After listening to Flender's words, Constantine was thoughtful and reasoned a lot in his head.

Constantine looked around the main hall, "This is still the Asgardian Mountains?"

"Yes, this is inside the main peak of the mountain range, and the hall you see in front of you was built by me during my lifetime, and was later transformed by Faust into an entrance to his half-plane. ”

Flender coughed, then pointed to the slightly open door behind him, "And behind this door, is the Faust Mausoleum you are looking for, it is another dimension, or in the term invented by you human arcanists, it is a half-plane that belongs to him, I don't know arcane, in our time, there is no such magic as arcane, this word was told to me by the woman in white who came to the temple last time." ”

Constantine was silent for a moment, "The woman in white you said is my mother. ”

In this way, the parchment scroll with the messages that the mother had left for herself was all right.

Her mother did find the hall, but she found that she could not open the door to Faust, and she did not know that Winterfell was the key to Faust's mausoleum.

She also told me that the last time I came outside Faust's mausoleum, it seemed that there were two other people. Constantine said, remembering another passage from his mother's parchment.

Hearing Constantine's words, Flender's eyes drooped slightly, and he remembered the earth-shattering battle that took place more than twenty years ago.

"At that time, she and two terrible humans had a fierce battle in the sky above the Asgard Mountains, and even I, deep underground, felt the terrible power fluctuations above the sea of clouds, which was enough to level the entire mountain. ”

The old elven king looked down at Constantine under the throne, "I can tell you that one of the knights has the power of the god of light that you believe in, and the magic of the other magician even surpasses that of me in my heyday. ”

Constantine clenched his fists slightly, that human knight was naturally the legendary Paladin, but who was that magician?

"Senior, may I ask, do you know what the Heavenly Curtain Dragon Hall is?" Constantine said suddenly.

Flender's withered brow furrowed tightly, "Young man, as a former friend of Faust, I must give you a kind advice, never go to that place, and preferably not to inquire. ”

Flender looked at the young man below and noticed the surprise flashing in his eyes, so he added with a solemn expression, "The Heavenly Curtain Dragon Hall is the oldest organization in the world, and it is said that it began to exist in the era of the ancient gods, and there were records within the Elven Dynasty back then. ”

"In the Middle Ages, there were many retired elven kings out of curiosity, so they went to the Dragon Hall to explore the secrets, and there were many strong people whose magic power was above me, but the result was that none of them returned. Flender's tone and eyes became extremely aggressive, "Not a single one!"

Then, the old elf king threw out a sentence like thunder on the ground, "A thousand years ago, the fall of your ancestor Faust was also related to the Heavenly Curtain Dragon Palace. ”

The fall of Faust has always been a great mystery, and a shadow as deep as a night hangs over Constantine's heart, lingering.

How could the most powerful magician under the stars die quietly like this?

The Pope vaguely told him that it might be because Faust's power was too strong to upset the balance of the plane order, so he was not tolerated by the radiance of the heavenly realm.

Mother also said in the parchment scroll that Faust himself did not belong to this plane, but was descended from some ancient race that had been the enemy of the celestial realm since ancient times.

In this way, thousands of years ago, it seemed logical for the Celestial Realm to attack Faust.

But now it seems that the fall of Faust is not so simple.

Constantine's fingers rubbed slowly, silently calculating in his heart, speculating from the timeline that the time of Faust's fall probably occurred at the end of the Middle Ages, before the outbreak of the Battle of Dawn.

What exactly happened during this time?

He looked up at Flender on the crystal throne, "What the hell is going on?" ”

The Great Elf King in front of him, who has lived for more than a thousand years, is one of the witnesses of that era, and perhaps he knows the real inside story behind it.

Flender sighed: "I don't know, I was still in the City of Daybreak, the City of Daybreak was still in the construction stage, there was a lot of work left for us to do, and the tasks of the council members were very heavy, and at that time, Faust had been away from the World Tree Council for a long time. ”

"We don't know where he went, there is a vague rumor in the council that he went to the depths of Babylon alone, and no one knows why he went to the Elven Dynasty, or at this time. ”

"I don't know. ”

"At that time, I was in the [Crown of Mysteries] of the World Tree Council, responsible for sorting out and collecting all kinds of ancient books and materials that were secretly transported from the Elven Dynasty, and I didn't have time to communicate with other mages, so I didn't know anything about what was happening in the outside world. ”

"Until one night..."Recalling that stormy night thousands of years ago, the old elf king narrowed his eyes and his face was unusually cold.

"I was in the Crown of Mysteries, flipping through a magic book, when I suddenly received a magical message from him. ”

"Faust is the most powerful mage in the World Tree Council, and he has countless ways to contact us, and we are all used to it. ”

"But at the time, I was still surprised, why did he suddenly come to me at this time? It was not the special communication magic array within the council, but the most secret soul information, why didn't he contact other magicians?"

Flender's eyes flashed with an unusually complicated cold light, "Then, he told me that he was very badly injured and would soon fall, and asked me to leave Daybreak and return to the Asgardian Mountains as soon as I received the message. ”

"I still have that soul message for you to see. ”

The Elven King held his temple with his index finger outstretched, chanted an ancient incantation, and slowly removed his fingers.

On his fingertips, there was a cloud of blue light, the light was very faint, as if it would be extinguished at any time, but it still did not disperse.

Constantine felt an aura that he was familiar with, and it was the power of the stars.

He couldn't help but move in his heart, it seemed that this magical message, like the pendant, was also left by the ancestors.

A magical message that has been preserved for thousands of years, which shows how important this memory is to Flender.

The stars slowly turned, and a faint voice came from the faint starlight, which was extremely magnetic, and it should have been very beautiful in thought, but at the moment it was only hoarse and tired.

The entire message is only a few short sentences.

"Flender, I'm very badly injured, maybe I won't be able to hold on for long, this time the opponent is very strong. ”

"There was a traitor in the council, and someone knew my secret and informed the Heavenly Curtain Dragon Temple. ”

"I found two artifact fragments in the temple of the elves, but I only had time to take one of them and give it to Farina's people. ”

"I'll be waiting for you in the palace beneath Asgard. ”

"Don't tell anyone. ”

The light slowly dissipated.

"Falina was Faust's lover and my kindred, she was the daughter of His Majesty the Emperor of our elven race, and she was pregnant at the time. ”

Flender added slowly, "But when Faust fell, she also disappeared from the City of Daybreak, and I don't know where she went." ”

Then, Flender glanced at Constantine with a very strange look in his eyes, "If I'm not mistaken, your mother should be the daughter of Falina and Faust, so you actually have a small amount of Elven royal blood in you, although you yourself may never know this." ”

......

Constantine couldn't help but be dumbfounded, never imagined that his life experience was so complicated.

As for the "artifact fragment" in Faust's mouth, Constantine vaguely guessed that the so-called fragment should be something hidden in the black box that his mother gave him.

And on that night, the former elven king Flender stood on the cliff of a thunderstorm, and after a night of shock, confusion and hesitation, he chose to quietly leave the city of dawn, leave all his companions, and return to the continent of Icadia alone.

"What happened after that?" Constantine continued. "Have you seen Faust?"

Flender sighed softly, his eyes flashing with emotion, and his face seemed to become older.

He stepped down from the crystal throne and walked towards the back of the throne where a crack had been opened. "Come with me. ”

The elven old man stretched out his hand tremblingly, as if this action alone had exhausted all his strength, and gently pushed open this dusty door that had been sealed for thousands of years,

Constantine came to the slowly opening door, his palms sweating slightly.

What exactly is hidden behind the door?

......

Siegfried and Roland felt themselves walking in a bottomless canyon.

The cold wind whistled past them, like a low moan.

Surrounded by huge mountain walls, the air is unusually thin, and the atmosphere is oppressive and solemn.

"What the hell is this place?" Siegfried waved his magic sword impatiently, slicing a rock the size of a round table from the mountain wall with a force comparable to that of the Abyss Lord.

Roland looked at the surrounding rock faces, "Judging by the geological features of the stones, it seems that we are now in a cave in the Asgard Mountains. ”

Suddenly, Roland raised his head and looked ahead incredulously. "That's..."

Siegfried raised an eyebrow.

In front of them, stood an emerald-colored crystal palace.

.........

The towering door opened, and colorful light erupted, and a surging spatial fluctuation instantly engulfed the two people outside the door.

Constantine finally stood still, and when he saw the magnificent scene before him, his eyes widened, and he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Purple nebulae hung above the half-plane, and bright silver stars dotted the misty night sky with stars.

What appeared in front of him was a quiet sea, and the gust of sea breeze that blew through his ears reminded him that this was not an illusion.

He and Flender were standing on a huge white altar surrounded by dozens of stone pillars that reached into the sky.

The altar itself is built on a large black reef that stands out in the middle of the sea.

The blue waves caressed the black reef beneath the altar, and everything was like an illusory dream.

Flender quietly looked at the waves in front of him, at the smooth surface of the sea under his feet, his expression was desolate and sad, and he remembered the long legend that had passed away.

"When I returned to the palace that day, I entered the half-plane, and saw Faust standing on this altar..."

Flender was in a trance, and the deep blue sea in front of him pulled his mind back thousands of years ago......

Faust stood on the altar, his hands folded, the sea breeze blowing through his pale blue hair, curling up a beautiful stardust.

The strongest man under the stars is standing quietly by the sea, looking into the distance, savoring the last moments of his life.

Hearing the sound of hurried footsteps behind him, Faust turned his head, "Old friend, you're finally here." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Flender looked at Faust in shock, he was proficient in natural magic, and he could feel that the vitality in Faust's body was rapidly fading and irretrievable.

"You... Going to die?" Flender was shocked.

In the eyes of the Great Elf King, from the moment they met many years ago, the man in front of him was as bright and dazzling as a star, and it seemed that there would never be a day when he fell.

He couldn't imagine how Faust, who was so powerful, could die?

Faust coughed heavily: "No one will not die, even the supreme being in the ancient legends, the great king of the gods, will fall one day, let alone me as a mortal?"

"I have one last request, I want to ask you, my old friend. Faust said calmly.

"Say it. Flender suppressed the grief in his heart and said in a deep voice.

"I beg you, help me guard my mausoleum, and tell the next person to open it..."

Faust paused for a moment, then said slowly, the look of exhaustion between his eyebrows could no longer be hidden, "Please tell him that fate wants him to lead the Protoss to complete the revival and make the World Tree reappear, this is my original intention to establish the City of Dawn." ”

"In the process, he needs to collect all four fragments of the ancient artifact in order to truly awaken that great being. ”

"One of the fragments I gave to his mother's people, one remained in the temple of the elves, another in the Heavenly Dragon Temple, and the last one I found in the abyss and buried under this altar. ”

Flender nodded and sighed, "Is there anything else you have to say?"

There was a deep sadness in Faust's eyes, "Please tell the man who opened the door that although fate wants him to embark on this path, I sincerely hope in my heart that he can become a mortal and live happily." ”

"Once he pulls out this thing from under the altar, it means that he will no longer be human, completely renunciating his identity as a human and embarking on the path that fate has prepared for him. ”

"And unfortunately, in that case, the enemies he will need to face in the future will be the Dragon Hall and the Heavenly Realm. ”

"Only when he really sees the starry sky will he understand the value of being a speck of dust. ”

Faust looked up to the sky and sighed, "So, I will give him the freedom to choose one last time." ”

Flender stared in amazement at Faust, who was in front of him with a rare expression of emotion, and in his eyes, this best friend had always been the embodiment of calmness, reason, and perfection, like an immortal star.

In the past, Faust and them talked about the world, laws, fate, power, and other lofty and magnificent images, but rarely did they express such human emotions.

It turned out that he was really dying.

Faust smiled faintly, "Alright, old friend, I've finished my words, it's time to go." ”

He waved his hand at Flender, but walked towards the sea, where the wind blew his star-blue robes and hunted.

Flender was shocked, "Wait, what are you going to do?"

Faust calmly and slowly walked towards the half-dimensional ocean, "It is said that the journey of a magician is a sea of stars, but I am no longer able to witness the rebirth of the supreme star, so I have to choose to sleep in the sea, so it is not a pity." ”

Faust's body soared into the air and flew towards the starry sky thousands of miles away.

Countless magnificent stars floated out of his body, and the huge magic power rose into the air, making the entire half-plane feel trembling, and the majestic star power rose into the air, weaving a large nebula.

His body burned rapidly, and the blue flame quickly lit up the entire night sky, like a meteor in the night.

The calm sea suddenly swelled, and the dark sea rolled uneasily, and the thunderous roar was incessant.

Thousands of meters high black waves stretched out into the sky, as if they were reluctant to leave their masters, wanting to stay.

Flender froze in place, stunned by the starlight that streaked across the night sky.

The moment the sea and the sky met, Faust's body completely dissipated.

Only countless fire-like blue points of light remained, softly sprinkled on the endless surface of the sea, and after falling into the sea, the sea water was rendered into a jewel-like deep blue.

The reflection of the stars on the mirror-like sea is gentle and moving, just like the brilliant starry sky that Faust once looked up to when he was a teenager.