Chapter 37: The Road to Triumph
The Metal Python said goodbye to Joshua, and until the end, the Will of the World could not refute the warrior's claims, after all, who knows what will happen in the future, and the gods are by no means the only path to strength, and it itself is actually the best example, not a god, but far stronger than the gods.
"That friend of yours, a powerful psyker named Nostradamus—is he called a spellcaster in your world?"
As he said goodbye, Xing handed Joshua two treasures wrapped in energy bubbles: "He is not you, he can't see me, and he can't communicate with me, but he did help my people and slay the Void Mother Beast with you...... This is a reward for him, and I hope you can help pass it on. ”
"Of course, I guess he must have been pleasantly surprised."
As soon as Joshua took it away, he wrapped the two energy bubbles with the power of steel and restrained them at his side, he nodded to the star and said with a smile: "See you next time." ”
"Huh...... See you next time. ”
He laughed in a deep voice, and as the dome of the Star Sea shook like a bubble, blurring, the body of the Steel Python, which was huge enough to entangle the galaxy, dissipated in bursts of light, and Joshua also returned to the real world with the ball of light. At this time, Mill Habs and Taquinn were still surprised by the warrior's words, but immediately they saw that Joshua got up and took a step forward, falling down the steep cliff, and in a moment, he appeared at the foot of the holy mountain, and Hotaru and Rin, who were playing with children in the distance, also seemed to hear some command, and began to approach in the direction of the warrior.
"Are you really leaving?"
The old soldier Taquinn suddenly shook his spirit, he suddenly remembered that he had been talking nonsense for so long, and he hadn't told Joshua the purpose of the two of them coming together, and Mill Habs also remembered this, he didn't hesitate, and immediately used psionic energy to communicate with Joshua - halfway through the psionic energy, he suddenly remembered that the warrior had an energy shield that could not be penetrated by any psionic energy, and the Supreme Archon immediately changed his strategy and began to shout loudly on the holy mountain: "Great ......"
But before Mill Habs could say the second word, Joshua, who noticed them, appeared in front of his eyes as if teleporting, and asked a little strangely, "What's the matter?" ”
"This ......" swallowed the words he was about to speak, and Mill Habs hurriedly used psionic energy to open a small space, which was a psionic storage space that only powerful psionics of the Omega level could use, and he took out a beautifully shaped translucent crystal cylinder with countless silver-blue magnificent runes flashing on it, and the Supreme Archon said in the smoothest possible tone: "According to the ancient agreement, my lord, before you leave, we will return it to you." ”
After speaking, Mill Habs knelt down on one knee and handed the crystal cylinder in his hand to Joshua, who frowned and looked at the crystal cylinder in front of him, and then said with some surprise: "This is not ...... Are your holy relics 'droplets'? ”
"That's true."
Beside him, Taquinn knelt down again, and the old man explained, "A thousand years ago, the Void Sage came down to save us from ignorance and cruel civil strife, and to ascend to the stars, and before he left, he set up an altar and a holy relic on the top of the Holy Mountain, and vaguely prophesied that he or his followers would return one day. ”
"We thought that the 'Void Gate' ritual was a way to summon the Sage or the followers of the Sage, but now it seems that it is the complete opposite." When Mill Habs said this, he looked at the snow on the ground, and a complicated expression appeared on his face: "But this time, because of the guidance of the holy relic, you and your comrades have descended here, and the prophecy of the Holy One has been fulfilled, so the holy relic 'water drop' will return the object to its rightful owner. ”
"It would be nice to say no sooner."
Hearing this, Joshua nodded and picked up the Amber Pillar in Millhabs's hand, as well as the droplets of the holy relics in it. Originally, he was a little strange, were the people in the atrium too open, and they dared to fully believe the whispers they heard from the void, what the evil god clan said and what they did, how could they be so easily bewitched? Now it seems that it is still the fault of the sage's vague words, the sage must have felt that the construction of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground was about to be completed, with water droplets as a positioning, the people of the Mycrof Continent would one day come to the Star World, so he took a preventive shot with the Atrium people in advance, but even he didn't expect that after the completion of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground, the Glorious Era would be ended by the abyss and the evil gods, and the Atrium people who had been waiting for more than a thousand years did not wait for their former savior, but met the evil god family wandering in the void.
An unfortunate coincidence. Having made such a conclusion in his heart, Joshua also restrained the water droplet to one side with the power of steel, so that it could be accompanied by two energy bubbles, although he was very curious about what the water droplet was, but this kind of thing really had to wait until he returned to the Mycrof continent.
"Are you really leaving?" Looking at Joshua's expression, Mill Habs asked cautiously, and the warrior quickly gave him a clear answer: "Immediately—no, leave now." ”
The reason why Joshua changed his words was because with a faint fluctuation of time and space, Nostradamus had already walked out of the space-time gate with Hotaru and Rin, and the old mage nodded at the two high-level officials of the atrium, and said kindly: "Ahem, although it is a bit hasty, it is true...... For our world, our departure is unplanned, and the longer it is delayed, the more complicated it becomes. ”
"It's a pity, but we're leaving now."
Joshua took the conversation, he nodded, and smiled at Millhabs and Taquin, who seemed to be a little unacceptable to progress too quickly, "Don't worry, if you encounter an invincible evil from beyond the Void again, then call me." ”
"Just stand on the altar and call my name."
At this time, the figures of the warrior and the others had begun to blur, it was the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Field's ruling will that was teleporting multiple quadrants outside the world, but his voice was still clearly audible: "Then I will definitely respond to you and come again." ”
In the next second, before the two of them could say anything goodbye, Joshua and his party disappeared into the world of stars, leaving the two at a loss to look at each other blankly, and then smiled bitterly.
- A few months later, the world of stars.
The statue at the foot of the sacred mountain has been built, but the workers and craftsmen are still toiling at work, carving huge walls, painting elaborate frescoes and totems, carving intricate reliefs and patterns, and many ascetics and priests standing behind them, looking at the completed and unfinished frescoes.
Those murals and reliefs show not any magnificent and magnificent things, nor are they legendary stories worthy of special mention, but just the ordinary lives of the people in the atrium in different eras.
In the ancient tribal period, farming, grazing and hunting were the daily life. In the era of primitive city-states, the pioneering, relocation and establishment of cities. Silhouettes of the era of feudal kingdoms, wars, slave trade and mutual killing. During the Age of Industrial Enlightenment, psionic engines were created, the environment was destroyed on a large scale, and a global war broke out once again.
Four walls, twelve frescoes, countless stories hidden in them, and now, the fifth wall has been erected, the first fresco and relief have been painted and carved, the scene of a sage coming out of the crack that has torn the world apart and leading all the people of the atrium to the stars.
The second mural is being painted, and it can be seen as a terrifying crystal insect emerges from the Void Door and destroys a beautiful planet, with countless warships exploding in space, falling towards other planets, or sliding towards the vast void with the remaining momentum.
The third mural had not yet begun to be painted, but its lines had been outlined, and it was vaguely visible that it was a four-armed giant standing in front of a huge planet, indifferently watching the entire planet and the giant mother of monsters being ignited by the flames.
“…… That's a bit wrong, isn't it? ”
But someone asked, "This is the scene where the giant god kills the Void Mother Beast, but how can you sketch a bit like the giant god destroying a planet?" It will cause misunderstanding for the children who visit in the future. ”
The craftsmen heard the onlookers' questioning, and they took a look—it was—and they smiled and changed it, so that the expression of the giant god was not so penetrating, and the part of the female beast was magnified a little, so that the questioning retreated satisfied.
The appearance of the new god has spread throughout the Atrium civilization circle, and new doctrines and eulogies of the gods have also appeared in all basic textbooks, and this god, who was promoted by the Atrium government as 'punishment', 'salvation' and 'war', has unexpectedly gained many followers among the younger generation of the Atrium, and his god name has also been designated as 'Burning Hell' because of the fiery maelstrom and the remains of the mother beast in Neptune.
The honorific name of the Flame Prison God is spreading in the atrium civilization.
- A few months ago, outside the world of stars.
Joshua, who couldn't possibly know what would happen in a few months, stood in the void with Hotaru Rin and the ball of light, looking out over the entire multiverse.
The light of the Great Demon Tide spreads throughout the worlds, and even here it can be seen. The energy mist that filled the ten thousand worlds and made countless worlds glow brightly swept through all visible voids like a tidal wave, and the hazy starlight stirred these fogs, shaking hundreds of billions of complex space-time ripples.
The teleportation across the multiverse is about to begin, and the will of domination quickly calculates the path of time and space, and Nostradamus takes the reward that belongs to him, and at this time he looks at this surprise with a smile, while the god machine siblings are joking with each other to snatch Xiaoguang, arguing who should hold it now.
Joshua, on the side, was listening.
He closed his eyes and listened intently to the voices of the starry world—on the inner side of the world membrane, the Cyconda was spreading its will to countless galaxies, the horn of war had sounded, the roar of the factory and the engines of the battleship echoed among the stars, but under the grand tone of the world's will, there were many small voices and whispers that would be ignored.
It was a lament for civilization when the home planet was destroyed by monsters and countless people fled their homes in a hurry on the migration fleet.
It was a war song of civilization when the entire planet entered the war, countless docks, colonies and space fortresses were running at full capacity, and hundreds of millions of people gave their all to fight monsters.
In addition to this, there are many voices - the Fallen Empire has reawakened, swept across the galaxy, wiped out all darkness, and their huge fleets are even going on expeditions to other river systems to help all intelligent life fight the Void, the highest voice of triumph. Even with all the best of their might, the weak civilization could not shake off the pursuit of the Void Monsters, and the roar of the explosion of the last battleship turned into radio waves, transmitted through the cold and silent universe, which was the lowest sound of destruction.
The sound of the entire world of stars is like a symphony of grandeur and complexity, just listening to it, it is as if witnessing the rise and fall of countless civilizations, and the staging and ending of countless legends.
- Is this the voice of the sage that he could hear?
Joshua listened silently to a world, he opened his eyes and stared into the void, his eyes seemed to be able to see through countless starlight, and the millions of worlds behind him. Behind those lights, there may be darkness growing, and there are countless similar voices and songs.
"No wonder the sages are so enlightened and want to help this endless world through the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground."
Talking to himself, Joshua didn't care about Nostradamus, who turned his head in confusion, his expression was as calm as an ancient well.
The sage who was originally high up and couldn't see his back even if he looked up, his thoughts, now Joshua can understand a little, standing at that height and looking down on the multiverse, it is true that he occasionally has some arrogant thoughts that want to help and save all the worlds.
The Sage brought the world of Mycrove to glory, pulled the former Atrium civilization out of ignorance, and he may have helped save countless worlds, and he almost did enough to change the multiverse.
However, he is not a sage.
The countdown to the will of domination began, the space-time passage across the multiverse had been opened, and the silver and pure light formed a warm door of light, and Joshua did not respond to the inquiry of Nostradamus beside him, but raised his steps and stepped into the space-time gate.
No one is another person, just as there is no grain of sand and other gravel, he is not a sage, so he cannot follow the path of a sage, but so what? It doesn't need to be the same, the evil god has countless ways to destroy the world, then there should be countless ways to save the world, and the evil god has countless ways to be born, so there should be countless ways to destroy it.
The truth is the only one, but the way to find the truth is not, so.
There will never be only one road to triumph.
—Volume 10, The Light of the Stars: The End