The ground made of golden stone bricks is carved with a complex refining array, and inside the circular outer array representing the circulation of power is a seven-pointed star array representing the use of the highest level of magic power, mixed with various runes, and there is a young girl standing on the refining array, her name is Ella, she doesn't know the meaning of those runes on the ground, she only knows that she just needs to stand in the middle of the array.

……

"Ella." A young man's voice rang out in the quiet room.

The girl who quietly walked into the room was stunned for a moment, then stopped hiding her footsteps and slowly walked to her lover's side. A cup was gently placed on the table, making a soft snapping sound, and the liquid in the cup rippled in circles, and bursts of cold air leaked out of the cup.

On this hot summer day, drinking a glass of chilled karaplum juice is the greatest enjoyment.

"Are you really going to do that?" The man didn't pick up the cup, and looked at the refining array painted on the table, with a painful look in his eyes.

The girl hugged her lover's neck from behind and kissed him lightly in the ear, "It's okay, as long as it's something that can help you, I'm willing to do it." ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to lose you."

"I believe in you!"

……

July 7, 2337 in the Golden Calendar.

Golden City

In the very center of the city, there were fifteen people gathered, except for a girl with a weak appearance, each of them was the most famous alchemist at the moment, and at this moment, they gathered here with only one purpose, eternal life!

Fourteen people stood in their respective positions, each with a different alchemy drawn on the palms of their hands, Cassius looked at the girl in the array, compared to the fanaticism in the eyes of the others, his eyes revealed struggle, Ella was her wife, and now he wanted to use her as material for experimental alchemy.

There is a door in everyone's body, people call it the door of truth, and inside the door is everything that human beings want, and there is also something that all of them want, eternal life.

Yes, eternal life, who wouldn't want it?

That huge refining array, once activated, the door of truth in Ella's body will be opened, and at that time she will become an immortal god, yes, only a god is immortal.

……

"Our alchemy is a gift from God, and the power of alchemy comes from God, and it can also be said that we are using the power of God, so can we use the power of God to reach the realm of God?

"Seven-pointed star! That's right, this array that has never been able to be used by humans, only this refining array can condense the huge power of the gods. ”

"Use the refining array of gods to gather the power of the gods and open the door to the realm of the gods, that's it! I will definitely succeed."

I, Cassius Clyde, the youngest alchemist in history, found my way to the temple at the age of twenty-four, and today will be a time to witness a miracle.

Forge Array Activation!

The scarlet light rose from the array, the magic power surged in the circle, and the air became as sticky as glue, the kind of pressure like facing a god made people tremble, the huge coercion was convincing, and the boundless sense of depression enveloped the whole city, the feeling of being held in the palm of the giant's hand, even breathing became extremely difficult, a strong sense of suffocation appeared on everyone, a huge eye appeared in the center of the formation array, and countless black hands spread out from the formation array, and even more than that, this unknown object appeared in the whole cityWhat is that?

"Ahh

The screams rang out, and I looked up, and those black hands grabbed Morgan, and his body was actually decomposing!

Damn, what's going on.

The screams rang out one after another, and everyone appeared to decompose, and Morgan, who was the first to appear, was only a costume left where he was standing, and his body had already decomposed and disappeared.

Failed? No way! I can't go wrong with my theory, absolutely not, wait, Ella!

I looked at her, and she smiled softly at me, saying something, but the harsh reality was that her body was also decomposing.

"Ella...... Ella! Ella! ”

I ran to Ella, but as soon as I took a step, I fell to the ground, and the pain spread all over my body, and my leg was gone! My body was decomposing, and for a moment, the fear of death filled my brain, but ......

I crawled towards Ella with all my might, and even if I died, we would be together.

……

White space, Cassius stood with his eyes blank.

Good white, empty white, white with nothing, white with no meaning.

"Ella? Wait, what am I doing? ”

"Yo-"

Voices that are neither male nor female, as if many people are saying the same thing at the same time, and the voices are stacked on top of each other, making it unpredictable.

At this time, he was greeting Cassius.

"You...... Who is it? ”

Cassius looked at the white figure in front of him, human-like, but with a nihilistic mouth.

"Oh, that's a good question." The figure made exaggerated movements of surprise.

"I am what you call the being of the world, or the universe, or God, or truth, or wholeness, or oneness."

It held out its finger and pointed at Cassius, "And I, that is, you." ”

"Welcome, fool who doesn't know the height of the sky!"

Suddenly, a huge stone door opened behind Cassius, like a huge mouth that chose people to devour, and an eye appeared from inside the door, which was exactly the same eye as the one that appeared in the refining array, and countless black hands stretched out from the door, wrapping around and grabbing Cassius's body.

"Wait, what is this?" He resisted, but to no avail.

"Didn't you always want it?"

"What?"

"Let me show you, the truth!"

Bang -

The door slammed shut, revealing a tree-like pattern on the door.

Cassius inside the door was restrained, and a large amount of intelligence information came directly into his mind, making him dizzy, "Head, it hurts, don't, the head seems to be cracking, stop." ”

"Stop...... Stop it...... My head hurts."

"The body is going to be disassembled......" Cassius groaned in pain. groaning, the brain seems to be about to be blown up by countless information, but in the midst of pain, it seems to be realized again, "This is ...... Truth. ”

"Ella...... Is that you? Ella......" Cassius looked at the figure in the distance and stretched out his hand, trying to catch the shadow, "Don't go, don't go...... Ella ......"

……

"Yo, how's that?" In front of him, the self-proclaimed god appeared in front of him again, and he returned to the white space, as if everything just now was an illusion.

Cassius was stunned for a while, and after a while, he came to his senses, looked at the door behind him, and put his hands on it, "This is, the gate of truth, yes, my theory is not wrong, but there is still a little, there is still a little bit before I can find the truth of eternal life that I seek, what if...... If you could show me a little more ......."

"No, that's all you need to pay for your toll."

"Tolls?"

"That's right, tolls." With that, the white figure changed into Ella's appearance under Cassius' shocked gaze.

"What?" Cassius looked at Ella in disbelief.

"Soul Fade, give Ella back to me!"

"Didn't you say that it was exchanged for equal value? Alchemy-Alchemy-Sorcery-Master. ”

"You've got what you wanted, and this ......," the figure gestured to his body, "is the price." ”

……

The cold stone bricks, Cassius fell to the ground, and everything just now seemed like a dream.

But what made him shudder was that in front of him was the clothes that Ella had worn, but the person had disappeared. "Damn, deceitful......" He clutched a blood-red stone in his hand, which had been found in Ella's clothes, "Ella, give her back to me!" Give it back to me......"

Morgan...... Walker...... Hades, why...... Why is this happening. ”

"Eternal life or something, I don't want it, give Ella back to me!"

In the cold city, the cry of Cassius echoed, and the previous excitement was gone, and he was the only one left in the prosperous city, and here, the silence was terrible.

The whole city has been sacrificed.