It rarely rains in Istania, so the memories of rain tend to be particularly profound for those who live here.

The rain raises a mist that flows down the gray-brown eaves to the ground, where it merges into streams between the brownstones.

The dark gray stone tablet stood in the rain, and the words were engraved in Istanian script:

'751 — 790, Farian, may your bravery and enlightenment rest forever in the sea of sand—'

The rain flowed down the ravines formed by the strokes, one after another. Babaltan wiped the splash with his glove, but he couldn't wipe it off, and it didn't take long for the glove to soak in water.

Princess Afifa stood aside, silently staring at the words on the tablet.

After a while, she spoke softly, like a nightingale, "Barbartan, although Farion, Charab, and Hutt did not return, at least more people survived...... Although the empire was strong, the last time the Assyrians did not succeed. ”

The upright and young King of Sand turned his head, looked at his beloved woman, and nodded.

"I'm fine, Afifa."

"But you still seem preoccupied, my love, you know? This worries me. ”

"I just think of something from the past," Barbartan began, "and every day I can't help but think back to what happened then, what I saw and heard during that war. ”

"It's been three years since that incident, and do you still think that prophecy is true? Will the scourge come to our land, and will Descartes return here and take everything from the Istanians? ”

"It's not necessarily true, but the signs are there," Barbartan frowned, "and I'll have to be cautious." Outsiders think that my father has plotted to seize the throne of Istania, but it is only when he is in this position that he understands the weight of responsibility......"

He looked up at the wisps of rain. "Afifa, if one day all this really dies—"

"They won't, Barbartan, I assure you; Maybe one day, we too will turn to dust, but there are some things that will live forever, along with the beliefs we seek. ”

"Afifa?"

"That's our common secret, Barbartan, give us a little more time, okay?"

Babartan looked at his princess and nodded.

……

?? On the steps of the temple, Afifa was dressed in a black gown, the hem of which hung down to the ground, and the black gauze blouse wrapped around her delicate body, revealing her weak shoulders, her eyes closed, and a delicate and moving look between her eyebrows.

?????? She turned in this direction and said in a bewitching tone, "Mr. Eddard, is it a little surprising to see me here?" The girl's voice was not high, but she could hear it clearly in every corner of the square.

?? Despite the face of Afifa, it was almost impossible for Miss Mystic, who was weak and introverted, to speak in such a tone. Fang Yu frowned, and he already felt that something was wrong in his heart. He looked back at Ye Hua on the side, "What's going on?" ”

?? Ye Hua also looked at the girl silently, and then replied: "That's the incarnation of Descartes." ”

?? Fang Yu actually had a premonition in his heart.

But he was silent for a moment before asking, "Then ...... she and Miss Afifa?"

?? Ye Hua turned around, "Do you remember the dragon soul in Afeifa's body?" ”

?? Fang Yu was stunned for a moment.

Only then did he remember that when he was in Kashan Palace, Xing said that only him, Ye Hua and the eldest princess could enter this world, and he always felt as if something was missing.

But now that I think about it, doesn't Afifa also have a dragon soul?

Xingti didn't mention this either, originally thinking it was due to negligence. But he looked up at the girl in the black dress, and seemed to understand something in his heart.

??“ That dragon soul ......"

??“ The origin of that dragon soul is not simple, it has been a twin with Afifa since its birth, and it is rumored that only Babartan, the king of sand, really knows where it came from, but as far as I know...... It should actually have something to do with the former princess......"

The eldest princess raised her head and said in a somewhat light tone: "...... my mother?" ”

Ye Hua glanced at her and nodded slightly, "That dragon soul is actually the only relic left by your mother to your father, it is...... Fashioned with your mother's soul. ”

Princess Rupert's eyes widened and she looked at him.

Ye Hua looked at the black-clothed Afifa under the temple, and the mystic girl stood between a group of believers, and she happened to be looking in this direction for a long time.

Only then did he retract his gaze and say to the two: "No one can create a person who once existed out of thin air and has vivid memories and feelings. Even with the power of the Emerald Star, it was impossible to do so. ”

"But it is through this dragon soul that the King of Sands, Babaltan, convinces the blind followers that they can use it to resurrect Her Highness. More importantly, the Blind Followers do need your mother's soul as well—"

The eldest princess seemed a little dazed for a moment, she took a few deep breaths, and the corners of her eyes were almost red. She looked at the girl in the long black dress in the distance, and then at Ye Hua, hesitated a few times, but no sound came out of her throat.

Fang Yu was a little silent on the side, and many of his previous doubts seemed to be being solved one by one, but he glanced at Her Royal Highness the princess on the side, and still helped her ask, "Why?" ”

"Because the princess's soul imprint has the divine power of Descartes."

"It can't be!" Princess Rupert replied categorically with tears in her eyes.

Ye Hua shook his head, "But all this is true, Your Highness the Princess." This is one of the roots of the attack ten years ago, and it should all have something to do with the notebook in your mother's hand; It's just that except for Babaltan, the king of sand, maybe no one knows what happened at that time......"

Fang Yu listened to all this silently, his expression was unusually calm, and he asked: "So Afifa was the carrier of Descartes' resurrection from the beginning, and her dragon soul was actually just Descartes' divine fire?" ”

?? In Aitalia, the death of a god is rather an endless slumber.

And in the dead world after the gods' eternal rest, their divinity will not completely die, and the scattered fires are just waiting for a chance to rekindle.

Just as Fang Plover had met on Fenris Island, the lizard god.

The remains of divine power are also the spark of divinity, and at the right opportunity, new gods will be born from the corpses of the old gods.

The Blind Followers have regained Deska's divinity and, with the help of Barbartan, the Lord of Sands, have recreated a vehicle for him. Now, they just need a chance to rekindle the fire of their divinity.

And this opportunity obviously exists in this sea of sand -

?? Centuries ago, alchemists discovered that souls created using the power of the Emerald Star often had a hint of divinity in them. At first, people didn't think much about it, they just thought that the soul itself was sacred, which was also in line with people's perception.

But then, the twisted divinity soon created terrible monsters called gods or abhorress to wreak havoc on the world. After several bloody cases, people also quickly woke up, so the mighty alchemy creation movement died down for a while.

It's just out of the ultimate pursuit of alchemy—the desire to create—and in private, the study of the Emerald Star has never been stopped.

There is clearly some kind of divinity in the Emerald Star.

But few people understand what that means.

Achilles captured Aphipha and handed her over to the Blind Followers. And Seneman had already set a trap in the Phantom Sea, causing the Sand King Babaltan to inspire the power of the 'Falling Star' there-

From that moment on, the purest dark divine power contained in the shards of the Scourge Star poured into the dragon soul in Miss Aphifa's body, or more precisely, in the incarnation of Deska.

But is that really just a trap?

Since the Lord of Sand, Babaltan, already knew the secret of the Emerald Star's power, wouldn't he be unaware of the clumsy conspiracy of the Blind Followers?

He remembered the question he had asked before, but at that time, the other party did not answer him directly. Now that he almost knew the answer to that question, he still turned around again and asked Ye Hua the almost identical question:

"So, does Barbartan, the King of Sands, know all this?"

Ye Hua looked at him this time, and after being silent for a moment, he nodded.

A hint of clarity flashed in Fang Yu's eyes.

Princess Rupert was stunned for a moment, and the next moment she was almost frozen.

"I ...... Father, he knew all this, but why did he ......? She asked, a little hoarse.

"Here's why," Ye Hua's gaze looked around the square, "Your Royal Highness Princess, have you seen it, your father's purpose in the first place is actually here." ”

Fang Yu said softly: "So he plans to solve the problem once and for all, whether it is a blind follower or Deska, he will finally converge in this place at this moment——"

"Because by this time, both sides have retreated."

Princess Rupert took a breath lightly, her gaze fell on Ye Hua's face, as if she wanted to find the answer to this question from the other party's expression.

Ye Hua didn't answer, but the silence said it all.

She was slightly stunned for a while.

She thought that everything was just the result of her father's blind followers, but she didn't expect that in the end, all this turned out to be his real purpose.

But so many people died, and Questak was almost reduced to ashes, and now the lives of everyone in the entire city were hanging by a thread, what did he do all this for?

Revenge for her mother, for the people she loves?

But is it really worth it?

Her Royal Highness the eldest princess burst into tears rarely: "But my father is ...... How could it be ......"

Fang Yu asked in a low voice, "Why didn't you tell us all this earlier?" ”

Ye Hua sighed softly: "Ed, the Southern Alliance is only a participant in this plan, in fact, Star and Delan didn't tell me the truth at the beginning. ”

“…… Like his brother, Derain was loyal to the Penelope royal family, or rather, to the 'princess' who had been dead in his heart for many years...... And Xing, he only has the thought of revenge left in his heart, and finding out who is behind the scenes is probably the only purpose for him to exist in this world......"

"So it's understandable that they're hiding this information from me."

"And Barbaltan, the king of sands, made his decision about the beginning. When I left Kashan Palace, I thought he had given up on his investigation of the Emerald Star and planned to wipe out the blind followers there, but I didn't expect to end up there. ”

He looked at Fang Yuan: "Of course, in fact, when I boarded the ship in the Phantom Sea, I probably guessed this result. But I didn't tell you the reason for all of this at the time, so you can guess that—"

"Because when you bring Afifa back to Cuestac, everything is already predestined. The Blind Followers used the Sand Thieves to lay a second game here, but compared to the one in the Phantom Sea, this game was actually not unavoidable. ”

"It's just...... Would you really choose that path? ”

Fang Yu couldn't help but be stunned.

He already understood what the way to avoid it was.

That is to give up Afifa, without the carrier of the mystic maiden, and the dragon soul in her body, it is naturally impossible for the blind followers to summon Descartes from Questak.

But will he do it?

Ye Hua looked at the two of them and paused for a moment before he spoke again: "Actually, I only learned about all this from Star and Delan not long ago. But at that time, I was ready to send it, so I didn't have time to ask your opinion at that time—"

His gaze lingered on the two of them one by one: "But at this moment, I still want to ask you again." Miss Afifa had already learned all of this from Deran and Star. ”

"She ......" he sighed slightly: "She is willing to sacrifice herself for the sake of more people's lives......"

Fang Yuan's mind suddenly appeared with the girl's tearful eyes.

In fact, he already gave the answer in his heart.

"But," Fang Yu didn't answer the question directly, only looked at the main hall in the distance, and the girl below the main hall, "Babartan is so confident, hasn't he thought about what the consequences will be if he loses the bet?" ”

Ye Hua then set his eyes on the eldest princess on the side: "This is exactly why the star brought you here, Princess Rupert." ”

Her Royal Highness raised her head in a trance: "Me? ”

"Remember what I said to you?"

Ye Hua's voice was unhurried, "In this world, there are three forces that are the most stable. The first is the power of the master of this dream, the second is the power of the canopy, and the third is the power of the soul. ”

"The power of the soul, the power of the radiance, in the corresponding spiritual world, of course, is not as overwhelming as the power of its master. And the master of this world is Deska, but the other side of it is not Miss Afifa's dragon soul. ”

Ye Hua paused word by word: "That's your mother, Your Royal Highness the Princess." In this world, you are the only one who can hurt Deska. ”

He raised his head and looked ahead, no longer asking Fang Yu and Rupert for their answers: "So in the next battle, it is up to me and Ed to cover your attack on the incarnation of that evil god, and you must seize the opportunity yourself." ”

Princess Rupert looked down at the sword in her hand, was silent for a moment, and finally nodded slightly.

At the other end of the square, the mystic girl kept her eyes closed, looked in this direction with a light smile on her face, and said nothing. It was as if she didn't care at all about the discussion between the few of them.

Only then did Ye Hua raise his head, gently pat the shoulders of the two of them, and then took off the longbow from behind him. Fang Yu also took a breath, looked at the control glove on his left hand, and then asked:

"What should we do?"

"It's very simple," Ye Hua replied, "to send it back to its homeland, to completely destroy this spiritual world, and thus to cut off the connection between the blind followers and their gods." ”

"This time," he said softly, "at least let Istania be at peace for a hundred years." ”

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