance of the Shenglun Continent, and the other races were forced to retreat to the mountains and highlands, distributed in the remote areas of the continent, but humanity also paid a heavy price: after the war, the vitality of mankind was greatly damaged, and the population was sharply reduced by two-thirds - after a thousand years of recuperation, the vitality of mankind gradually recovered.

-- The unified government of mankind also fell apart after the war, and was divided into countless countries and city-states, among which the countries of the southern continent were the most scattered, and the western part of the southern continent was full of small states, and it was not possible to form a political power sufficient to win the continent. Therefore, the largest countries in the southern continent are concentrated in the east, namely the Falatis Empire, the Dotir Kingdom, and the Sheluniista Alliance, but due to the delicate checks and balances between the three countries, they have not been able to advance westward, and they have maintained the partial peace in the west for hundreds of years. Therefore, although there were many wars between countries, they could not change the basic pattern of the southern continent.

- And now due to the division of the Kingdom of Dotir and the civil war, the Shelunista Alliance has been greatly damaged in the war with Dotir, and the balance of the three great powers has been upset, and it seems that the road to Faratis dominance is about to emerge. However, the current Emperor of the Faradis Empire, Nan Zhan Buqi II, is not a person of achievement, although he has no major faults and no great policies, he can only be said to be a mediocre and weak monarch, and because of excessive drinking, he is getting old day by day, and his health and energy are overdue, and he is afraid that it will be difficult to make great achievements in his lifetime. Therefore, the grand hegemony of the Falatiss Empire can only be realized by the next generation. However, several princes and daughters of Nanzhan Buqi II each had real power, and each had supporters and supporters in the empire, forming a situation in which the imperial family was tilted against each other, so the heir of the empire was not determined for a long time. And this situation is not something that today's Nanzhan Buqi II can change. Therefore, after the death of the emperor, it will inevitably cause internal strife in the palace and division of the country. Under these circumstances, the political landscape of the southern continent will evolve more delicately.

- Of course, this is the time I was looking forward to, but ...... Is the Empire of Tranches also waiting for such an opportunity? The purpose of the Jialan Temple to inspect the world is not also preparing for this day? I know so little about the country with its "children of destiny" that I can't form a clear impression. Due to geographical and historical reasons, the countries of the northern and southern continents rarely interact, according to scarce materials and classics, there are several powerful countries established by human beings in the northern continent, which are not as scattered as the southern continent, and the plateau is still the settlement of the gods. Due to the natural separation between the Jieyun Mountains and the Jietian Mountain Range, the people of the Southern Continent have limited knowledge of the Northern Continent, and in the geographical concept of the people of the Southern Continent, the so-called North ends at the two mountain ranges, and the world outside the mountains is collectively referred to as the Northern Kingdom.

──What kind of place is the northern country? What role will the land that gave birth to a strange woman like Aarensis play in my future journey? I couldn't help but feel a deep curiosity, and I also had the idea of having the opportunity to travel north.

"Alec, aren't you resting?" Vivien came up to me and asked softly, "What are you thinking?" You're about to become a thinker, and you're often seen contemplating...... At the time, I thought, where did this nerd come from? However, it really makes people love the way you think about it, it's really handsome! ”

Hearing Vivien make a joke about me, I couldn't help but feel a little like this, and said, "I wonder if standing like this can turn myself into an indifferent stone monument, standing in the dark and bleak night, and become an existence that is colder than an iceberg and more ruthless than a cold wind." ”

"You still remember those words, don't you think you're too mature and sophisticated? There is no innocence and happiness that you should have at your age...... It's not cute at all. Vivian said softly, although Vivian, who was wrapped in a thick white cotton jacket, was covered with a delicate figure, but under the soft starlight, there was a kind of elegance and pure beauty wrapped in silver.

I sighed slightly and said, "Innocence and carefree are the luxuries that I cannot hope for in my life, and when I think I am living a carefree life, I am actually deceiving myself...... The so-called happiness and happiness need to be fought for by oneself, only what you really grasp within is your own, and the happiness and happiness outside of your grasp are just a beautiful lie! ”

"That's what you think...... But if you can live happily and happily for a lifetime in a beautiful lie, isn't that a kind of happiness? ”

But living in this cold world, what beautiful lie is not exposed by the ruthlessness of reality? What kind of happiness is not as fragile as fine porcelain? Just like art collections, they need to have enough ability and strength to protect them. ”

"Alex, you're still that annoying! Do you always look at everything in the world with the eyes of objects? ”

"What's so bad about that? If the Saint-Lun Continent becomes my collection, then I will not ravage it arbitrarily; If his people could be treated as collectibles, then the king would not become a tyrant. ”

"But isn't that a contradiction? You consider yourself an aesthete, but on your way to hegemony, you will constantly create killing stamps, destroying lives, destroying lives, and turning beautiful cities into bloody slaughterhouses. The path of chasing kings and power is also the path of eliminating beauty. ”

It is true that there is some contradiction, or to put it this way, life and death are relative, but they are just forms of energy transformation in nature, and the annihilation of beauty also represents the regeneration of beauty, which is a process of constantly moving from imperfection to perfection. To extend it to the mundane is to create a new and beautiful world only by destroying an old world. ”

"Your statement is very profound, I don't understand it." Vivien shook her head slightly.

"Beauty is an objective existence, but it is also a subjective thing, in one's own eyes beautiful things, in the eyes of others may not be recognized, and the beauty of nature itself represents two different forces of creation and destruction, if beauty becomes an existence that hinders one's own survival, then no matter how beautiful things will become dazzling. Human nature is always full of dark sides, and what you can't get, such as beautiful collectibles, is still willing to destroy with your own hands rather than let others get it. ”

Alex...... Will you do the same to me? Vivien's face was filled with heart-wrenching resentment.

"Don't overthink it...... Vivien, I may be a bad person, but I don't deliberately hurt the people around me, and of course I may hurt you unconsciously...... I know I have too much to apologize for you...... If one day, you think you can't stand being around me, or when you find true happiness, I'll let you go. Until then, please stay with me, maybe I can't give you the promise of happiness, but I can let you seek a piece of autonomy in troubled times. I said softly, there was also a trace of inexplicable melancholy and sadness in my heart, and when I saw the weak Vivian, I couldn't help but feel pity, hugged her into my arms, and pecked her lightly on the forehead.

Vivien, on the other hand, put her rosy lips to my lips, kissed me deeply, and left my embrace with obsession and shame, and said softly:

"What kind of person are you, Alee! You treat me as a collector's item, but you don't make me feel treated like an object...... You are sometimes ruthless, but you have a passion like lava, and beneath your cold exterior, there is sometimes a heart-wrenching sadness...... I have never known you, but I have unconsciously fallen into your casual tenderness...... Perhaps, from the moment I was destined to meet, I was destined to follow your back closely in this life, although it was painful, but I was willing to do it, without regrets......"

Looking at Vivien's slowly departing shadow, with Vivien's fragrant girlish breath still on my lips, I stood on the starlit sand dunes, and I was already distracted.

After walking in the desert for several days, although I experienced several hurricanes and sandstorms, I was also in danger under the care of this desert man in Memphis. But on the fourteenth day, I finally felt the power of nature.

At noon that day, Memphis in front of him suddenly stopped his horse, then turned over and dismounted, listened to the ground for a while, and looked quite solemn when he stood up.

"Memphis, what's the matter?" I asked as I pulled over to Memphis.

"You listen to the ground beneath your feet."

I listened for a moment, and there was a continuous boom in the ground.

"Memphis, is it an earthquake?" I was also a little surprised at how small human beings seemed in the face of the power of nature.

"It's the sound of earth dragons crawling away in swarms." Memphis replied.

"Earth Dragon?"

"That is, the desert earthworm, the people of the desert call it the Earth Dragon, a unique creature in the desert of the 'Heart of Death', ten times larger than ordinary earthworms, with thick outer armor that ordinary swords cannot cut through. The migration of the earth dragons in groups is a way of self-help by creatures out of their precognitive instinct against impending danger, indicating that a huge sandstorm is about to occur. If even the earth dragon with strong vitality is to be afraid, I am afraid that this storm has the power to dig three feet into the ground. I reckon it's probably the most terrifying Black Storm in Death's Heart, and it's a rare big storm! This kind of natural catastrophe is not something that human beings can resist, and its power is so great that I am afraid that even the gods can be afraid! Memphis explained with a pale face.

"Is there a place to hide nearby?" I asked.

"Fifty miles further east there is a basin of extinct volcanoes, and there is a peculiar magnetic field around it, and all storms are inaccessible, so it should be safe for now, but there is another danger there...... There is a creature called a fireworm that breathes fire, acts in groups, and devours human flesh and blood, which is very terrifying. ”

I thought about it for a moment, and then said to Teacher Vitan, "Teacher, can you stop this storm with your spatial magic?" ”

Teacher Vitan replied, "If it was before, I could have stopped no matter how big the storm was, but now I am afraid I can't......

I immediately said to Memphis, "Let's go to the extinct volcano, and since this storm can't be stopped by man, we'll have to fight the fireflies!" ”

Memphis nodded and said, "It seems that this is the only way to go......"

We hurried eastward, and a terrible storm had formed behind us—beneath a sky that was instantly blackened, a violent wind whirlwind swept up yellow sand and dust, uprooting cacti and other plants in the desert. At the center of the storm, a dazzling ball of lightning shone with purple lightning, and from time to time it was thrown onto the surface, making huge holes in the earth.

When we inadvertently looked back, we found that the raging storm was approaching us at high speed, and the scorching sand and dust had been raised around us, and in the wind and sand, our vision became blurred, and even breathing became difficult.

At this time, Teacher Vitan had already opened a powerful spatial magic, and countless wind and sand poured out to both sides in the half-moon-shaped space behind us, drawing a beautiful arc and presenting a strange landscape. At this time, although the wind and sand were unbridled, they had been completely blocked by the spatial magic wall and could not erode us. And Vivien, who was riding with me, also urged the magic to reinforce Teacher Vitan's magic wall. But I had a feeling in my heart that Mr. Vitan's vitality and magic seemed to be in constant decline, and with each spell he used, his vitality and magic power were weakened by a point.

But this state of affairs did not last long, as the center of the storm moved closer to us, the force that could devour everything became more and more powerful and the walls of spatial magic continued to fluctuate and gradually shrink inward, and we could only gallop desperately, hoping to enter the volcanic basin before being swallowed by the storm.

"It's almost there! Just a little bit! Hold on, everyone, and we'll be in the valley soon! "Memphis kept shouting loudly in the gale to cheer everyone up.

However, the basin of the extinct volcano has appeared in front of us, but the center of the terrible storm has arrived!

The spatial magic wall immediately collapsed, making a piercing cracking sound. Everyone turned their heads in unison, and when they saw the dead darkness in front of them and the purple light bursting in the darkness, they couldn't help but have a look of despair on their faces that had been blown yellow by the wind and sand.

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