The two walked around the campus, and Patunax was amazed and praised along the way.

It's not that I lament the architecture, clothing, speech and behavior of today's human beings...... It's this vigorous vitality.

As the master of souls, the creatures in his eyes are naturally not in the ordinary sense, and he looks at them as souls in skin.

But he also looks at the soul, and what he sees is also different from Mu Yan, Teacher Zha and others, although the latter two are necromancers, the perception dimension is much beyond ordinary people, and they can perceive the strength of the soul, etc., but this is also very limited. Patunax, on the other hand, can sense the soul's extremely faint mood swings, changes, and the state it is in at this time.

For example, if the necromancer is a gamer, then the souls they see are only a few items of data floating on the surface, such as six-dimensional attributes, battle information panels, blood blue caps, and so on......

What the Soul Shaper sees is the code that makes up this data, something deeper and more detailed.

The Soul Shaper is undoubtedly a talkative person, although he never keeps track of time, but in his long life, he has seen the rise and fall of thousands of species, and he has a very high opinion of Jialan's students, saying that their soul activity is second only to that of humans before the catastrophe of the Genesis Yuan...... At that time, they were full of desire for the future, and they were as alive as they were in front of them.

He breathed in the fresh air like a prisoner who had been dormant in the shadows for countless years, watched it all with an almost greedy gaze, and finally let out a long sigh as he finally regained his composure.

"If humans are like this, then they should be able to survive the next catastrophe."

He spoke with emotion.

Mu Yan didn't respond, nor did he ask, as if he knew what the other party was talking about.

At this time, the two happened to come to the door of Seraf,

"What is this?" The Soul Shaper wondered, "I can feel that countless souls are connected here, and a platform made of fused elements becomes the world they wander in, this is really ...... Brilliant design! ”

So the Soul Shaper didn't even know about the backup that Kanrosh had designed? Mu Yan lowered his head and thought.

"Then let's go in and have a look." He said.

Seraf has not changed much compared to before Mu Yan left, but the number of people has increased several times compared to before, and since the reform of Jialan's magic theory, the number of students has increased several times compared to before, and in the same way, Seraf's users have increased several times......

The light of the inner hall is still dim, the moon chambers are connected by intricate paths, the dome and the floor are carved with fluorescent magic patterns, and the traces of indigo and violet magic give the whole Seraf a dreamy, extravagant atmosphere......

To put it bluntly, it's like a discotheque......

The players who came and went couldn't see each other clearly, and Lao Pa moved his hands and feet, so they couldn't see the two at all, and they would take the initiative to bypass each other when they passed.

Mu Yan casually opened a moon room, and the two of them sat quietly. The environment behind him was also replaced by him to the top of Hogarth, which is full of wind and snow all year round, and a trace of nostalgia flashed in Patunax's eyes, and he was slightly distracted.

"Where to start......," the Soul Shaper sighed, "If I hadn't been afraid that you wouldn't be able to bear it, I'd like to share all this memory with you." ”

Mu Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

A dragon that existed at the beginning of the world, and his head was about to explode when all this memory was sent.

"Let's start with what you just mentioned, the 'fun rules' that Mia left behind."

Lao Pa nodded, "It's okay, this is also the most interesting point in my opinion." Although, in theory, it was Alduin who created Alduin, my dearest brother, in reality we are one and the same, because he is the blood of my blood, the bone of my bones...... As the prophecy says, we are a symbiotic Ouroboros, and if one dies, the other dies. It's very funny, because I later created some dragons that were also from my flesh, but I didn't create that bond. What do you think is the reason? ”

"Ingredients, perhaps?"

"No, even the ingredients only affect the strength of this bond, not its 'being' or 'nothing'. For example, Alduin and I lived and died together, and the dragons born in the same way will inherit the life force from me, and their death will hurt me equally...... But not really, even if the other dragons died, it would have no effect on me. ”

"So you think ......"

"Because we are always greedy and afraid of death." The Soul Shaper smiled self-deprecatingly, "When I created Alduin, I had no reservations, and my only purpose was to create a kind of people like me...... Kanrosh and Ikali are my 'companions', but they are not dragons, so I am alone. After that, I realized the problem and began to restrain myself...... This restraint has led to the fact that there is only one Alduin in the world.

"Therefore, he is also the most special.

"While I had divided myself into three parts and hid myself in Lokan, and my consciousness fell into a deep sleep, my dear brother hibernated in Heru, in the depths of Nilfheim. He was a restless man after all. Each time, he would sneak over the other dragons and make some moves on Lokan...... But whenever he comes, I will also wake up, and then feel his presence, and destroy and stop him from it......"

Mu Yan was thoughtful. There has never been a record of dragon plagues in human history, and even the events that Lancelot experienced were limited to personal grievances that were quickly resolved and not even recorded in local journals...... However, there is no shortage of people and motivations to do things, especially creatures like dragons. It's just that the hidden danger has been quietly eliminated in unknown places.

This is probably the reason why there are not many living dragons in Dusk Era that players can slaughter repeatedly, except for a few dragons made by Alduin himself, and before the Year of the New Leaves, the already scarce number of dragons were used up by the brothers as guest accounts......

It turns out that it's not just Ikali who is cruel to her creation.

"So...... Is Alduin lying? Mu Yan asked.

"Lying? What did he tell you? ”

"He said that on the eve of the catastrophe, Ikali used extremely cruel methods against his own creation in order to study the source of divine power, and you used a similar method to attack him......

"You...... Think it's fake? Patunax asked rhetorically, with a smile on his face.

Mu Yan was stunned, and he felt creepy for a moment.

"Could it be...... It's true? ”

Faced with the question, the Soul Shaper raised his head, his gaze as if he had passed through the simulated starry sky of the Moon Chamber.

"Of course it's true, otherwise how would I be like this?"

Mu Yan was silent.

Although it was short, but for him, every minute and every second was so long, all kinds of thoughts were spinning in his mind, and his body was tense, as if he had opened Pandora's box.

"Relax, young man." The Soul Shaper seems to have made up his mind to play a joke with him, "Since I haven't asked you where you came from, or why did you 'assemble' me...... Explain that I know all this. In other words, I knew my 'future' a long time ago...... Of course, that's what Kamlosh told me, and he was the only one who had the ability to see the future. ”

Mu Yan relaxed a little......

The Soul Shaper lay back comfortably, caught up in a memory.

"Let me think about what happened in those long years......"

……

The Soul Shaper tells a story that is largely the same as Alduin's version of the Holocaust, but with completely different details.

The Destroyer portrays himself as an innocent person, claiming that he has unconsciously acquired the power of faith, and then has no idea why he is able to use it, and even naively tells his brother about this wonderful "evolution" in himself, which invites jealousy and hunting......

All this was the main reason why he was angry at destroying Lokan and was given the name of the Destroyer......

But in Patonax's story, the Destroyer is not like that at all.

It is true that he discovered the abnormality in himself, but he did not tell others about it at the first time, but secretly developed believers.

At that time, some of his followers were dragons and some humans.

Ancient humans could have faith in anything, but anyone who was stronger than themselves and was a "transcendent being" that could not be explained by common sense would carve totems to worship and pray for protection, so Alduin could harvest a group of believers every time he swept through the sky of Lokan.

If it's just a dragon, then with Lao Pa's personality, it may not be able to be discovered...... But humans are creatures of Kamlosh. Although he hated the power of faith, he had been silently observing human beings, trying to establish correct values and outlook on life for them, so when he discovered that a small group of people believed in Alduin, he immediately exposed the latter's disguise!

Alduin would not admit it so simply, and he dragged it out until Ikali killed most of his creatures, leaving Lokan in crisis, and the Word had to plant two trees to reconcile the elemental tides of the rebellion.

It was this battle that made Alduin realize a little ......

The two of them are the "twin Ouroboros" in Mia's prophecy.

They live and die together, and it is impossible for them to kill each other.

So that "Double Dragon Meeting" actually didn't last long, and Alduin was not beaten by the soul shaper into what Mu Yan saw, let alone devouring this name.

"And after that?" Mu Yan asked, eager to know everything about the Word Speaker.

"After that? I think you should know what happened after that, or Alduin told you, or I don't know at all. He shrugged and said, "It all started when Kamrosh returned from the end of time. Originally, there were only three of us in the world, but when he returned, he began to create, with a sense of urgency, even urgency......

"I've asked him more than once what he sees...... He said he saw the dosetiid."

It is the end of the day, which can also be translated as the end of the world. Mu Yan meditated.

"Perhaps, as I thought, you thought that this meant 'the moment when all things came to an end,' but in reality, isn't that another explanation? Sometimes I hate the dragon language I've created, it's too easy to use, so there are too many generic words......" The Soul Shaper laughed self-deprecatingly, "Don't forget, there's another meaning to this word......"

Mu Yan swallowed his saliva, and his heart beat violently!

"The Destroyer?"

"That's right, it's him." Patunax's eyes lit up, "Before I created Alduin, before neither I nor Ikari created, he saw the future...... The future is destroyed by the destroyer of the world. I still can't understand the look on his face when he told me this answer, was that relief? Relieved? Deprecating? Maybe both, even with sympathy......

"I sometimes wonder, whose future does he see? Is it us, or is he alone? Or the many creatures of Lokan......" The Soul Shaper smiled wryly, "so I say that I don't know much more about him than you do, even though we're barely allies."

"He foresaw all of this before Ikali did anything to her elemental servant, and whispered to me...... He even prophesied that Alduin would do something to me, and it was exactly as he said. When the catastrophe came, I relied on his reminder to avoid Alduin's sneak attack, and then I believed in this guy......"

Mu Yan was stunned, "Then he asked you to do 'surgery' for Garden?" ”

"'Surgery'? Ha, I love that word. Indeed, he even told me in advance that only Garton would agree to Ikali's remaining servants. His successful predictions again and again made me realize the seriousness of the problem, and he did use these means to make me trust him. ”

"And what about the 'perfect body'?"

"Oh...... O deep sea giant......" The Soul Shaper frowned and sighed, "that was a wonderful mistake of my making...... It happened after I had surgery on Garden, and I wondered if I could use the same method to replace my own flesh and blood to break my bond with Alduin so that I could kill him directly...... So I went behind the other people's backs to create such a perfect vessel, intending to make it my spare body......"

"And then?"

Lao Pa smiled bitterly, "And then this container was just born, and it spontaneously had its own soul...... Sure, I could easily wipe him out, but I can't. It was as if Mia was punishing me, a soul as pure as a newborn baby, who did not believe in any gods, but enjoyed Mia's blessings just like those believers, and if I attacked him, I would inevitably violate Mia's rule of "no action against other gods...... And his weight alone is comparable to that of a group, not just a 'person'. ”

"No wonder your soul can control him......" Mu Yan also laughed, and then asked rhetorically, "That...... Do you like octopuses? ”

"Huh? What is that? ”

"No, nothing...... You continue to ......"

"Later...... As you might guess, after gaining my trust, Kamrosh suddenly suggested that I quickly split myself into three parts to avoid Ikali. ”

Mu Yan exclaimed again, "Ikali? You...... Isn't it her opponent? ”

The Soul Shaper shook his head, "I'm no match for her, no one is her match...... The madwoman didn't just dissect her own creations, she devoured them, which was the fundamental factor in the formation of the elemental tides in Lokan. She represents the sum of all the dead elements in the world, but Kanrosh does not represent the sum of all the surging elements. The two are balanced with each other, and when she devours her own followers and becomes overpowered, this disturbs the balance of the two elements...... If Kanrosh hadn't closed the passage between the two worlds as soon as possible, she might have taken the opportunity to attack Heru earlier......

"The so-called 'union' between me and Kanrosh is not the sum of the strength of two people...... He said that each of us will leave this world in a different, but destined way, Ikali returns to the elements, I return to the soul, and he ...... Banished in the stream of time. When he returned, he felt a sense of repulsion, saying that it was the world that refused to recognize him, that he refused to recognize a cheater. He peeked into the future, and that 'future' did not allow anyone to change himself, this was the rule set by Mia, and it was also a powerful self-protection that no one could resist.

"I have no doubt about that, and I believe that Alduin and Ikali will end up as he said, but as for how it will be achieved, sorry, I don't know anything. But at least, I can help you now. ”

He reached out and touched Mu Yan's forehead, his eyes soft.

"I can see that your soul is being corrupted and controlled by a force, and it is getting faster and faster...... Just like I did when I saved Garden, maybe I should do the same to save you, I guess that's what it's meant for you to wake me up? ”

Hearing this, Mu Yan was hit hard.

As if suddenly aware of something, he muttered "imprint" to himself, then jerked to his feet and paced back and forth in the chamber.

Lao Pa just looked at him until a hint of struggle and reluctance appeared on the young man's face, and then he gradually returned to calm.

It just looked calm, like an oppressive rainstorm, with no wind at all, and lead-colored clouds about to fall to the ground.

He didn't rush and waited quietly.

Finally, Mu Yan breathed a long sigh of relief, like a drowning man finally got out of the water, he also returned to his seat, his ten fingers crossed against his chin, his elbows against his knees, and fell into thought.

"There must be something else, Soul Shaper......" he muttered.

"What?"

"There must be something else...... It seems like gibberish, but it's actually the message he wants to convey to me, there must be a ......"

Suddenly, Mu Yan stood up violently.

"Come with me to meet someone!" (To be continued)