A huge figure rose from the junction of sea and sky, and gray gas lingered on its broken wings, connecting with the cloudy sky.

“Ov-Dun-Iin”

The three-syllable dragon roar resounded through Heru as he approached, with a long tail note. For a moment, all the souls in the sky above the River Styx were scattered, and even the fog in the sky was trembling.

The surviving Heru people on the shore all covered their ears and looked pained. It was as if the sound struck deep in the soul and hurt into the bone marrow.

For many, it was the first time they had seen the legendary beast of Niudra, but it was also the last.

He flapped his wings and set off a hurricane, the storm rolled up again, and the survivors outside the city of Vadan ushered in the second purge of the River Styx, just as the giant who had been watered by the sea had changed its feet.

The beast ravaged the world like a catharsis.

After all, whoever wakes you up from a sweet dream with a loud loudspeaker at the loudest volume will have a great deal of resentment.

Faced with this tragic situation, Mu Yan couldn't stand it anymore, this was not his intention, before that, he made an appointment with Andrew to take those people back, but I don't know why the other party didn't do it.

So he spoke, his voice faint in the cacophony of waves and howling winds.

"Drem-Yol-Lok. [Respectful greetings in the dragon language, equivalent to 'good day']"

But Alduin heard this, and he folded his wings and rested on the Nagfar, which had been split in half, and the latter suddenly stopped its downward spiral.

The huge amber dragon stared at him, and Mu Yan felt that his soul was penetrated by this gaze.

Suddenly, the elemental restraint in his body loosened. Alduin unleashed Hablon's spell.

“Mindok-Hi-Zu’u-Bo？ Mindok-Hi-Zu’u-Faal-Dovah？ [You know I'm coming? You know I'm 'the dragon'? 】”

[Yes, at your call, Alduin. 】”

“Zu’u-Bel？ [My calling? 】”

Alduin showed hesitation and confusion.

Seeing this, Mu Yan said softly:

"When the sun sets from the highest, everything freezes

"When prophecy becomes a waste page, all beings are confused

"When the gods are silent,

"When your dreams don't shine anymore,

"Surrender to the demon in your heart,

"That's your last hope—"

At this, he paused.

"You won't forget this 'Song of Twilight', will you, Lord Alduin? Do you need me to explain them one by one?

The huge dragon's eyes glared at him, revealing a look of bewilderment.

“Mindok-Hi- Prodah？” [Do you understand the prophecy?] 】

"I didn't understand it at first, but now I understand it. You are just trying to guide me to Heru, and then abandon the understanding of God that I have learned from books, see through their essence, and then get to know you again, who is regarded as the enemy of living beings, right? In other words, at the last moment of the Dusk Era server shutdown, the whisper in my ear was you, who made me come to Kansa, and you were the one who came to Heru after all this experience, right?

"Now I'm here as promised, Lord Alduin, and I've shown enough sincerity to replace you."

The surprise in the dragon's eyes slowly faded into a look of relief, and he replaced it with a jerky lingua franca.

"[You make me] surprised, Mr. Shamu."

Although the language has changed, the dragon's concise way of speaking has not changed.

"Call me Mu Yan, this is my real name." Mu Yan said: "You also know, that is the name of another world. ”

"[We] change places (talk)."

Alduin looked around, the tumbling river and the howling wind hunting, and countless pairs of eyes in awe.

"It's not appropriate (here), there are too many mortals."

"So ......" Mu Yan looked at his huge body and suddenly thought: "Can I ride you away?" ”

There was a hint of sarcasm in the dragon's eyes.

"Hi-los-Jul. [You're mortal [to the dragon]," he said.

Not to be outdone, Mu Yan retorted: "Tiid-bo-amativ. 】”

"Su'u-Dinoksetiid. [(But) I am the destroyer of the world. (That is, Uncle Ben does not belong to the 'living beings', we are different, don't mention equality to me)]"

After speaking, Oduin spread his wings and took off into the air, and Mu Yan had no choice but to condense a pair of pale cyan wind wings to follow him.

At this moment, Hablon, who had been hiding beside him, suddenly jumped out, his hair was scattered, his robe was full of craters torn by the hurricane, and his body was filled with an element of irritability, like a bomb ready to explode at any moment.

"Nioudra! It's you! I've seen you in books! ”

He looked incredibly agitated, and instead of intimidating him, Alduin's massive body plunged him into a certain frenzy.

"Jul. [Human]"

Alduin didn't even pay attention to his thoughts, and the tip of his claw shot two clouds of gray gas and struck the Nagfar together, as if to make up for Hablon.

But the latter became more and more excited as if he hadn't seen this scene.

"Listen, Nioudra, I don't understand what you're talking about. But listen, first of all, that human is my prey, and you can't just take him away, unless you duel me with you.

"Then I have something to say to you. If you are the fate of the Michaos, if you are the so-called truth, if you are the reason why we have to sail on the River Styx for tens of thousands of years, then I don't accept all this!

"Do you hear that? I don't accept such bullshit fate!

"I, Hablon, helmsman of the Nagfar, declare war on you! I'm going to put an end to it with my own hands! I will create a new era of hipsters! So, I'm going to launch a duel against you!!

"To sum up, you have no right to refuse!"

The old wizard's roar even drowned out the wind around him, and the elements around him beeped like firewood swaying in the light of a fire.

"Now, let me die!"

Suddenly a dazzling fire erupted from his body, and the various elements mixed together, intertwining into a primordial white light that shot towards Alduin's skull.

This is the most common way of fighting for the wizards of Heru, the simplest and roughest elemental pouring, although it looks rough, but it is very effective, after all, any manipulation of the elements belongs to the intermediate process, just like making lettuce into a meal, there is a process means there is waste. This is especially true when dealing with a giant creature like a dragon that has nowhere to hide.

But what he didn't know was that although the dragon also belonged to the "living beings", the one in front of him was, as he himself said, beyond this category.

“Faas-Ru-Maar.”

Alduin let out a low, three-syllable roar, the form inherent in dragon magic.

Mu Yan could tell that it was a dragon language that stood for "fear, coercion, and horror", and in the game, similar spells of dragons would make players in the same level range (80-85) fall into a state of tremor and fear, and if there was no priest class dispel, they could hold their heads and tremble for an afternoon. If the player is of a lower level, their health will drop considerably.

But Alduin's voice was obviously extraordinary, and he directly shattered Hablon's body.

An invisible ripple not only obliterated the elementals, but also passed straight through the old wizard's body, which was like a fragile piece of porcelain, quickly covered in cracks.

Before he could even make a sound, countless dim soul fragments emerged from the cracks, scrambling into the River Styx, dissolving.

For Alduin, it was like crushing an ant.

"Bo. [Let's go.] He said.

“Geh.”

Mu Yan nodded, glanced at the place where Hablon had disappeared, and flapped his wind wings to follow. But Alduin was clearly unhappy with his speed, and flew straight away with his claws.

……

Outside the city of Vadan, the figure of the dragon disappeared into the sky, and the surviving Andrew was in shock. He looked around and found that there was not one out of ten people who came out this time, and he immediately regretted not doing it at the beginning.

If you listened to Mu Yan's advice, how could it be like this......

Suddenly, he seemed to realize something, and hurriedly asked, "What about Bane?" The housekeeper and the children of the Sherlock family, what about them!? ”

"Lord, they left the ...... early"

"Thank goodness ......" Andrew breathed a sigh of relief, but in an instant he began to ponder the sentence.

"Leave early...... The Sherlock Family ......"

He squinted his eyes at the horizon, as if there was still a terrifying silhouette somewhere.

"When you go back, find a way to return all of Belica's wealth to Bane, saying that it is their spoils, and the Rusty Water Chaebol will always protect the private property of the citizens."

"But President, those have been divided into other families......

"But a fart! Didn't you see what it was over there? Have you ever seen that creature? "Andrew's head and face are scolding his subordinates." Are you in charge or am I in charge? Get out of here! ”

"Yes, yes......" his men hurriedly left.

Sending off the next person, he looked at the sky blankly again, and muttered:

"Is that Neudra? The Devourer of All Things? But that voice ......"

……

On the other side, the ravens carrying the crowd landed with difficulty, and then because they were afraid that they could no longer fly, they had to repair by the river for a while.

Glazer had been quietly looking in the direction where one person and one dragon had disappeared in the sky, silently. After a long time, tears suddenly flowed down his cheeks. It was as if he was trying his best to suppress this emotion, but he still inevitably let out a suppressed cry.

Amacer noticed the anomaly, and the others hurriedly surrounded him.

"What's wrong with you, Mr. Glazer......" the elf asked hurriedly.

"I'm a coward...... An out-and-out coward. ”

The old man stared blankly into the distance and muttered, "I threw all the pressure on a child, and I hid it myself...... I deserve all the hardships I have experienced, and so has Aethra leaving me, and so has Ellie leaving me...... Me, what the hell am I doing...... What is the meaning of my survival? Do I really deserve to be saved......"

"Not so, Mr. Glazer." Amacer reassured as he glanced at Eric, who gave him an encouraging look.

"A friend of mine once enlightened me like that. He said, 'Fate is like that, it's an untouchable bastard who makes a mess of your life and tries to bring you down.' If you give in to its will, you won't be able to get out of this quagmire. If you want to get out, the best way to do it is to work against it. ’

Isn't that what we're going through? Mr. Glazer, you have been recognized by all of us, we respect you from the bottom of our hearts, we admire you, we see your sacrifice and pain, you didn't give in to that bastard. But if you deny yourself, you're denying all of us. ”

"Amacer is right, Mr. Glazer." Eric took over and said, "Suffering seems to be permanent, but the light of hope remains, and the thing that intelligent species depends on for survival is resistance." Because we can always find hope in the face of seemingly desperate situations, and then live with a humble attitude, this is enough. Anyway, what we have to do now is not to be annoyed and blame, but to protect the people around you, you and Mu Yan have the same identity as scholars, shouldn't you stand up at this time? ”

Glazer seemed convinced, remembering the teachings that came to his ears when he joined the Silver Candle Order as a scholar and took the oath with his hand on the Book of the Sages.

"A scholar is not a nobleman, not a mage, not a knight, but a candle-bearer in the dark.

"In the age of ignorance, in the thorny wasteland, in the darkness held high torches and flags, spreading civilization and establishing order.

"Scholars live for the truth and die for the truth.

……

Before the establishment of the Silver Candle Society, there was no such profession as a scholar, and everyone preferred to use the wise men to refer to the most knowledgeable, or the best at solving problems, and these people also shouldered the heavy responsibility of saving the race and pointing the way.

I'm a mage and a scholar, because I believe in the truth and don't believe in bullshit fate.

The old man stood up and regained his old looks, he looked northwest and said, "Let's go in the direction of Tallinn next, Ricky and Jerry go ahead to explore the way." ”

The Tallinn man nodded, and set off with Jerry.

"Amacer and Tom are on guard, and Eric and Uno are sorting out the supplies we have."

"Yes." "Okay."

Everyone left to do the work at hand, and only two ladies remained.

He looked at Surya and wanted to say something, but held back. He could see that the girl was in a bad mood now, and should not want to talk to anyone.

Not long ago, she woke up, and then sat silently without saying a word, only when she mentioned Mu Yan's name, her eyes would glow.

This terrible guy always leaves me with this kind of problem, and the old man can't help but complain a little about Mu Yan.

……

At this time, Sulia's mind echoed the words that Mu Yan had said at the White Rock Mine.

"The objective gap between people and people will not be narrowed by subjective feelings, this is a fact, and it is also a cruel reality."

"If it weren't for Mr. Zaix's teaching, I wouldn't have come to you even in the same situation. Sensible enough, that's one of the few good things I have. ”

……

So now am I that irrational burden?

She remembered that day, when she woke up, she was already on the way back from the morning star, she didn't know where Mu Yan went, and no one told her what happened, as if she had been abandoned by the world.

I feel the same way now.

The girl clutched the scroll tightly, and she wanted to cry like the other girls, but her pride refused to do so.

She hated the feeling of weakness all the more, and the joy and small pride of the time spent making rapid progress under Lancelot's teaching were gone, and it seemed a little ridiculous.

She didn't want to be a burden anymore, she didn't want to have a next time.

Even if she had, she wished she was the one who knocked him out and faced the difficulties alone.

Wait and see, Mu Yan!

The girl stood up, drew her sword, cut her palm, and then clutched the scroll Kantusa, and the blood was instantly swallowed up by the dark scroll. A sense of emptiness instantly permeated her limbs, and the girl supported herself on the ground with her sword before she could barely stand firm.

"Summoning the Scroll Keeper, Arthur Edwards." She meditated in her heart.

Arthur's phantom appeared in the air, bowing slightly to her.

Surya drew a cross on the ground in front of her, then plunged her sword into it.

This is a signal in the swordsman to initiate a duel.

Perhaps it was because she didn't need to ask much as a scroll keeper, or maybe she understood Surya's determination at the moment, Arthur didn't say a word before pulling out the sword and holding it across his face, responding with the standard swordsman's salute.

"For Edwards." Surya also crossed his sword in front of him and whispered.

"For Edwards."

Arthur repeated the sentence blankly, feeling a little familiar.

"Qiang"

The two swords collided together, and sparks flew around

Seeing this scene, Glazer finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Tiid bo amativ", which literally translates to "time flows forward", or "the deceased", means "all beings are equal before time." Alduin then replied, "I am the end of time/I will bring the end times," which means "We are different, I am noble." There is no word-for-word translation because it is paraphrased. Just as Voldemort called "You kno ho", Alduin's being is more often referred to as "the dragon". Mu Yan said it to show respect, and he himself said that it could be understood as the self-proclaimed name of the gods.