Over Okad.

"Unraveled."

Flying fast, Nicholas pulled open a portal.

He's good at blocking space, and he's also good at teleporting magic. Now that the sea of clouds is limited, the distance he can teleport has been greatly reduced, but ...... He still figured out a way to travel through space.

"Palamedes?" Nicholas sneered, "No matter what trap you prepare, I will be the one who wins in the end." I want to see what you, who are so weak and still tossing such a big movement, can resist me. ”

He rushed through the portal.

Arrive in Phoenix...... That is, the place where the Black Floating City is currently "docked", and it will have to go through a period of space shuttle.

Nicholas didn't think about it...... It may not be the weakened legendary mage who awaits him at the end, but someone else.

As for his own men? Mr. Kim, who is still on his feet, and Sham, who is confronting Goth?

Throughout the time, Nicholas never thought of relying on others.

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Empedocles.

Gothic was in a mist where he couldn't see his fingers.

Goeth has experienced many "cloud tides". When the sea of clouds broke through the continent and poured to the ground, the dense fog formed a terrible natural disaster. But even the most terrifying clouds could not compare with the fog that enveloped Goth at this time.

The young mage's eyes gleamed with the arcane glint of True Knowledge, but his eyes still couldn't see anything.

The magic in the mist blocked his vision.

"I see," Goth nodded slightly, "your 'true self' liberation...... It is the same species as the sea of clouds as a living being. ”

The sea of clouds, seemingly ethereal and invisible, can actually hold up the continent.

It has the power to shoulder the earth.,It can also provide spell-casting ability.,But self-awareness is extremely indifferent.。

It can both penetrate and shake anything.

And Sham's "emancipation" ...... It is to incarnate yourself into a life similar to the "sea of clouds"!

"Once I cast this 'true liberation,'" Sham's voice seemed to resound in every inch of space around me, "unless I use a legendary spell, a physical attack won't hurt me at all." ”

"Who knows," Goth whispered, "that perhaps a storm will blow away your impostorous sea of clouds?" ”

The sea of clouds transformed by the "Lord of the Clouds" cannot be as large as the real sea of clouds. Goth estimated that even if his "Body of the Sea of Clouds" was larger than the "True Self Liberation" and "Buddha-figure Descent" of all mages and mystical warriors in history, it would be nice to be able to envelop it for a few kilometers.

"It's useless."

Sham's gentle voice rang out simultaneously from all directions.

"I guess your teacher has cut a lot of fragments of the magic net in case of emergency, but even with the power of the fragments of the magic web, you can't gather enough power to blow away my ubiquitous sea of clouds."

Goth was silent.

"Give up," said Sham, "you are completely powerless in the face of the power of my 'Body of the Clouds'. ”

"I'm curious about what kind of experience has shaped your 'liberation' into this, Sham." Goth said.

"It's none of your business."

Sham put on a "this is the end of the conversation" attitude.

"All I have to think about is and you'll suffocate to death. It's too late to give up, 'Star of the Stars'. I will arrange for one of my apprentices to take on the task of being the guardian of the sea of clouds, so that the continent will not fall. Choose now, John Goth......! ”

……

When Goth asked, "What kind of experience will make your 'true self' liberation into this posture", Sham couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart.

Like other spellcasters, Sham struggled day in and day out against the end of time before the final crisis struck. As a disciple of a legendary mage, Sham has better cultivation conditions than most mage apprentices, but compared to cultivation...... He still spends most of his time researching on overcoming the time crisis.

Wisdom and civilization are doing their best to win this race against "time".

However, even at the point of life and death, the world above the cloud is still full of contradictions. Those who advocate "splitting time" hope to eliminate all distractions before the final moment comes; The faction led by Sham's teacher who advocates the construction of a cosmic portal wants to concentrate all its resources on the portal.

And so the war broke out. In the end, the portal builders, led by Sham's legendary spellcaster teacher, emerged victorious.

However, this victory was a hard-won and miserable victory. The power of the world on the cloud has been consumed too much in the war......

The rest tried their best, but in the end, they failed.

Without a suitable "road sign", the opened cosmic portal is not stable enough for people to pass through. In the end, only a very small number of people activated the backup plan and launched the "Shuo Shi" plan to escape.

To everyone's surprise, Sham's teacher chose to stay in that world and usher in the end with time.

"It was my judgment that was wrong," the teacher said, "and that I did not have the right to salvation." But no matter which alternate world you move to, you cannot allow the tragedy to happen again. ”

The teacher's last words were deeply engraved in Sham's heart.

……

Goth stared at the clouds that had no end in sight.

Since childhood, the other party has been accompanied by this sea of clouds all day long.

Sometimes going back and forth between the clouds and under the clouds, sometimes drawing strength from the sea of clouds.

This is also the normal life of every spellcaster who lives before the end of time.

But what kind of pain, determination, and reluctance will make his "true self liberation" look like this?

Or is it that Sham's "true self liberation" is a sea of clouds creatures, and there is another hidden secret?

"What's your answer?" Seeing that Goth was silent, Sham said sharply.

Goth shook his head.

"You're so inward-looking," said Goth, firmly, "Sham." ”

"You ......"

"If you really wanted to kill me, you should have done it," Goth said quietly, "but you chose to say this to me. Didn't the 'I' of the other world teach you? When you start threatening your enemies, your true emotions are exposed to them. ”

"Why—" Sham's exclamation got stuck in the void.

Goth calmly stared straight at the clouds.

…… It's time to put an end to this stupid pantoma.

"Your future teacher is the 'me' of the parallel world," Goth said calmly, "is there anything hard to guess?" You've come from the future, and you know me so well that even my previous spell to erase my identity didn't quite work. You keep threatening me, but you don't want to kill me......"

The young mage paused and smiled: "The cause and effect are connected, and the impossible options are eliminated, and what remains is the truth." You are my disciple in the future...... You've got your strengths, and you're not far from understanding people's hearts, Sham. ”

"No, it's not! You...... This is not reasoning! You're reading my thoughts—"

Even Sham is not good at controlling people's hearts, and he sees that Goth can't find out his true identity so simply by reasoning.

"You're facing the number one master of confusion on the clouds," Goth smiled, "It's true that I can't summon a storm that can blow away your body of a sea of clouds, but when your soul power is scattered in this vast sea of clouds, it is as easy as me to pry into your surface memories as if I were searching for something." I don't know why I'm going to accept you in the future, but it seems that I'm not very good at teaching students other than the Confuse Master. ”

"No, you're ...... now"

"After all," Goth's voice froze, "I'm not your teacher now, and you're not my student. No matter what kind of plans I have launched in the future, now we are all fighting for the way out of wisdom and civilization. ”

Sham didn't speak.

"You said that in the future," he said in a hoarse voice after a moment, "but in the end we failed. At this point in time, I'm on the stronger side, and I'm not going to watch you make the same mistakes. ”

Goth stared silently at the cloud that enveloped him.

"Is there a world of 'eternal blood' and a 'world of light'?" Goth said suddenly.

"What?" Sham was bewildered by Goth's leaping thoughts, "No. ”

"That's good." The corners of Goth's mouth curled slightly, and a satisfied smile appeared.

"How?"

"The world is different," said Goth, "and the signs have been established, but you are still immersed in self-righteous experience. I will show you that we will not repeat the mistakes of the past, my future disciple; But before I do that, I'll first disarm your bluffing 'emancipation'. ”

"My 'true self' liberation is lifted unless I voluntarily lift it," Sham roared, "or even my true teacher would—"

"Can't I solve the future?" Goth shook his head, "Really? I'm afraid that this trick was only realized after you came to this era. ”

Sham was dumbfounded.

"Look, Sham," said Goth, holding up the "Staff of Manfred" in his hand, "I will not break your heart." Your body in the sea of clouds is meaningless in front of me. ”