Act XXIV. Under the cover of night

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It was late at night, and the light snow that had been falling since the evening had long since stopped, and the loose snow absorbed most of the sound, making the night seem unusually quiet.

The clouds had cleared, and the glow of the silver moon Eustia had cast a little sparkle over the white earth, and the village of Midland was falling into a deep sleep, and as the lights went out, so did the little village, except for a small hut at the entrance of the village, and a dim glow peeked through the windows.

"Did they all sleep?"

Princess Eliephiles watched the flickering flame on the candle, just as the fate of this kingdom at this moment remained, but it was about to be extinguished.

"Hmm."

Shiloh leaned against the window and stared out at the night scene, on the pitch-black plain, only the stars were sprinkled, making it impossible to find the way forward.

Originally, Mr. Srein offered to give Shiloh and Shiloh his room to rest, but Mrs. Srein did not seem very happy about this, and Shiloh and Princess Elifils did not accept it, so they were now in a small room with miscellaneous items, although it was not spacious, but it was clean.

"Tonight's business...... I'm sorry, Mr. Shiloh, but I was impulsive. ”

Having stripped off her tattered military uniform and replaced it with Hannah's coarse cloth robe, Princess Eliefils said, her blue eyes reflecting the candlelight, as if rippling.

"I can understand your thoughts, Your Highness Alifels, the lord who abandoned his people should indeed be punished, and if it were in other circumstances, I am afraid that I would stand up before you."

Before Shiloh crossed into this world, he had seen many people who abandoned the people they were supposed to protect and fled for their lives, so he also hated Baron Links' behavior.

"I'm still too immature to control my emotions like Mr. Shiloh does, and I seem too impulsive a lot of the time......"

Her Royal Highness lowered her eyes, her fingers caressing the intricate lines on the wooden table.

"You're serious."

Shiloh wasn't modest, he wouldn't have been able to be so calm if he hadn't been familiar with the game and the history to come, and he wasn't much of a great character in another world, just an ordinary person.

"What His Highness Elifils has is courage and glory, which is what Astel needs most at the moment."

"But the courage of indiscretion and the glory of righteousness will only bring trouble."

As if reflecting on the mistakes along the way, Her Royal Highness the princess's small head was lowered, and she couldn't see the expression on her face clearly.

"Indeed."

Shiloh nodded, and he saw that Her Royal Highness seemed to be a little frustrated by her answer, and her fingertips kept fiddling with the corners of her clothes.

"But courage and glory should not be given up because of this, but when acting, you need to think more about it."

Hearing Shiloh's words and looking up, Princess Eliefils looked a little puzzled.

"Consider?"

"It's very simple, think about the consequences of the actions you are going to take, and then move forward with your decision, Your Highness Alifils, you just lack experience, I believe that you will definitely do better than me in the future."

What Shiloh said was both an expectation and a fact.

In the "Rainbow Poem" in his memory, Princess Elyfils was one of the few commanders who could lead the Astel army to defeat Wendland on a frontal battlefield, boldly arranging, carefully planning, and bravely charged, and Her Royal Highness was synonymous with victory for a while.

Shiloh didn't know what kind of experience it was to make the upright and kind princess in front of him refine into a Valkyrie-like existence, but he knew that that experience must have been accompanied by the loss of more than one or two lives, and if he could, he didn't want His Highness Elips to grow up in such a tragic way in this life.

"It's not early, Your Highness Elifils, we should rest too, we have to set off for the Misty Forest early tomorrow morning."

Although Shiloh did not feel sleepy, seeing that Her Royal Highness was already tired, and thinking that she had not been able to sleep well for the past few days, he spoke, interrupting Princess Elyfils's contemplation.

"Hmmm......"

Glancing at the bed, covered with thin straw and cushions, Princess Eliefils slowly got up.

"I'll just rest here."

Shiloh patted his chair and tucked his neck into his robe.

"Well, how can this work, it will catch a cold at night......"

Her Royal Highness didn't seem to agree with Shiloh's plan, but she looked at the cramped bed and didn't know what to do.

"It's okay, one of the effects of the frosted robe is that it can withstand the cold, and it will be no problem to cope with the night."

Shiloh casually recklessly said that in fact, the frost resistance of the frost-dyed robe was only to the extent that it could keep the clothes from getting wet with snowflakes, and the effect of using it to keep out the cold was basically better than nothing.

"Well, if it's cold, you can get me a blanket......"

Looking at the blanket on the bed, Princess Elyfils glanced at Shiloh's frosted robes again.

"Okay, well, I'm not going to be strong."

Shiloh suddenly felt as if he was coaxing a child to sleep, but if he thought about it carefully, Her Royal Highness the sixteen-year-old princess was actually placed in her original world, that is, a child, but as a member of the royal family, what she needed to carry and wanted to carry was much heavier than books and exams.

After watching Her Royal Highness lie down and cover her with the futon, Shiloh blew out the candles.

For a moment, only the bright moonlight and the glow of the stars outside the window illuminated the room, and Princess Elyfils's blonde hair seemed to exude particles, glowing with a hazy and dreamy light, and her fair side face outlined soft lines, which seemed distant and illusory.

This is the existence that he longed for in the past, and it is also the existence that he guards now, Shiloh doesn't know why he crossed here, he just knows that he can protect everything he can as much as possible, so as not to let those regrets happen again, maybe if he does this, the reason for his crossing can also be answered.

Shiloh just quietly looked at Princess Ellifils's sleeping face, and his consciousness gradually fell into darkness.

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It was a blood-stained sunset.

In the sky, the dragon with golden vertical pupils spewed flames, burning countless unknown xenomorph creatures to ashes, but the strange beasts that covered the sky and the sun were still inexhaustible, and the dragons were accidentally breached by the defense, and they would be instantly drowned in the black sea, and even the bones could not be kept.

And on the barren land, even more tragic battles continued.

The seven-colored world strings are intertwined, forming a huge magic array, which is a magic that Shiloh has never seen before, and a single blow can make a fortress disappear from this world, it is the magic of the gods, the embodiment of the will of the gods, called the magic of divine punishment.

However, in the face of the influx of the army, this huge magic array also seemed as small as a drop in the ocean, and the majestic power suddenly converged, and disappeared in an instant, bursting with dazzling light, but after a moment it was covered by the black tide, and Shiloh knew that it was the fading light of life.

It's a war.

The war depicted in the Atlas Continent's Divine Epic, the Rainbow Poem.

On one side are the goddesses and their gods, a race leading civilization and order, and on the other side are the people of the twilight, a mysterious people who rule over beasts, demons, living corpses, and countless other creations from the Endless Void.

In the final ending, the goddess sealed the people of twilight at the expense of herself, and fell into a long sleep, and then the gods were in chaos, the stars fell, the gods withered, and the time of mortals arrived.

Shiloh knew about the war, but he didn't expect it to be such a situation.

In the face of the tsunami-like overwhelming enemy, what stands in front of it is actually a weak human being.

Yes, knights with swords, mages with canes, sages chanting, faced with enemies who were much stronger and more numerous than themselves, these people stood on the front line without the slightest cowardice.

Shiloh felt something touch in his heart.

Courage and glory, as well as the will to protect, were all manifested in front of him at this moment.

Then he saw the girl with long flaxen hair charging at the front line.

Elegant, powerful, like the noblest dragon, and like the most fierce god of war, no beast could resist wherever the girl went, the giant insects of the gray and black carapace were slain, the living corpses that emitted rancid corpses were burned, and the demons with sharp claws and fangs were slaughtered, and she, and the knights beside her, were like the sharpest knives, piercing deep into the heart of the enemy legions.

Shiloh couldn't help but touch the cross-shaped pendant on his chest.

At the same time as he touched the pendant, the girl also emitted a light, which was the starlight woven wings, which stood out in the black tide, but within a few seconds, this light was enveloped by a deeper darkness, drowning in the sea of strange beasts.

"The result is still ......"

Just as Shiloh sighed at the girl's tragic defeat, a little light lit up from the depths of the dark ocean.

Piercing through the endless beasts, through the clouds that shrouded the earth, echoing the stars in the sky, the strings of the silver world scattered like snakes, tangled and twisted into complex patterns, Shiloh felt a throbbing in his heart, and then, after only half a second of silence, the explosion spread out in the center of the circle with a point of light.

It was a planet-shaking shock.

The black tide evaporated and disappeared in this explosion, drifting into the air, and even the traces of existence were erased, this is the absolute law, the unquestionable power, the highest power that can only be used by those who hold the authority of the gods.

Shiloh was also swept away by the explosion, and the wind ruffled his hair, and he saw in the center of the light, the maiden, a maiden named Tia, looking in his direction.

On his face, it was a smile that was too poignant.

“...... Bear. ”

A call came from afar.

“......”

Shiloh was still basking in the tragic aftermath of the battle, unable to respond to the call.

“...... Mr. ”

The world began to shake, and the voice of the call intensified.

“..... Wake up, Mr. Shiloh. ”

Finally, when the call formed a precise language and reached Shiloh's ears, he opened his eyes.

It's Princess Eliephis.

It was early in the morning, the warm winter sun was shining in the room, and the girl's blonde hair was shining in the sun, and for a while, Shiloh was in a trance, but soon, he came to his senses.

He slept a little deeply, and it seemed that even if he was able to hold on mentally, his body still couldn't completely get rid of the fatigue, and Shiloh stood up with a slight hesitation, and the blanket on his body slipped down.

"Her Royal Highness ...... Elyfils"

Shiloh looked at the expression on the princess's face and sensed something unusual.

"Wake up, Mr. Shiloh, it looks like there's an army coming this way."

With a nervous and uneasy expression, Princess Elyfils said.