At the same time, in distant places.

The highest point in the Black Floating City.

Mr. Palamedes' "Pitch Black Dome".

Although it was the middle of winter, Mr. Palamedes' hall was like a garden in midspring. The sun is shining, the creek is babbling, the flowers are blooming, and the colorful butterflies are dancing among the flowers.

Mr. Palamedes, dressed in a white robe and mild-looking, is pruning a fig tree. However, there was a strange light in his eyes.

"'Calamity,' 'Binding Demons,' ......," said Mr. Palamedes softly, not taking a step out of the Floating City, but taking in everything, "all of them were shot." It's pretty much the same, it's time for the results. ”

"It's time."

Putting down the pruning shears in his hand, Mr. Palamedes disappeared into the garden as soon as he took a step.

……

Imperial.

Somewhere underneath the wasteland.

In the naturally formed cave is a burly young man. His white robes were stained, his limbs were bound by black chains, and he knelt in the water a finger's depth, his head bowed, motionless.

He hadn't eaten a drop of rice for days. He didn't even have the strength to speak, but he was still breathing.

Suddenly.

A middle-aged man with black hair and white robe appeared in front of him.

"Peter." He whispered.

The middle-aged man stretched out his hand. The four thick black chains melted silently like snow under the warm sun.

The young man's feeble body slipped down. Before he could fall to the ground, a middle-aged man walked over and grabbed him.

The scene changes.

……

Surface.

The middle-aged man still maintained the posture of holding the young man. He carefully laid the young man flat on the ground, then took out a water bag from his bosom and put it to the young man's mouth. The young man quickly drank it.

The young man did not speak, but his voice sounded in the middle-aged man's heart, "It turned out that you came to save me. 】

"You don't want to call me 'teacher' again, my dear Peter," sighed Mr. Palamedes, and the young man "heard" him in the same way, "You have not forgiven me. 】

Who is qualified to forgive you after what you have done? The youth said.

[This is the second time you've said that to me, Peter.] Both Vane and François have forgiven me. 】

[The Great Lord of the Blue Sky, the Great Lord of the Galaxy......] The young man said calmly, "They have a broad mind that accommodates all things. But after they have forgiven you for what you have done, who will be able to bring justice to those who have fallen asleep? If forgiveness is an obligation, what crime must we sanction? 】

Mr. Palamedes smiled.

Well said, Peter," he said, "and this will be the true "day of the end." 】

["The Emperor of the Eternal Night"...... What did he do? And Bina. Is she okay? 】

[Bina, she has been rescued by her mother, the Empire's "Calamity Blade". As for the rest, how about you bear witness with your own eyes? 】

[What? 】

I have sent you back to the land where he is, Peter. No one can stop you from meeting. I'm looking forward to ...... Try to illuminate the eternal night, "the sun of the land at the end," Peter? Cliff. 】

……

Syllable!

As if a bubble burst, the young man suddenly woke up. Mr. Palamedes is gone.

Is it a dream?

No.

The young man looked around. He could see the farm in the distance: he was on the outskirts of the imperial capital. The hunger, thirst, and weakness that had been imprisoned for many days had left him, and his perception of the sea of clouds had never been clearer, and even the white robe that had become filthy had been spotless again.

And...... In his hand, he also clutched a small water bag from Palamedes.

"Mr. Palamedes......" the youth muttered to himself.

That person's sin is not yet capable of being judged. But at least the one that belongs to oneself can be judged by oneself—

"The 'Emperor of the Eternal Night' ......!"

"The Day of the End" Peter? Cliff soared into the sky. Burning determination burned in his eyes.

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In a bubble space in the prison of the Ngol plane.

A small green pond occupies half of this "bubble", and the remaining half is a sandy beach.

A girl dressed in red is slumped on the beach resting.

She did not dare to linger in the room where the hostages had been held in the first place. Taking the "broken strong" as a trophy, the girl fled there. At present, although the shallows are small, they are far away from the main functional area of the prison, so they must not be easily found by the enemy.

However, once the enemy does appear -

Are you sure you really want to do this? Xiaowei's voice was full of deep concern.

"If you really don't have the space to cast spells," the girl said, "We can only take risks. 】

[There is always another way......]

[Rather than leaving fate to someone else,] the girl muttered, "This is the only way we can do it." 】

Xiaowei was speechless.

[However, we have only succeeded by accident in the past.] 】

[There is a first time, and there is a second time. Come on, let's try it. 】

The girl was not afraid of the attacks of many secret warriors before, because she relied on more.

Break through to the strength of the top of the blue sky. The magic armor "Aurora" given by the emperor.

and her most important hole card all the time, through the switch with Xiaowei, to switch between the secret warrior and the mage. In terms of common sense, one person cannot perform arcane and secret rituals at the same time, and the girl is good at taking advantage of this to catch her opponent off guard.

With the current state of her body, Xiaowei's spell casting is already very difficult. The spells she had prepared were also about to run out, not to mention, not every opponent would give the girl a chance to open up and change people for a sneak attack.

It's just—

A few days ago, on a quiet day, once, when Xiao Wei was sleeping, the girl, out of curiosity, in the spirit of "drawing a scoop compared to a gourd", imitated Xiao Wei's spells and movements, and tried to cast a primary spell of the sea of clouds that Xiao Wei had prepared.

It was a shock to her.

Since then, a conjecture has appeared in the girl's heart about what the sea of clouds is.

The girl doesn't know: when she says goodbye to Mr. Palamedes in the Black Floating City, Mr. Palamedes reminds her to keep her imagination up. Since then, Mr. Palamedes has had similar conjectures in his mind.

It's just that he wants the girl to find out for herself.

……

Mr. Palamedes returned to the "Dark Dome", his eyes reflecting what had happened in the plane's prison, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Finally realized?" He said to himself, his deep gaze as deep as the sea, "Outside creatures are more perceptible to the truth than those of us. Sea of Clouds ......"

"The sea of clouds that has responded to countless arcane, magical, and mystical spellcasters for two thousand years, and strictly distinguished them...... What is its essence? ”

"You've finally touched it."

In fact, the great black lord doesn't know at the moment, he thinks that some secrets on the continent that only he knows are known, but in fact, in the girl's heart, there is the same part. It's just that the girl's strength is still weak, and it can't come in handy for the time being.