The Edge of the Pure World.

The name, which had not been seen in a long time, echoed in Tails' mind again.

How could it be......

He stared at the "Dragon Breaker" on the piece of paper, with countless questions and confusion.

Earlier at Valhalla, Tails had obtained the precious copy of "Against the Skies" from Selma, which described the "Dragon Breaker" in the same style as the Pure World's Edge, but what Tails didn't expect was that these strangely styled weapons were so close to his surname and bloodline.

Dragon Breaker.

The Edge of the Pure World.

Is it a coincidence?

Or is this the ...... that sealed Giza

"So this is...... It's just Queen Esola's dowry?"

Semir looked at Sacrael with a puzzled face, and woke Tails out of his memory.

As soon as the Knight of Punishment mentioned the past, it seemed that he had entered that trance again.

"More than that, it's a testament to history. ”

"Everything in the treasury is significant. ”

Semir and Ricky frowned at each other.

Sakel gently touched the fence of the black prison, and quickly left his hand before it could take effect, light and skillful.

"It was probably one of the most tense years between the Kingdom of the Stars and Exeter," the former watchman looked confused:

"The invasion of the Nightwing King and the catastrophe of the Third Continental War have upset the political balance, causing countless small and medium-sized forces to perish, and the big countries that have survived the catastrophe are not comfortable, and the Western Continent has ushered in another round of reshuffle. ”

As a result, the struggle for hegemony in the Western Continent, the contradiction between the descendants of the empire and the children of the dragon, came to the peak again. ”

"Two of the Dawn Triumph have risen to the top of the throne – the hero Sara has become the regent of Dragons and the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Exeter, and Midil Bright Star has been crowned the fourth King of Midil in the history of the stars – but they have turned against each other in the face of national hatred. ”

Semir and Ricky looked at each other, seemingly dissatisfied with the prisoner's reined and unthemed words.

Tails listened silently to the other's almost sleepwalking story, remembering the poem that Putile had sung in the Black Sands barracks six years ago.

"When Dawn Rises".

He still remembered Putira's tune and the three main characters in the song, and in fact, the Prince of the Stars learning to play the lute and sing bards "without business" was one of the few pleasures in the noble palaces of the Northlands, which lacked entertainment (after the Night of the Dragon's Blood, His Excellency Lord Meteorite, who was already less amiable, stepped down to treat any stranger who entered Valhalla as a potential assassin, including the bards who entertained the feast).

Saker's words continue:

"The political chess game between the two countries has begun again, and it is better than before. ”

"In this case, out of political necessity, the Kingdom of the Sacred Tree and the Kingdom of the Stars have achieved a royal marriage that is quite rare in the history of even the elves and humans. ”

Sakel picked up the paper in his hand and looked at the outline of the strange dagger on it, his expression sad, as if he was reminiscing about the past.

So, after the dragon disappeared, this weapon that had been treasured more than battle, more commemorative than practical, was given as a deliberate gift full of political significance, and entered the royal treasury with Queen Esola. ”

Sakel looked at the sketch in his hand and whispered:

"Dragon Breaker. ”

"A few years later, the large fortress built on the side of the Cold Castle between the Black Sand Territory and the northern border took its name. ”

For more than 100 years after that, through that fortress, the stars and dragons changed their forces until Queen Erika defeated the Exeter coalition six times in the famous Battle of "Three Pockets", and finally captured the Cold Castle, forcing the Yankees to retreat to the northern plains, making the power of the Kingdom of Stars reach its peak. ”

Against the backdrop of the dim firelight, the words of the penal knight floated in the black prison that had been abandoned for a long time and was full of dust, and the agitation and grandeur of that era could be vaguely heard.

Sakel opened his fingers lightly, letting the paper fall to the ground.

He slowly withdrew his gaze from the void, his gaze clear.

"Of course, perhaps one of the reasons the Star Ancestors introduced this weapon was that they did fear that the legendary Sky Queen would intervene in the political situation when Exeter was weak, so that they had at least one weapon that could theoretically restrain it———— even though it never appeared. ”

Sakel said lightly.

"It's here," Semir, who had been silent for a while, said softly, "That legendary dragon was in Longxiao City six years ago. ”

This sentence shook Sakel slightly, and also made Tails fall into deep thought.

"On the night of King Nunn's death. ”

Semir sighed, "The dragon we all thought was a character in the story fell from the sky and destroyed a calamity before the city was reduced to ruins. ”

There was a long silence inside and outside the cell.

Until Sachael closed his eyes and let out a sigh of relief.

"It seems that I have missed a lot over the years. ”

Ricky, who seemed unable to listen to Sakel's rambling, erratic narrative, took a step forward and asked straight and pointedly:

"But what I don't understand is ......"

"How did the royal secret treasure in the Fuxing Palace end up in the Tower of End?"

Sakel snorted and shook his head.

"The devil knows," in the face of strangers, the attitude of the punishment knight was not so good, and he saw an indifferent expression: "More than ten years ago, for the king's wedding, many things in the treasury were requisitioned, maybe this thing is also on the list, who remembers." ”

Wait a minute.

Tails' ears moved.

A King's Wedding?

Which king?

Is it talking about Kessel V, his wedding when he was a prince?

With that ...... Queen Koya?

Tails saw a beautiful figure holding a doll in front of him, and his heart was gloomy.

"So we can confirm?"

Looking at the paper falling to the ground, Semir turned his head to look at Ricky, as if asking for his opinion: "More than ten years ago, under the orders of the king, the dragon breaker was removed from the treasure house?"

But Sakel just looked unconcerned, casually leaning against the wall:

"Yes or no, is this important?"

Semir was about to retort, but Ricky was quicker than him.

"Very well, let me change the question. ”

The leader of the Sword of Calamity still looked light, as if he was smiling, but Tails faintly felt the seriousness hidden in his tone: "What is so special about the Dragon Breaker?

Sakel shifted his position, the firelight casting a long shadow on the wall.

"And what do you want to know?" his words gradually revealed impatience.

"In the records, this ancient weapon has been in the dust for a long time in the Kingdom of the Holy Tree, and even the holy elves themselves know very little about it, so they will send it as a political dowry, not to mention us who have an end of life. ”

The Knight of Punishment said coldly.

Ricky stared at him carefully, but his expression gradually changed.

It seems that even the air around it is beginning to be depressed.

"Sakel. ”

The last trace of warmth on Ricky's face disappeared: "Are you really not aware, or are you playing dumb?"

Sakel narrowed his eyes and looked back at the stranger outside the fence.

"I'm tired, you guys go quickly," the Knight of Punishment did not cooperate with the other party in the slightest, but said in the same cold voice:

"Before the guards show up. ”

Semir was a little anxious, and he watched his old colleague unmoved, and was about to speak slowly when Ricky sneered.

But Tails felt a chill in his laughter.

"Do you know why we've come here to ask you these questions at such a great cost, Knight of Punishment?"

The leader of the Sword of Calamity spoke slowly with a sneer:

"Because what we really want to know is ......"

Sakel leaned against the wall still, distracted, and began to examine his nails again.

Seems to be indifferent to everything.

Until Ricky asks his question.

"Eighteen years ago, this piece that Semir had seen, and you had personally cared for, the so-called Dragon Breaker," Ricky whispered:

"Is it a legendary anti-demon weapon?"

Ricky's whispers echoed through the halls.

At that moment, the firelight flickered slightly, but there was absolute dead silence inside and outside the cell.

Soon, Tails' breathing became unconsciously disordered, and it was only up to the sin of the Prison River to be stabilized.

What did he say?

He said - the legendary anti-demon forces?

Tails stared at the piece of paper at his feet, slowly picking it up.

That is to say, that is to say -

Six years ago, the Pure Edge of the World that sealed Giza......

The Dragonbreaker in Selma's book......

The black sword that the mercenaries in the tavern are interested in......

Sakel's Dragonbreaker......

The black sword that the Swords of Calamity encountered not long ago, the "Dragon Breaker" they saw......

Staring at the familiar and unfamiliar patterns on the paper, in just a few seconds, one event after another, the same elements, one clue after another, pieced together in Tails's brain.

But at that moment, there was someone who was even more out of shape than Tails!

Syllable!

Boom.

A pop, followed by a muffled thud, pulled Tails back to reality.

He turned his head and was surprised to see Saker, who had been leaning against the fence at some point, falling to the ground in the light smoke.

But the Knight of Punishment had no regard for his pain, he only struggled to his feet, and his face was one of shock and horror that Tails had not seen since he had seen this man.

"What did you say?"

Sakel gritted his teeth and stood up straight, staring at the cold-colored Ricky outside the cell, his voice trembling with a rare tremor:

"What armament?"

It's like seeing the end of the world.

Looking at Saker like this, Tyers, who should have been the most surprised, calmed down.

He sensed that something was happening.

And the few people in front of him are the ones in the know.

"Aha. ”

Outside the cell, Ricky's tone was tinged with a hint of smugness and a slight sense of surprise:

"Your look...... I get it. ”

Ricky and the gaffe Saker looked at each other silently, the coldness on their faces slowly replacing solemnity.

"I see...... It seems that you really don't know. ”

On the other side, Semir was clearly out of the picture, and he opened his mouth to look at Sakel, then at Ricky, and said with the same question as Tails: "What's wrong?"

But neither Sachael nor Ricky seemed to pay any attention to his idleness.

The former's breathing became more and more rapid, and the latter muttered to himself.

Sakel's chest slumped together, and his breathing was extremely rapid, but it was no match for his uncharacteristically anxious attitude:

"Tell me. ”

The Knight of Punishment gritted his teeth, and the imprint on his forehead was extremely obvious: "What did you just say...... What legendary anti-demon armament?"

"Tell me!"

Ricky stood still, frowning slightly.

A few seconds later, in the face of the other party's eager eyes, he nodded to Semir on the side:

"Tell him. ”

Sakel immediately looked at Semir, his eyes sharp, aggressive, and faintly hideous.

Semir glanced at Ricky strangely, but spoke silently.

"Based on the information we've gotten from the Terminator, Sakel, this ...... The so-called Dragon Breaker, "Semir seemed hesitant and didn't seem to understand," is a legendary anti-demon weapon. ”

At that moment, Sakel's stubble-covered face turned pale.

"No......" he stared into the void in front of him, muttering to himself.

Semir said, "Our information is conclusive - it is said that this legendary anti-demon weapon has been proven to seal the scourge. ”

Tails clenched his fists unconsciously.

He remembered the scene six years ago, the short sword that emitted red light seemed to echo the blood in his body, as if it was alive.

In his cell, Sakel's gaze shifted back and forth, as if he had seen something most incredible.

"No, no, it can't ......"

He muttered, eventually widening his eyes and sliding to the floor deflated.

Like a deer caught in headlights.

Semir sighed slightly:

"Yes, we never knew that the royal family still hid such a legendary ......"

But before he could finish speaking, Sachael behind the fence suddenly looked up!

"No!"

The prisoner, whose face changed abruptly, burst out loud and abruptly interrupted Semir's words:

"No, it's not like that!"

He said as he slammed the ground with all his might.

Knock! Knock!

The sudden outburst of the Knight of Punishment caught Semir off guard, and he looked at Sakel in amazement, who was breathing heavily and his body was trembling, and he didn't know why.

He is...... Crazy again?

Outside the cell, Ricky silently looked at the prisoner who had become abnormal again, and did not say a word.

Tails, like Semir, was as confused and confused.

"No ......"

Finally, Sakel finally stopped pounding the ground and held the floor in a trance.

"Dragon Breaker...... Dragon Breaker?"

He shook his head in disbelief, as if he wanted to think of someone in the void asking for help.

The fire dimmed, and the air was filled with the surprise of several people outside the cell.

Ricky sighed slightly and said something unfathomable: "It seems that you also understand, don't you." ”

Sakel's expression changed back and forth several times, and all kinds of emotions stirred in it.

After a few seconds, the prisoner in the cell seemed to have figured out something, and his shocked face slowly faded.

His shoulders began to shake.

The next moment, the long-faced man raised his head, his face turned into a sad and helpless face, and he laughed nervously:

"Ha, ha, I see!"

For a full dozen seconds, Saker's laughter echoed through the hall.

"Hahahaha......"

The laughter was full of relief and sorrow, and it seemed that there was still unsolvable pain, which made the puzzled Tails feel uncomfortable.

"Hahaha......"

At the end, Sakel's miserable laughter slowly faded.

He knelt on the spot, slowly closed his eyes, and spat out a cry full of remorse and pain:

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty!"

Tails frowned fiercely.

He didn't understand.

Saker's laughter disappeared, but another followed.

"Hahahaha, Eddie II, what a ruler!"

Compared to the pain and sorrow of the Punishment Knight, this laughter was full of heroism and magnificence, like excitement and longing after seeing through the truth.

"What a kind of king!"

Both the prince and Semir turned their heads in surprise and looked at Ricky, who burst out laughing, at the rare excitement and ecstasy on his face.

Eddie II?

King?

Tails' doubts grew more complicated.

"Ricky?" Semir asked tentatively.

But the leader of the Sword of Calamity paid no attention to him, and instead immersed himself in rare joy and pleasure, and laughed mightily:

"Whether it is the Revival King, the Dragoon King, the Front King, or the Great Kadir, these so-called heroes in human history, their thousands of achievements, courage and pride, are really less than one ten-thousandth of yours!"

Ricky laughed to the fullest, slapping his thigh in pleasure, in stark contrast to the painful moans and tremors of the prison Risakel.

"Eighteen years ago, eighteen years ago!

His eyes released a rare excitement, and he raised his voice: "Why was I not in the Western Continent back then, and I didn't witness this magnificent and heart-pounding crazy scene!"

Ricky turned around and looked excitedly at Tails, who was in the dark, and with a stretch of his arm, he pressed the prince's shoulder hard!

Tails snorted, he felt that the other party had no strength in the slightest, as if he was really happy to forget everything.

The torch shook violently in Ricky's hand, spilling sparks.

"Son, you should be proud of it!"

Ricky breathed rapidly, as if he was an emotional troubadour watching the rise and fall of history through the ages, and exclaimed in a long voice: "Your grandfather is simply the greatest and most fearless supreme king in the history of mankind since the end of the war!"

Tails stared blankly at him, feeling the unusual passion in his words, and couldn't help but ask.

But Semir was quicker than him, and the former flag bearer of the royal guard asked solemnly:

"Saker Ricky, what the hell is going on?"

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Ricky's laughter slowly faded.

He let go of Tails' shoulder and took the paper from the prince's hand, but did not answer Semir's question.

"Knight of Punishment, I'll make sure one last time," Ricky returned to his normal expression and looked solemnly at Saker, who had lost his soul in the prison, "Is this thing, the so-called Dragon Breaker, just a Dragon Breaker when it flowed out of your hands and the treasury eighteen years ago?"

Sakel shuddered slightly, as if he had just woken up from a nightmare.

He chuckled nervously.

"Hahaha," Saker's rough laugh rang out of his chest, full of hollowness: "Look at the present, think about the ...... back then"

The Knight of Punishment hung his head and said in a low voice:

"Do you still need confirmation?"

Ricky smiled.

He turned.

"Sémir, let's go. ”

Ricky said lightly, but the look in his eyes was full of unprecedented confidence: "Our trip is not in vain. ”

He walked forward, leaving Sakel behind.

Stay in the infinite darkness.

But Sémir spoke lowly.

"Ricky. ”

The flag bearer raised his head coldly, raised his torch, and his tone was full of dissatisfaction:

"I need an explanation. ”

Ricky's footsteps stopped.

Tails frowned, watching the two interact.

Ricky sighed and looked back.

"Semir, as a nobleman from the royal capital, tell me ......"

"How did we win the battle of the end?"

His expression was indifferent, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, as if this was just the most ordinary conversation with friends.

Semir was slightly stunned at first, and then subconsciously spoke:

"Legendary anti-demon forces. ”

Ricky snapped his fingers, showing the ease in his heart at the moment.

He turned and approached Semir, ignoring the trembling Saker in the prison, as if he had lost his worth.

"Yes, for more than six hundred years, as their greatest nemesis, every legendary anti-demon weapon has been able to seal the calamity. ”

Ricky said softly:

"Ironically, however, each of the legendary anti-demon weapons that can seal the Calamity was forged during the War of the End by the two most powerful forces of the Calamity, along with the intellect of the human mage, and countless other costs. ”

At that moment, Tails was a spirit!

Wait a minute!

What they say......

A nice male voice sounded in his head, awakening memories from not so long ago.

[Under the surface that we don't know, the two magicians who have always seemed to stay out of the matter and remain neutral have already begun to cooperate with humans and the remnants of the magic tower...... Created the Magician's biggest nemesis......]

[Legendary Anti-Demon Armament. 】

In the black cell, Ricky faced Semir's burning eyes and continued to speak:

"Until the war was won, the mages were wiped out, the two magical queens parted ways, the human alliance collapsed, and the once-famous 'Calamity Hunters' were disbanded, and a limited number of legendary anti-demon forces scattered with them. ”

"Whoever most people don't know," Ricky sneered, "Bloodthorn and Heran, the two most powerful scourges who were once on the same side as us, as the forgers of the legendary anti-demon forces......"

"In their works, they secretly moved their hands and feet. ”

Semir was slightly stunned: "Moved?"

Tails' breathing became rapid, and he unconsciously straightened his body.

Memories of the past captured his brain again:

[Wait, I have a question in mind...... If the Legendary Anti-Demon Weapon is the Magician's greatest nemesis......]

[What about the Twin Emperors? Won't the weapons they have made themselves pose a threat to themselves?]

At that moment, what appeared in front of Tails' eyes was the elegant smile of the man in blue, and his dark eyes glowing with blue light.

[Good question, you are getting closer to the truth of the world, Your Royal Highness. 】

Tails froze.

He understood something.

Until Ricky's words came faintly:

"The human heroes after the war have proved with tragic facts that all the existing legendary anti-demon forces cannot seal Bloodthorn and Heilan. ”

Semir in the black cell raised his eyebrows.

I saw Ricky smile and throw the torch: "That's right, the strongest weapon in the battle of the end can seal almost every mage and end the disasters they bring, but it can't hurt their forgers, not even a cent, a single bit." ”

The torches fell to the ground, splashing sparks, but fading as they rolled.

No longer glows.

"Yes, think about it, if I were them, why would I do things that harm others and myself?"

Ricky looked up and sighed softly in the much darker black cell:

"So, Bloodthorn and Heilan, the two magic queens, as the most powerful magicians in the world, as an exception that cannot be sealed, like two unbreakable taboos, cross the heads of the entire world. ”

"For many years, they have been uncontrollable, above all things, and supremacy, forged the terrifying balance of the world of Errol for seven centuries, and all nations and races have been silenced and angry. ”

Listening to Ricky's words, with a faint shock and a slight realization, Tails's mind turned more and more flexibly.

The words of one of his mysterious teachers rang out again:

[But the secret of the legendary anti-demon armed forces has always been in the hands of the two emperors, and we don't know. 】

[This is a shackle that has been on our shoulders for nearly seven hundred years. 】

[It's still hard to understand. 】

At that moment, he felt that many of the fogs since he came to this world had suddenly cleared, and many mysteries had been solved.

He is not the only one who has this thought.

Semir's cheeks moved slightly.

As if he had figured out something, he raised his head abruptly:

"Wait, the Dragon Breaker wasn't a legendary anti-demon eighteen years ago...... That is to say......"

Semir's words froze in his mouth, as his face froze.

Ricky looked up and smiled, laughter echoing through the hall.

"Yes, I don't know the details, but if we guessed correctly......"

Ricky took a deep breath and lowered his head.

His eyes reflected Sémir's torches in the darkness, and they were instantly sharp, like preyed beasts.

Ricky was light-handed, and the paper with the dragon breaker on his hand slid slowly:

"Eighteen years ago, the first and only legendary anti-demon weapon in history that was not from the hands of the Empress of Magic......"

"In the Kingdom of Stars, on the basis of this dragon breaker, it can be cast. ”

His voice was like that of a bard sitting by the fireside in the dark, rhythmic and mysterious.

Semir's whole body froze.

As Ricky's words gradually dispersed, the atmosphere in the black prison had never been more terrifying, as if they were talking about the world's most unbearable secret.

Tails watched in amazement as the paper fluttered twice in the air and landed onto the stubbornly burning torch on the ground.

"Eighteen years ago, the King of Eternal Rule, Eddie Bright Star II, and his kingdom of stars, recreated the miracle of the ancestors of the End War, creating a forbidden weapon that had never been seen before. ”

Ricky's voice became sharp and solemn, with a faint chill that went straight up Tails' back:

"A legendary anti-demon weapon without the slightest trace of the Twin Emperors. ”

The tongue of fire licks the dragonbreaker on the paper, dyeing the still clear sketch into an unsettling scorching black.

The tones are thicker and deeper than those in the black prison.

"A secret weapon that can completely seal Bloodthorn and Blackland......"

Ricky's voice came out coldly, and every word was accompanied by the burning sound of the drawing paper:

"A ...... that could put an end to their seven centuries of terror once and for all"

"Perfectly anti-demonic. ”

Smack.

The flames trembled slightly, and the sparks burst.

Tails' mind was almost frozen, and all he felt was breathing stagnantly, and his hands and feet were cold.

The inexplicable attitude of the Black Prophet.

Ashida's fanaticism.

Hysteria before the Duke of the North goes to prison.

King Nunn's revelation of the truth is intriguing.

The little slippery head stopped talking when he was parting.

And also...... The secret of the Scarlet Year.

Countless terrible answers and questions crept up in my mind.

"Of course," Ricky sneered:

"It is also the ...... in front of the Prison River in the year of blood, when the Bright Star Royal Family collectively went to the Prison River"

"Ferry bell. ”

In the darkness, the trembling voice of the Knight of Punishment slowly sounded: "No......"

Tails suddenly felt that his surroundings were so dark, so deadly silent, so—cold.

Ricky ate and laughed, reflecting Saker's faint sobs:

"It's hard to imagine, Eddie II, such a mediocre king who seems to the world to be incompetent, almost inactive. ”

Ricky's face appeared in layers of shadows in the darkness, and gradually spread along with his voice with endless sighs and mockery:

"He is probably the first ......person since the end of the war to dare to reach out to the authority and power of the calamity, and to trample the strength and pride of the two emperors on the soles of their feet at the same time."

"The King of Men. ”

Burst.

With a soft sound, the torches on the ground burst out with the last spark.

The unusual and strange short sword on the drawing paper was all reduced to ashes.

Inch by inch.

Drowned in boundless darkness.

Are you all together? Okay, gear up, step on the accelerator!

And then......

Add nitrous oxide!

(End of chapter)