Chapter 166: The Return of the Artifact (Final Chapter)
A royal train left the city of Saint-Lun and followed the railway in the direction of the west.
In the decorated carriage, Luke and Starlight sit across from each other, neither of them speaking, Luke looking at Starlight, and Starlight looking out the window.
The scenery of the wilderness outside the car flew backwards, and the farmland was a wheat field undulating with the wind, a sign of a good harvest.
After a long time, Luke saw that Starlight had not spoken, so he took the initiative to ask, "Does the 'Starlight in the Heart' mentioned in Clear Sky's letter have anything to do with you?" ”
Starlight turned to look at Luke, a smile rising from her lips, "'Starlight' is the name I gave myself after you didn't allow me to call Clear Sky." You don't know ...... clear sky."
Starlight doesn't answer directly, and Luke, who knows her well, realizes that the two must be related.
"You already knew your fate?"
The smile on Starlight's face faded as she dodged Luke's gaze and replied, "This is the ultimate mission that the stars have given me, to show the way for the World Tree to become an artifact between destruction and rebirth." ”
"And then?"
Starlight looked at the sky outside and smiled again, "You should have guessed that, right?" Back to where I came from, of course. ”
"Is there no other way?"
Starlight looked back at Luke, "Don't be so reluctant, we still have a chance to meet." When you go on the path of God, you may be able to find me in this sky of stars and reawaken me. ”
"It's not an easy thing to do."
"Of course it's not easy to do, but I have time to wait for you. Even if it's 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0 ”
Luke smiled and said, "Okay, I'll make a promise with you, as long as the starry sky is still there, I will definitely find you." ”
The train runs along the railway, day turns to night, and the stars in the sky shine on the speeding train with the full moon.
The Moonlight Court had already received an order from the Falling Star, and the Moonlight Knights were busy with the Mystic Ritual, and a large array map was drawn on the surface of the entire Moon Lake. Whenever the starry sky at night is reflected on the Moon Lake, the array diagram will rotate on its own, and the reflected starry sky will also rotate with the array.
Dots of light fell from the World Tree, streaked across the starry sky in the lake like meteors.
When the Imperial Royal Train stopped at the Moonlight Royal Court Railway Station, the formation on the Moonlight Lake was just finished.
Luke, who got the news, did not waste time and ordered the guards and attendants who came to carry the mysterious props they had pulled to Moon Lake. Soon the tree people also came to help, which made the whole moving process much faster.
Then there is the placement of mysterious props and the preparation of secret rituals.
The Moon Knight completely sealed off the entire crater, and the Angels and Shimmering Gold People who studied the World Tree here tried to break in several times, but they were blocked by the Moon Knight and the Tree People.
Luke holds the blueprints and directs his subordinates to place mysterious props.
Starlight stood under the World Tree and watched the mystic ritual come to fruition.
They haven't said a word since that conversation. Luke is full of guilt for Starlight, and since she has awakened, she has been thinking about herself in everything. She taught herself how to fight, helped herself learn what the world didn't know; She can charge without hesitation for herself, or she can sacrifice without hesitation for herself.
Luke was carrying too much on his back and didn't know what he should say to the departing Starlight.
Starlight also watched Luke silently, just as she watched all the stories that happened to Luke in the spirit starry sky.
The separation was already predestined, but I don't know how long it will take to see each other again.
Night falls.
The mystical preparations are complete.
The entire surface of the Moon Lake is filled with all kinds of rare and mysterious props according to the formation technique.
Retreating to the Moon Lake, Luke walked under the World Tree and placed the artifact bud in Starlight's hands.
"It's time to start ......"
The artifact bud is the subject of the arcane art, and it sits in the palm of Starlight's hand, looking at Luke and Starlight, as if it doesn't know what is going to happen.
"Let's get started......"
Starlight walked into the starry sky against the lake with the artifact tree bud in his hand, and the stars and array slowly rotated. The surrounding light dimmed instantly, and there was nothing to be seen outside of the Moon Lake, with the faint outline of the World Tree and the brighter and shining starry sky of the lake.
Then the starry sky on the lake also darkened, and it fell into safe darkness.
Suddenly, a little light appeared in front of Starlight, and she walked towards the light with the artifact bud in her hand.
The secret whisper was chanted from her mouth: "I walked in the darkness and found that it was not all darkness. There's always a bright spot ahead, with a glimmer of light to show me the way forward......"
With each step of Starlight, the body gradually blurred and emitted brighter and brighter light. She continued to walk in search of the light with the artifact bud in her hand, continuing to recite the long secret words.
"I walked for a long time before I realized that the starry sky was not overhead, but in the abyss. The abyss is not under your feet, but above your head......"
The darkness above deepened, and the devastating momentum pressed down, followed by a large number of fallen tree trunks and branches, which were in turn igniting black fire. The World Tree was enveloped in the Abyss, and the violent force seemed to destroy it completely.
The secret word also reads the last paragraph: "After destruction comes new life, the power in between...... It's the starlight in my heart! ”
At this time, the starlight has completely turned into light.
After she recited all the secret words, the light that made up her body suddenly spread out, turning into countless points of light that lit up all the stars on the surface of the lake.
The mysterious props and formations disappeared without a trace, and the branches and leaves that burned with black fire also dispersed into smoke, but the starry sky on the lake left the lake and rose.
A full moon held the fallen artifact bud and flew with it towards the sky with the stars.
The power of the abyss receded as the starry sky rose, until the starry sky became a real starry sky, and the World Tree, which was enveloped in darkness, revealed its majesty again.
A meteor fell from the sky and fell into the Moon Lake, causing ripples.
The sound of starlight reached Luke's ears as the ripples swayed.
"Hope is the pursuit of a better future. As long as there is hope, you can be protected by the World Tree. Good bye...... Luke, I'm waiting for you in the stars! ”
At the place where the meteor fell, a violent splash of water churned. The artifact bud rose up from the water and grew at a very rapid rate, merging the two trees quickly when the trunk collided with the World Tree.
The World Tree, which was transformed into an artifact, has grown again, and the power of the artifact has spread to the world as it grows.
A World Tree language rings in the ears of all living beings, and is understood by different species: "I am the World Tree, the artifact that guards 'hope'. ”
The power of the World Tree has just fallen.
One artifact after another breaks through space and distance, showing the world its power and return.
"I am the Golden Compass, the artifact that guards 'authority'."
"I am the statue of light, the artifact that guards 'justice'."
"I am the Rainbow Arch, the artifact that guards the 'magic'."
"I am the Red Flame Torch, the artifact that guards 'destruction'."
"I am a fluorescent star cluster, an artifact that guards the 'dark'."
The birth of a new artifact and the return of an old artifact brought the entire world to a standstill, and all living beings could not help but be intimidated by the power displayed by the artifact.
A cry broke the silence of the Silver Manor.
Agatha picked up the newborn baby, kissed him happily on the forehead, and then saw that the baby's eyebrows were printed with two young leaves.
"Is this a gift from the artifact bud?" Agatha smiled and kissed the baby again.
The growth of the World Tree stopped, and it looked like it was still the same as before in Moon Lake, as if the power of the artifact just now was just an illusion.
But Luke could clearly feel the World Tree's network that ran through the world, and the World Tree Divine Technique System was officially launched.
He recited the World Tree language he comprehended, and the Duke Demon Mentor Titan far away in Fury Waves City instantly teleported over and sent into the cockpit. At the same time, various functional modules are also transferred one by one, and then attached to the Titan's expansion slots.
Luke did a quick performance self-check in the cockpit and found that many of the functions that had not yet been perfected could be operated with the blessing of divine magic.
Is this the strength of the artifact?
But before Luke could experiment with the new features of the Duke Magic Titan, a crack appeared in the sky above Moon Lake, and an angel rushed out of it.
Theresia!
She was no longer what she was before entering the abyss, her once beautiful wings had turned into bone wings, her body seemed to have been torn apart and put back together, some limbs were even just blocks of wood, metal, and rock.
"Miss Sunny Sky asked me to bring you a word."
Luke opened the cockpit and stood out: "You saw a clear sky in the abyss?" ”
"Yes, Miss Sunny Sky saved me. She asked me to tell you that the only light of the moon in the starry sky comes from the sun. ”
Luke understood what Clear Sky was trying to say, and he said to Theresia, "Thank you for coming to deliver the letter, are you going back to Sky City?" ”
"Yes."
"The way you are now, I don't think you will be accepted by the Sword of Oath."
"I found the statue of light, and he can't accept it." The body was broken, but Theresia's expression was more resolute than before: "Now that human civilization also has an artifact, the intensity of wars in the future will increase." ”
Luke smiled: "It's all increasing, and everyone is still on the same level." ”
Theresia sneered, "Not necessarily...... The artifact returned, and the divine power was also opened. In the future, it will not only be a battle for civilizations, but also a war for the sake of theocracy.
Be careful! ”
Luke felt Theresia's murderous aura and replied, "I've always been careful, and you have to be careful. ”
"See you then!"
With that, Theresia rushed towards the night sky, and disappeared in an instant.
Moonlight Lake fell silent, and Luke, alone on the Duke Mentor Titan, stretched out into the distance.
Shouting: "I...... Right here! ”
The world tree is shaking, the stars are shining, and the moonlight is like a disk.
In the eastern sky, a round of morning sun is rising......
(End of book!) )