Stretching out his left hand, a ball of light condensed in Adolf's palm, radiating a strange brilliance that shrouded himself in it.

It was a strange brilliance, gentle, dim, just in harmony with the surrounding gloomy environment, but it could show the surrounding outlines and make people see clearly.

Stepping forward, he made his way down the long steps at the edge of the platform.

The whole space, at first glance, looks like half an egg, in the shape of an oval facing upwards. There is a platform in the middle, surrounded by an abyss. However, a closer look reveals that this is not the case at all.

The so-called half an egg is just the top of the space. The so-called platform is just the top of a stone pillar standing in the space. Around the stone pillar, there is a spiral-shaped staircase that leads to the bottom like an abyss.

Walking up the stairs, Adolf turned his face sideways as he silently swept over the huge gems embedded in the rock wall and the people wrapped in the transparent gems.

The face of the blue mist followed him all the way, like a ghost.

"After the truce between Heaven and Hell was torn up, was there any special movement?"

"Nope. Blue Mist replied, "I haven't noticed any special movements for the time being, but angels and demons are much more active on the Celtesian continent. In the monitoring range we have set, they appear frequently. The Blood Elven Queen still seems to be eyeing our settlement within the Gustav Empire. They seemed to think that was the core of Krimatha's ruins. ”

"Did she achieve anything?"

"Not yet. Although the Holy See has collapsed, and now is the only chance to break out, the dragons and the Lich King could break out at any time, and the battlefield could probably be the Gustavus Empire. At this time, it was a little irrational to operate within the scope of the Gustav Empire. It's easy to get into trouble. ”

"Then it doesn't matter. ”

But she didn't give up. And her actions are attracting the attention of the Lich King's camp. I'm afraid the lichs will have their sights on our settlements as well. ”

"If you can't do it, just give up on that settlement. Remember to destroy everything about this place. ”

"Okay. If it doesn't work, I'll do it. ”

As he walked, Adolf stopped, his gaze falling on one of the blue gems embedded in the rock wall. Wrapped in the gem was a boy who looked to be only about seven or eight years old, dressed in a light blue mage robe.

As if suspended in water, the child's eyes were closed, his hair was slightly cocked, and his robe seemed to flutter in the wind. It's just that everything is frozen, frozen in one day 10,000 years ago.

Adolf stared at the child silently, then took a deep breath, turned his face away, and continued on his way.

"He's still the same, and I'm old. ”

"You still look young. ”

"It's just that I don't know much about my body better than I am. How long will it take for him to wake up?"

"About thirty years, another thirty years. At present, the adjustment of functions has reached the most critical stage, and if it goes well, he will be able to wake up in thirty years. ”

"What if it doesn't go well?"

"That could probably be more than a hundred years. Of course, you may never wake up. ”

Adolf stopped again, this time, his gaze fell on a red gem.

Gemstones that radiate red brilliance stand out among a large number of gemstones that radiate blue brilliance. And the man in the gem is not the same as the man in the other gems. She was left with only a pair of bones.

Judging by the costumes, this is an adult, female human mage. The hair and clothing were still fluttering, but the flesh was gone, and only the bones remained.

"Improving yourself in this way is a gamble. Blue Mist whispered.

Continuing to walk slowly, Adolf asked softly, "How many people have been declared defeated now?"

"There is one more added during your absence, and there are already one hundred and fifty-two. ”

"In the past two hundred years, more people have declared defeat than in the previous 10,000 years combined. ”

"That's normal, isn't it? It's only in the last two hundred years that they've gradually entered a critical stage. The previous 10,000 years were just condensing magic. We already knew this from the beginning. Although none of them have been successful, it seems that the success rate is higher than we expected. Or rather, not as low as we initially estimated. Maybe things will be better when our first modders wake up. After all, when they wake up, they can make adjustments here. ”

"It wasn't our plan at the beginning. ”

"Hasn't that changed now? We never thought that a lich would be on the side of humans, and Gray the Lich King is now the de facto co-master of humans and lichs. The impact on our plans has been enormous. In case of...... Well, I mean just in case. In the unlikely event that humanity is not on our side, joining us and helping us, as we had planned at the beginning, after the awakening day...... Now it seems that this is likely to happen. ”

Adolf suddenly stopped, sighed, and continued on his way. "Sometimes I don't even know what I want the Lich King to look like," he whispered. Should I hope that he is an ally who is truly on the side of humanity and thinks about humanity, or should he be a hypocritical spiritual advocate like heaven, or that he is a true spiritual advocate who treats humanity as if it were any other species. After all, he is not a human after all, and this is my biggest scruple. But whether I'm human or not, sometimes I wonder myself. ”

"Of course you're a human. ”

"Humans can't live that long, and I've already experienced early transformations. Humanity today is also different from the humanity of Krimatha's time. Without a common origin, culture, and upbringing, I would not have been able to see myself as the same as other ordinary human beings. Nor can I treat our compatriots who have finally woken up the same as ordinary humans after Awakening Day. Maybe we're already two races. Oh no. After a pause, Adolf continued, "Maybe three." I'm different from them. The only thing we have in common with me, them, ordinary humans, bloods, lichs, is that we all evolved from humans. ”

The blue mist was silent, just quietly following Adolf, watching Adolf's back.

Eventually, Adolf came to the middle of the massive stone pillar, stopped, and stared silently ahead.

A blue gem that is almost indistinguishable from other huge gems, and wrapped in it is a young girl. With long blond hair and delicate eyebrows, she is as beautiful as a sculpture. Dressed in purple mage robes with gold trim. With her eyes closed, she fell asleep silently, as if suspended in the water. The action is graceful and captivating.

"How's she doing?" Adolf kicked in the air. Just as he was about to stumble and fall into the abyss, the sand attached to the surface of the huge stone pillar flowed like water, from bottom to top, in reverse, and quickly gathered under his feet to form a suspended bridge, extending all the way in the direction of the girl.

Adolf's feet stepped on the bridge made of sand, and he walked forward step by step.

"She's out of danger. If there were no accidents, it should be another fifteen years before you could wake up. ”

"How are you doing?"

"It's not bad, it should be a relatively successful case. But, perhaps, as expected, she won't remember you. To be precise, she will not remember almost everything. Because of the memory disorder, if she doesn't erase her memory in time, she may be declared a complete failure. ”

Adolf stood on the sand bridge and watched quietly, quietly, expressionlessly. There was a kind of indifference and helplessness in that gaze.

"What's wrong? What are you thinking?" asked Blue Mist.

"Have you ever loved anyone?" asked Adolf softly.

"I'm a spirit created to rule this place, and I'm not going to fall in love with anyone. I will only stay true to my mission. ”

Adolf continued to watch the girl silently. For a long time, he held his wand in one hand and a ball of light in the other and whispered, "It feels very good to fall in love with someone. You'll feel like the whole world, just having her is enough. And the loss of a loved one can make you feel like the whole world is ruined. ”

"Isn't she still here? Maybe you don't need to be so pessimistic. ”

"But she won't be the same person she was. Isn't that what you said? Memory, all of it is gone, and she will come back into the world like a baby. All cognition will be a blank slate. ”

"She can learn again, just like before. It's just a matter of going back the way it was. ”

"Is she still the same person, is she still the one I love?"

The blue mist hung silently, without answering.

Sighing faintly, Adolf said softly, "Moreover, I'm afraid I don't have time to wait for her to grow up again." ”

"It didn't take long, and she was only seventeen years old before she went in. ”

"Seventeen plus fifteen...... Thirty-two years. I'm not quite sure I'll live thirty-two years. ”

As he spoke, Adolf stepped to the side.

The sand bridge below quickly turned a corner, condensing in advance at his foothold. However, instead of stepping on it, Adolf took off into the air.

The sand bridge stretched rapidly along the trajectory of his flight, as if trying to catch him.

Soon, he flew to another jewel beside the girl.

It was a different gem from all the gems here. Like amber, it had a cloudy yellow color, and a hint of red in the middle, like a large, bloodshot eye.

Adolf reached out and touched the gem gently, and the gem rippled like water. Flipping his figure, he didn't get into it little by little.

"I suggest you stop using magic if you don't have to. Flying magic included. Blue Mist whispered, "Your body is not fully transformed, and using magic will be a burden. If you want to live another thirty-two years, in addition to staying in the 'Blood Crystal' as much as possible, you should try not to use magic as much as possible. Any magic. ”

"I know. Wake me up in two days. Adolf closed his eyes and whispered, "If I can't wake up one day, remember to tell her for me that I love her, for 10,000 years, I have always missed the days with her." It's as short as it seems to be for a moment. Although she probably doesn't remember at all. ”

"I will. ”

"Thank you, Eugene. ”

As he spoke, Adolf's face completely sank into the blood crystal. It seemed that the bloodshot eyes flashed slightly, and they completely froze.

The sand bridge quietly retracted until every grain of sand returned to its original position.

Little by little, the blue fog dissipates until it disappears completely.

The whole space returned to silence, like an abyss, the silence that swallowed everything.

In the corner, a middle-aged male mage in one of the blood crystals suddenly trembled slightly, and opened his eyes suddenly. The entire blood crystal rippled.

Immediately after, the look in the middle-aged mage's eyes gradually disappeared, and he slowly closed his eyes. The blue brilliance on the original blood crystal drifted away little by little, gradually turning red. The color of blood.

Time still passes bit by bit, just as the past 10,000 years have passed here.

......

"No matter how impossible or desperate this solution may seem, if it is a last resort, then we can only choose to believe it. We have to fight for humanity and not give in. Even if the opponent is a god or demon. Ansel, we should be our own masters, not anyone's vassals. ”

This is what the girl said to Adolf in memory.

Anse El Lefeble, Adolf's real name, a member of the Clemmartha's Mage Alliance, and Krimatha's grave keeper, is always waiting for the day when this huge tomb will be reopened. It's just that maybe when this tomb is really opened, he won't be able to see it anymore.

Or maybe this tomb will really open one day, reopening a magnificent history, or maybe it will really become a huge tomb that buries the beliefs of mankind.

Keep a secret, work silently for the revival of mankind, and spend 10,000 years alone in this space that does not see the light of day. Bearing endless confusion, self-doubt, struggling, chasing a light that he may not be able to see......

What does that feel like?

Probably only Adolf himself knows.

Long, 10,000 years of waiting, the hard work and lives of countless people......

This is the price that the weak need to pay to challenge the strong, and this is the courage of the glorious Klimasha civilization that 10,000 years ago is no longer even known to mankind today.

Humans have never sat still, let alone been captured.

This is the dignity of Krimasha.

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