Birds streaked across the clear blue sky, distant mountains and cold forests turned into a distant and hazy dark background, the warm sunlight fell on the desolate ground full of ruins after the Great War, and it seemed that it was also gloomy in the eyes of people who fell in love with each other, and the tears in the eyes of countless different colors of people had dried up, and death brought people will always be unforgettable trauma and despair......

The whole funeral process was carried out in a tone without color.

As seven silent black hearses drove by, the same silent crowd gradually gathered on the road as the hearse drove through, and slowly walked towards the cemetery.

The soldiers lining up outside the cemetery silently cut off the common citizens, and they looked at the sad eyes, which did not stop them from standing and praying from a distance.

In front of the cemetery, the honorees who saw off their companions put on neat military uniforms, and the soldiers who replaced Fuling personally saw off their comrades.

They walked neatly, carrying down the coffins of the Three Lions Banner covered with black on a white background one by one, the snow-white gloves stung the eyes of the mourners against the black coffin, Nikita, who was dressed in a dark black robe with white flowers on his chest, couldn't help but whimper, and quickly covered his mouth and nose, and his pale cheeks were wet again.

The melodious and mournful trombone lingers in the air for a long time.

Fritz stood in front of a coffin full of flowers.

“…… My comrades, it is with a very heavy heart that we hold a farewell ceremony here today to mourn the memory of our brave and loyal comrades-in-arms.

They are fearless warriors of faith, merlin's heroes, heroes of the Terrans, and they have died on the battlefield against an enemy of unrivaled might......"

The black crowd, the white miserable ground, in front of the seven black coffins lined up side by side in front of the tombstones, the bleak wind cut all of Beijing into black and white, and occasionally a trace of wind lifted the corner of the flag, forming an empty echo in the coffin with only the clothes of the relics. Only then can people realize that none of the seven coffins have any remains left.

In the ruins of the aftermath of the war, not a single recognizable remains have been found.

Every dead comrade was brutally reduced to minced pieces, then completely reduced to powder in the bombardment of Ultra Demon Burst Arrows, mixed with the murderers who killed them.

The survivors, who were not seriously injured, could only divide the remaining powder at the scene into seven small piles, representing the six comrades who died in the tragedy and the nearly 1,000 civilians who died in the battle.

Among the funeral attendants were many local nobles, and the recipients stood at the front of the crowd. The pale faces were expressionless solemnity, and only the corners of their mouths and occasionally moist eyes could reveal the deep grief in their hearts.

This is a glorious way back to the hometown with honor. It is also a difficult return journey, and it is not the first time that they have witnessed the ghosts of their comrades-in-arms on this return journey.

No one can forget the despair, fear, and anger of being confined to prison and dying yesterday, and no one can forget the grief and grief of witnessing his companion being brutally shattered into a mass of blood!

It is the wound and seal that will always be engraved in the heart, every recipient. It was as if they could see the undead of their companions floating on the seven black coffins in front of them, and they stood quietly, facing them, looking at the surviving companions with quiet eyes and silence, with silent accusations in their eyes.

"I swear ......"

in the queue. I don't know who gritted his teeth and whispered in a low voice.

The companions next to them seemed to fall into a kind of silence that resonated with their hearts, and they watched in silence at the coffins in front of the tombstones. Silently or silently in the heart of the words:

"-I swear......"

The funeral ceremony in the cemetery took place in the early morning, and the coffins were not buried, and it is not surprising that the six coffins would join them on the road back to the imperial capital. A solemn state funeral is held before the award, and the reward and honor of the meritorious service are received together with the companions of the or.

By noon. The sun rose into the sky and gradually blazing, and the black crowd outside the cemetery silently saw off the dead civilians and the sacrificed heroes before slowly began to disperse......

Until the end of the ceremony, when the nobles who participated in the funeral ceremony also came out of the cemetery one by one, there were still nearly 1,000 citizens standing there silently outside the cemetery.

Judging from the flowers they carried and the ceremonial clothes on their bodies, these people were the backbone of the Xunjinhe port city, including most of the wealthy merchants, landlords and scholars, and these people could be said to be the only representatives of the class in the port who were completely unharmed.

Equally grateful are the local aristocracy.

Fort Viscount was built on the river, and the banks of the river on the same side were all areas inhabited by nobles, and if it were not for the honorees who led it to the civilian area on the other side when the giant octopus was in trouble, then the heavy casualties in the civilian area in this tragedy would have been passed on to the local nobles.

Therefore, even though the funeral ceremony was held in a hurry, the local nobles and gentry still tried their best to provide all kinds of material and manpower conditions to assist the recipients to hold this grand funeral, and all arrived at the cemetery to participate in the funeral.

After boarding the carriage, a young nobleman's son lifted the curtains, looked at the dark crowd outside the cemetery, and the nearby nobles who slowly walked out of the cemetery and had not yet recovered from the solemn atmosphere, reverence and admiration appeared in his eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh:

"When I die, I can be seen off by half of the people here, and be so sincerely revered and remembered, then my life will be in vain!"

Young people can only compare the scene in front of them, and the state funeral that really belongs to the meritorious heroes and the whole country mourns is not a glory that everyone can enjoy, even these meritorious people who are known as racial heroes are also in the name of countless martyrs on the front line, so that they can wear the royal three lions flag and be mourned by the whole country.

The father of the young man sitting in the carriage did not stop the young man's bad words, and in Merlin's traditional education, even the nobles who cherished their blood heirs were always encouraged and supported for their ambition and courage to fight bravely and win honors.

The older nobleman only sighed softly, "My child, you only see the grandeur of this funeral on the surface. But I didn't see the far-reaching impact behind this incident......"

Thousands of civilians were killed, the honorable were killed, the self-proclaimed Holy See Cardinal appeared in Merlin in an attempt to plot unrest and massacre, and Viscount Lippi, the Governor of Hong Kong, was convicted of a felony but swept away his family without a trace......

The elderly aristocrat looked through the car window and looked at the western sky:

There was also a faint rise of green smoke over the ruins there, dyeing the clear sky with the color of beacon smoke, as if to indicate that the beacon fire had not been extinguished......

***

A day later, on the east bank of the moat, the upper town.

Silver fir white bass and black beech trees are intertwined into a forest, clean and neat bluestone bricks are paved into a flat and wide road, and the high walls on both sides of the path are pasted with exquisite stone bricks and white porcelain. Behind the high walls of the deep courtyard, there are exquisite and elegant roof spires, all of which are details that indicate the nobility of the people living in this area.

The northern part of the aristocratic quarter, a corner away from most aristocratic estates. There is a large and large garden, which resembles the beauty of an old Palot-style main building of a lady who has survived the charm of a late day, surrounded by a vine wall of golden olive trees and beautiful red roses, and the local aristocracy who knows the owner of this garden called this garden "Golden Rose Garden".

The main building of the garden is roughly two open wings. To the east is a snow-white annex for guests.

In the suite room of a suite on the third floor of the wing, which occupies most of the floor area, the closed window lattice, the tent room with the four corners of the bed hanging, is full of layers of dark purple silk curtains, as if turning the whole room into a sea of deep purple.

Between the dark purple silk curtains, there are wisps of streamlined silver-like spiritual power, and the silver-like spiritual power pulsates with a rhythm that seems to be a heartbeat, like the waves rising on the surface of the sea. Wrapped in the wave was a vaguely slender human figure.

Lin An woke up from his coma, and the spreading and stretched part of the robe had completely retracted into its original state.

The magic that I hadn't felt for a long time flowed through my body, and the feeling of power refilling my whole body was wonderful...... Lin An couldn't help but gently hook her knuckles, and as the two abbreviated syllables sounded, a layer of smooth water mirror descended vertically from mid-air, reflecting her current appearance on the mirror.

Lin Anxin moved, and a decorative quill pen inserted on the dresser came to the air, and other book friends were reading:. When he arrived at Lin An's hand, his speed slowed down, and he gently picked up a strand of Lin An's black hair. Sinking into the black hair, he gathered the long loose hair behind his back, and then tied it into a bun with another strand of black hair, pinning it diagonally behind his ear.

The whole process was as wishful as he wanted, and he didn't even need Lin An to think about controlling the quill pen, but a vague thought just rose in his heart, and the quill pen that was controlled by the spirit automatically and consciously changed as he wished-

If Lin An used to deliberately use spiritual power to replace the mage's hand in private to train her control of spiritual power, then this situation now undoubtedly means that her spiritual power control is on a higher level.

"After breaking and standing, the original fine control of spiritual power has such a close relationship with the soul, is it possible that so many meditation methods have taken a detour?"

Lin An couldn't help but muttered to himself.

In general, the complete meditation method is divided into three parts: meditation, spiritual resonance and element absorption, which correspond to the corresponding functions of communicating spiritual power, refining spiritual power and absorbing elements.

Among them, the role of mental force resonance surgery includes two aspects: improving quality and quantity, and enhancing mental power control is undoubtedly a qualitative aspect.

However, judging from Lin An's experience of improving the soul level and driving the improvement of spiritual power control after this break, it is self-evident which effect is more significant, just like the same exercise, the resonance technique of meditation is to practice external skills, and the soul improvement is to connect internal strength, and there is no doubt that the latter is closer to the essence of the law of life leap level.

However, Lin An had never heard of the secret method of refining the soul, and a medicine like the Song of Everything seemed to have an effect on the soul and had a certain effect in a short period of time, but when it came to his own soul, Lin An did not dare to rely on this foreign substance as addictively as Sidney, which was undoubtedly equivalent to drinking a donkey to quench his thirst.

And like this time, it was so dangerous that the trigger law had to use the last law spell to protect himself, but Lin An didn't dare to try again, this time lucky, but it doesn't mean that next time he will be so lucky:

Lin An originally forcibly absorbed spiritual power to open up the space with an open-minded mentality, but he didn't expect that perhaps because of this, the potential in his soul was opened, and the soul trauma was restored in advance, and it was further improved. It made her a blessing in disguise.

Don't underestimate this ascension, any point of steady improvement at the soul level is what all cultivators dream of, usually cultivators will only experience soul transformation when they advance at a major stage:

For example, when Lin An first started meditation, it was the first soul transformation, which enabled her talent to be unlocked, and she had the basic ability to cast spells, laying the foundation for the advancement of mages;

The second soul transformation is the fusion of the reincarnation memories of the Tower of Babel, but this is not strictly a normal soul transformation. It can only be said that it is fusion, and the potential contained after fusion is not until Lin An is in distress this time. only to stimulate a small part in advance, so that her soul has a small level of jump;

The third transformation, of course, is the promotion of the official rank after leaving the Tower of Babel, and this promotion is the same large-level transformation, continuing to increase Lin An's capacity. This allows her to hold more power and sprint to the next level.

What Lin An didn't know was that in the process of accepting the summons of Kronos and passing through the layers of barriers between the planes under the guidance of the contract, she had already undergone a more thorough soul transformation, which made her imprinted with the imprint of the law. Obtain the recognition of this plane, so that you can comprehend the laws of this plane and not be rejected by the laws of the plane like the demons, and at the same time this transformation. It is also the reason why her mental talent is extraordinary.

The question is corrected.

It is precisely because each advancement brings about a transformation at the soul level, making the cultivator leap from a normal life form to a high-level life at the soul level, so it is so difficult for a cultivator to advance, and there are countless bones of fallen forerunners in front of each level level.

Lin An was a blessing in disguise this time. It will undoubtedly make the rugged road to the legend smoother. Lin An has an intuition that as long as the inspiration of the law comprehension is reproduced next time. If you can definitely seize the opportunity and successfully comprehend the law, then you will only need to wait for the magic power to accumulate to overflow, and you will be able to advance naturally.

The experience of losing the ability to cast spells is by no means a good memory, and other book friends are reading:. If Lin An hadn't known that she could recover, she might have really fallen into madness—at least from the written records she had read, half of the mages who had lost their magic power and cut off hope of recovery, had committed suicide in half a month.

During this period, Lin An was by no means as calm as she looked, the difference in the details of her life and John's careful protection reminded her of the current situation of losing her spell-casting ability everywhere, which she had basically not felt since becoming a mage, and in just three years, she was no longer able to get used to the lifestyle of ordinary people.

However, this is also a rare experience, at least not every mage will have similar experiences and perceptions, after this experience, Lin An felt that his will was on a higher level, more pure and firm.

At least at this time, she had just recovered, and the overjoyed feelings and many thoughts came to her heart, making it difficult for Lin An to sort out for a while, she faintly felt as if she had overlooked something important, and there was a hint of uneasiness in her intuition.

But because she couldn't open the space, Lin An didn't record the codex during this time, so as not to lose the codex outside her body, even if the other party couldn't read the Chinese on it, maybe she would detect some clues from the text, not to mention that as far as she knew, there were two seniors who crossed the country, maybe they had something else besides what she knew that was passed down by future generations.

Just thinking about it, the door lock clicked, John pushed the door in, saw Lin An sober, and then showed joy on his solemn face, and then he saw the water mirror in front of Lin An, and suddenly understood something, and suddenly overjoyed, stepped in, and said in a lost voice:

"Miss, your magic has been restored?!"

Lin An smiled and nodded, "This time it was a blessing in disguise, I thought it would aggravate the injury, but I didn't expect to puncture the last straw of potential stimulation and get a breakthrough." ”

John didn't know what Lin An's breakthrough meant, but with Lin An's current strength and age, even if there was no breakthrough, he was already an unprecedented genius, and seeing Lin An's strength, the heart he had been carrying for this time was finally put down.

He took a deep breath, "This is the best news I've heard today!" As he spoke, he couldn't help but show a hint of sadness when he thought of yesterday's funeral ceremony.

Lin An also suddenly remembered the situation before the coma, looking at John's appearance, that arrow must have been successful, but she didn't know the specific situation, and it seemed that everyone was not badly damaged.

"How's everyone doing? How many days have I been in a coma? ”

"You were in a coma for two days. The cardinal died instantly, and according to Master Elvis, not a single remnant remained. In addition, six of our men also died, namely Captain Mota, Knight Vecchine, Captain Handano, and his men Bauer and Betamus...... In addition, more than 1,200 citizens have disappeared in civilian areas, and more than 700 remains have been excavated.

John paused, "The comrades who died were only buried yesterday. ”

Lin Anyu took a breath, she knew too well what such a result meant, could the Holy Empire be crazy and go to war with Merlin?

She snapped back to the aura of magic in the hall they had discovered earlier. Immediately asked, "Did you catch a live mouth?" ”

John, of course, knew why she asked, and he shook his head and said, "As soon as I saw Master Elvis, I immediately told him about that discovery. But he was there, and there was no more to discover. ”

Necromancy is the most sensitive to the aura of magic, and due to the restraint of divine power, the necromancer also studies anti-restraint accordingly for the nature of divine power, if even Sidney can't find out the trace of the other party. Then no one else will probably find out anything.

And the residual breath is limited after all, the longer the time, the more vague the things that can be traced, more than ten days later, even if the prophecy department ** master personally comes to perform the Great Retrospection Technique, I am afraid that I will not be able to find any clues from it.

As for the battle scene, not to mention. The aura of so many fighting spells was mixed together, coupled with the destruction of the Super Demon Burst Arrow, it was useless for the legendary powerhouse to come in person.

Lin An's face sank. She didn't mean to hurt John in her heart, so John didn't feel the pressure of Lin An's mental power at all, but she obviously felt that as Lin An's mood changed, the flow of air seemed to stagnate.

And this trace of breath is only leaking a line, Lin An noticed it. The stagnation also disappeared immediately, as if it were just John's delusion.

John sighed to himself. Lin An's mental power became more and more restrained and freewheeling, and he finally understood that Lin An said that he was blessed by misfortune, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

"Is anyone else hurt?" Lin An asked.

"Several mages are not strict, most of them are light injuries and light magic power backlash, and James Mage is the heaviest one, and he has suffered the most powerful backlash. As for the other melee companions, they are generally wounded, ranging from severity to severity-"

Johann hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Among them, Ludwig, Jotun, and Ronaldo were seriously injured and were once dying, but fortunately they were rescued by the potion sent by Lord Angus in time, and now they have woken up, and Lord Hemmer and several others were only hit head-on in the battle, and the injuries were not light. ”

Lin An pursed her lips, these people mentioned by Johann Mu were the few honorees who were usually closest to them, especially Ludwig, and she couldn't help but feel nervous when she heard about his injury.

"I'm going to see them."

"No way!"

A male voice suddenly interjected, and Fritz pushed the door open, followed by a middle-aged butler who meticulously groomed her silver hair.

John's face changed slightly, Lin An was not surprised, she had already sensed that someone was outside the door:

One breath is the more familiar Fritz, the other two have an unfamiliar breath, one strong and the other is weak, the stronger is the middle-aged housekeeper behind the silver-haired lady, the strength is about between the black iron sword saint and the silver sword saint, the silver-haired lady is no different from the ordinary half-hundred old man, probably because of the excellent environment and good maintenance, the vitality is more vigorous than the average old man.

When they arrived, the conversation between Lin An and John had already passed the topic of ability recovery, and the subsequent conversation was not sensitive, so Lin An did not stop them from eavesdropping outside:

Strictly speaking, it is not eavesdropping, because when Johann saw her wake up, he was surprised and forgot to close the door, leaving a gap in the door, and the three Fritz did not hide their voices when they entered the living room of the suite, and if Johann had not been overly surprised and distracted by the conversation, he would have noticed their arrival - they had probably come to visit Lin An, and they did not know that Johann was there, and by the time they heard the voice, people had already come in.

However, even so, in addition to the host, other guests should not enter the guest's residence like this, linking the unfamiliar environment that Lin An was in after waking up and the unfamiliar faces of the two behind Fritz, it was not difficult for Lin An to guess that the other party was the owner here.

Fritz's stopping voice followed his footsteps, Lin An frowned slightly, although he knew that Franz had good intentions, he still didn't like him to interfere in his decision like this.

But before she could say anything, she heard the silver-haired old lady who was covered with mesh and dressed meticulously and neatly, as if she was about to attend a formal banquet at any time, reprimanded sternly:

"Fritz, you're so rude, don't apologize to this young lady soon!"

(To be continued)

ps：

Thank you White Seed Seeds for the big pink ticket! o(n_n)o~

So I double-shifted, and finally didn't break my trust anymore and kept the RP. So Fritz's aunt and old lady finally appeared, and it was not Fritz's wife and children who came out after a long time~

In addition, if nothing else, tomorrow should also be a double watch, well, the supplement should have been made up yesterday for last weekend's double shift - this sentence is a little rappy. Ahem, I recently read an article that describes fine and gorgeous writing, so I fell in love with writing long sentences, but it was too hard to look at, so after I finished writing, I turned this chapter into a short sentence again (==...... So I'm really idle, I'm in a hurry, and I'm looking for something~)