The sky is high, as high as a childhood dream.

The sky was blue, as blue as the mood at the moment.

From a very young age, Kazama dreamed that one day he would be free to soar in the sky, watch the birds of a thousand mountains fly away, and watch the flowers of a thousand mountains dyed.

Perhaps, in a sense, at this moment, his dream has come true, the wind is whistling in his ears, the earth stretches under his feet, and the mountains that should have blocked his pursuit of the horizon are also prostrate under their feet like tamed beasts. For the first time, freedom, a concept that has always existed in the abstract, is presented to itself as a tangible entity...... All this should have been so beautiful.

But...... But, but, but, why did I get caught in the beak of a bird?!

an hour ago......

The huge and ornate wings "roared" and stretched out for a distance of several tens of meters, and then, in a long cry of the ancient Lincolnby, began to stir up in the most elegant posture and arc.

Then, vacate the air.

Just like this world has no gravitational force, it is so light that there is no hindrance, and Gulinkenby and Fayara rushed into the sky with Kazama and the other six people.

"Anyway...... Why are we on the ancient Lincolnby, they are all over there. Kazama looked at the three Qianqian girls on top of Fayala with some depression, and turned his head to face the golden-armored elf who was half-lying on the back of Gu Lincoln like himself.

"Because Nana must stick to His Highness, and that blonde girl doesn't seem to want to make contact with me. Therefore, I can only grieve the Guardian to sacrifice the precious experience of traveling with the girls in the sky, and change it to ...... with me Let's do it together. Xiwu originally wanted to say "I", but after glancing at the green figure in her hand, she added one more word.

"......, forget it." Kazama muttered, and suddenly thought of something, and reinvigorated again, "Well, can I go to the head of the ancient Lincolnby, I feel that the view over there will be better?" ”

"Whatever you want, I won't care if it falls anyway." Xi Wu grinned, "Look, I'm just holding this guy with two hands, one hand grabbing feathers, and the other hand carrying this guy." ”

"Uh......" Although he was telling the truth, Kazama still couldn't resist the temptation of being able to fulfill his childhood dream, and climbed up to the top of his head by pulling the feathers of the ancient Lincolnby. After all, the ancient Lincoln is larger than the size of a phoenix, and he can only see the distant scenery when he lies on it, but he can't see the place that he just flew under his feet.

Human potential is endless. It was only at this time that Kazama believed this sentence. In the past, I was tired and out of breath even after running a thousand meters, and I would not use my strength to do this dangerous rock climbing exercise at high altitude. But with the wider field of vision and a more realistic sense of flight brought by each rise of his position, Kazama suddenly felt like a child chasing the stars, even if the stars were high, as long as they rose a little each time, one day, our hands would touch the place that seemed completely out of reach at first.

That's the power of dreams.

Thinking like this, Kazama Hiroha gasped and lay on top of Gu Lincolnby's head, tired like a dead dog, but there were thousands of red bulls galloping in his heart.

He saw the vast expanse of rapidly receding land, the rolling mountains, the endless sea of trees, the flocks of birds that were startled from time to time, the occasional roaring waterfall, and the towering trees that seemed to stand in the center of the world and grew in size.

Yes, the towering, ancient tree, from the moment it came into view, Kazama Hiki has not seen the top of the ancient tree. Not because it's so outrageous that it punctures the entire sky and reaches the other side of the horizon; Rather, it has penetrated deep into the clouds, and even though there are almost no clouds in the sky here, the top of it has broken through the reach of Kazama's feathers and reached beyond the sky.

The big tree that reaches out to the sky is like a big tree that supports the world.

"That's the Tree of the World...... "I don't know when I came to Kazama Hiroha's side, Ximai suddenly said, her eyes followed the direction of Kazama Flutter, and looked at the towering ancient tree leisurely.

"Uh...... The World Tree......" Kazama muttered, suddenly reacting to something, and glanced at him, "Didn't you say you couldn't get your hands free?" ”

"Yes, yes, but now." Yumai stretched out her empty right hand and shook it in front of Kazama.

Gone, the green figure of the priest called "Dawn".

"You ......"

"Well, don't get me wrong, he's my companion." Xiwu's hand pointed behind her, and a figure was vomiting, "Although for now I want to say that I don't know him......"

“……”

"The elf who is seasick, I guess he is the only one." As if to know what Kazama was thinking, Yumai explained.

"Okay, then you can do me a favor." His long silver-white hair fluttered in the ears of the wind feathers, and he straightened up slightly on his knees.

"What?"

"I'm going to fly."

As he said this, Kazama stood up without warning, and then, with open hands, like a fledgling flying with wings.

The sound of the wind in my ears has an unreal sense of unreality. Kazama felt that this must be the coolest thing he had ever done in his life.

However, to do something cool, you either have to have strength, or you have to have a price.

So Kazama, who has no strength, chose to pay the price.

He flew, just as he hoped, the earth became smaller under his feet, and the sea of trees became more illusory, and even the towering ancient tree in the sky began to shrink from a state that had been getting bigger, and even with it, and the sunset dance that began to shrink, compared with ancient Lincoln.

"Huh?"

Have you gotten rid of it......

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When Kazama felt the noise of the wind begin to become real again, he was already in the giant beak of the ancient Lincolnby.

The whole body was firmly clasped inside, and only one head was exposed, grinning unobstructed by the wind blowing high in the sky.

"I said, can't you pull me up?" The muffled voice was blown by the wind, becoming even more ethereal.

"If you die by yourself, you still have to experience it yourself." A vague, but distinctly gloating, answer came from above, "Besides, I can't fly." ”

Kazama was about to say something, but then his eyes were closed by a blinding flash.

It was a necklace that shimmered with silver.

Yes, necklaces, necklaces worn on the earth, against the horizon, stretching for thousands of miles, with no end in sight.

"It's ......"

"Primordial Abyss." Xi Wu said lightly, his eyes looked at the silver "necklace" that was gradually widening, "separating the boundary between life and death." ”

"Primordial, abyssal ......" Kazama looked blankly at the silver "necklace" that was getting wider and wider, that is, the primordial abyss.

"On this side of the abyss is the realm of the living, and on the other side of the abyss is the realm of the dead."

An endless necklace, shining silver and shining with an eerie light.

"The Boundary of Life and Death...... Sounds dangerous...... Uh, no! Kazama suddenly turned his head to look at Yumai, who was with him at some point, and then suddenly raised his voice, "Didn't you just say that you couldn't fly?!" ”

"I won't." Xi Wu smiled slyly, then gently pinched one from the dozens of sharp blades lined up like two wings behind her back, and shook it in front of her, "But, 'Ling'er' will." ”

Kazama was so angry that he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, looking at the golden blades that were constantly stirring and changing behind Yumai, his eyes were full of envy, jealousy and hatred.

"Pull me up."

"It's almost there. The ancient Lincoln is much safer than the inside of the mouth than the above. Sunset said to herself, her figure flying towards Gu Lincolnby, "And the view is also the best." Isn't it? ”

It is impossible to agree, but it is also impossible to deny the facts.

Kazama could only sigh and cast his gaze ahead.

The abyss and the ancient trees, under the rapid flight of the ancient Lincolnby and Fayara, gradually magnified. In the end, the abyss turned into an endless sea, and the ancient tree became a wooden wall that stretched thousands of meters long, and this wooden wall stretched all the way to the sea, gradually penetrated into the depths of the sea, and disappeared.

As Kazama began to land, he noticed the crescent-shaped boulder he had ever seen, the huge vines that wound around it, and the "pilgrimage path" paved with stone slabs connected by vines.

The pilgrimage path stretched forward until it reached the World Tree, and holes of various sizes were opened on the trunk of the World Tree. One of them, protruding from a platform, was the place where Kazama came out after being summoned, the place where he first had the illusion of becoming a king, and the place where he flew for the first time......

Then, now for the second time.

In the same place, the second flew up......

When dreams can't be realized, even if you try your best, you can't grasp the slightest feeling, but once you realize it once, it seems to be favored by fate, and it is realized one after another.

Kazama is in this state now, feeling his free fall and experiencing the thrill of flying. The skin on his face was pulled and grinned because of the tremendous air resistance.

This stinky bird...... Be sure to bake it and eat it later! If so, there will be a future...... Thinking so, Kazama opened his arms and stared at everything below, rapidly expanding.

Near, near, the embrace of death, the land that has always been as green as emerald.

"Poof!"

The sound of an object, being smashed into the water.

"Gollum, Gollum, Gollum......"

The cool spring water poured unscrupulously into the throat of Kazama's feathers.

It's so sweet......