The so-called great era, in short, is the product of countless times when all kinds of factors converge together to form a torrent, whether the factors are good or bad, under the deliberate promotion of people with hearts, there will always be some people who gain and some people lose, the saying that the times make heroes is very cruel in the East, people will affirm the heroes at the same time, they will also selectively forget the corpses at the feet of the heroes, whether it is Liebel, Crossbell or Erebonia, people will only remember Estil, If you remember Lloyd or Class VII, you won't remember the families that were destroyed or even killed by the hunters, so the Great Age has always been a feast for careerists, and for ordinary people, it is an incomparable disaster. Even after a year and a half, those traces have not faded.

As always, I was woken up by the sound of waves crashing on the reef, people who live on the seaside, especially on the shore of the cliff, often have very strong nerves or courage, otherwise no one will choose to build a house in this kind of place to live, not to mention that the sound of the waves crashing on the shore day and night is simply a 24-hour uninterrupted noise player, every stormy weather has to worry about the safety of the house, when I see the hurricane swaying in front of my eyes, I believe that no one can be confident that their house will not be swept away by the hurricane. Only this kind of house with the blessings of the gods can stand in such a dangerous place for so long.

"Hmm。。。。。。"

"Sorry, did you wake you up?" Just as Ike was in a daze, a slight murmur made Ike's mind return from the fugue to his body, and he glanced apologetically at Miaoman's body next to the bed, and the untraceable quilt was gently pulled up to cover it and quickly got up from the bed, the high hanging sun showed that it was noon, and the tired spirit was all recovered after a long sleep, although modern medicine said that a long sleep would make people's spirits more tired, But for a warrior who can control his physical condition, this problem is not a problem at all, especially someone like Ike who can sleep for a day or two without sleeping during a day or two during a fight.

"What's wrong?" The sleepy-eyed Lixia also sat up from the bed, grabbed the sheet to cover her body, and asked Ike while looking around the room, and finally her eyes fell on the big sun outside the window, and after a while, her eyes finally showed a hint of clarity, "Huh?!" What time is it? ”

"It seems to be 13 o'clock at noon." Ike glanced at the clock on the table with a strange expression, then looked at the guide on the side, and added, "It's the next day." ”

"So I slept all day?"

"If you have to say it, you have to add half a day." Ike said as he walked to the bathroom on the side, looking at Lixia, whose face was slightly red, "Let's hurry up, the elder's words should probably be in a hurry." ”

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"Are you coming?" After washing and dressing, they hurriedly walked downstairs The two people just came to the first floor and heard an old and steady voice from the living room on the first floor, the old man sat indifferently in front of the coffee table and made tea, time seemed to have given up working on the old man, and the old man could not see the slightest change in more than a year, it should be said that the old man has not changed since he first saw Ike, just because he has seen more miracles, this slight change is a little strange. After glancing at Ike, he pointed to the seat in front of him and the bread and porridge on the table, "I probably thought you should wake up, and talk about something after eating." ”

"Good morning elder~" Ike, who was not polite at all, sat on the seat in front of the dining table with a grin, and took the opportunity to pull out another chair on the side and chewed on the tea handed over by the old man, it has been more than a year since I came here, and the idea and thinking of being polite have long been completely lost in the six months after moving in, and this is also the longest time Ike has lived here, although he has only been here twice.

Lixia, who was carefully sitting next to Ike, looked up at the indifferent elder and breathed a sigh of relief, no longer resisting the hunger in her belly and joining Ike's ranks, and Ike had a relationship with this kind of thing as early as a year ago, and the two-month high-intensity battle can easily destroy a person's spirit, although Ike kept saying that he wanted to let desire devour himself, but no one with reason would be stupid enough to really do this, and the person who suppressed his spirit to the limit was like a bow and arrow, If there is no place to vent, it is very likely that the bow and arrow will be scrapped together. And the desire between the sexes is sometimes the best way to vent. The reason why there is such a reaction today is purely because it seems to outsiders that this time is too long, no one believes that a lonely man and a widow are just sleeping in a room for a day and a half, and with Lixia's character and face, she can't explain it to people's faces, especially if there is indeed an ambiguous plot in it.

In the quiet room, except for the sound of eating and drinking, everyone was silent, waiting, as if they were competing to see who spoke first, until Ike swallowed the last bite of food, the old man put down the teacup and looked at Ike slowly, "Are you sure you are going to leave now?" ”

"Well, the information that has come from me has been getting more and more concerned, and I feel that there is less and less room for progress in this practice, not because Is's teaching is not good, but because of me." Ike looked at his palm and replied, "It's like we've reached a bottleneck, no matter how much you practice, it's only swordsmanship, in fact, Ike has felt this way since last month, after defeating Iss for the first time." ”

“。。。 Yes, have you gotten to this point? The old man picked up the teacup again and drank the tea unhurriedly, not knowing what to think, but there seemed to be a little joy and relief mixed in his contemplative eyes, "Boy, let me ask you, how many times have you defeated Lord Is?" ”

"Fourth, if you count the most recent."

"It's really remarkable that you have gone from one to four in a month." The old man sighed inexplicably, "Just like you said, now you have almost reached the limit of your strength, and the road to go down and the abyss that cannot be reached by manpower, have you ever heard of it... The word Weili? ”

"Weili?" Ike frowned, lowered his head and shook his head after a moment of thought. "I don't know, is it something similar to the so-called karma in the East?"

"There's some connection, but it's not. Weili is not just a term for the East, but for the entire continent of Semria. There will be an end to the power of man, just like you are now. No matter how intelligent people are, they can't get rid of the concept of man, and the concept of man also limits their endless growth, whether it is age, state of mind and body are things that bind the development of the individual person, and in order to break through these things that bind themselves, the smartest people choose another unique path to walk, they break through the shackles of human beings and enter a new realm, such people are called by the people of the Qiyao Church - outside the people, and the truth they comprehend, part of it is called the principle of the outside. I guess you've known these people, right? ”

“。。。 The Saintess of Steel... My teacher. Ike's eyes shrank and he looked straight at the old man, "So, how do I get this power?" ”

"The simplest thing is nothing more than to promise the agreement you signed with Lord Is, immortality itself has broken the concept of being a human being." The old man gave Ike a meaningful look and slowly got up from his seat, "But since you don't agree with it in the first place, you can only choose something more stupid." Come on, your final test is about to begin now. ”