010, the power of ascension

When did the pain appear? When did it disappear?

Azir had forgotten that he seemed to have been burned in flames for centuries.

In a vacuum, there was no way to propagate sound, so he wasn't sure if he was screaming just now...... Maybe there is, but I can't hear because my vocal organs are burned out.

Ever since the sun's energy was channeled into the golden disk, it had been programmed to compress and infuse the purest energy of the universe into his body.

The theory is correct, Azir's body began to change at the genetic level, every atom of his body was falling apart, and the skin on his surface was charred.

It is impossible for a mortal to conquer the sun.

"Azir! Stop it! ”

The sudden sound confused Azir because there was no medium to transmit sound in a vacuum.

He just subconsciously turned his body to get closer to the source of the sound, but Azir forgot that he was now blind, he couldn't see anything, and his vision was only a burning red.

The source of the sound was only from the protective suit he was wearing, and if he didn't realize it, it meant that his consciousness was already in a blur.

"Azir! Azil! Can you hear ME?! ”

The voice was a little old, and slightly hoarse from eagerness, and Azir couldn't remember who it was for a moment, except for a vague shadow of a bald head in his head.

The furious light around him vanished, and he could see again.

Now Azir was holding a book in his hand, and in front of him was a huge bookshelf with thousands of books neatly arranged with centuries of knowledge.

This is the Library of Nasus, where all the wisdom of Gushurima can be found.

This scene was familiar to Azir, as if he had experienced it, and now he was carefully studying the book in his hand, his brow furrowed, and he could not stretch it out, because this page recorded an obscure old saying.

"What are you looking at?"

A boy about his age came to him.

"I can't understand this passage, I haven't learned it, it's too old."

Azir felt kind to the boy, but he couldn't remember who he was.

"Can you show me?"

The boy's smile was warmer than the warm winter sun.

Azir handed the book over, and in the young man's patient answers, Azir saw the mark of slavery on his body.

They soon became good friends who talked about everything, and Azr did not dislike him because he was a slave, but instead used his royal privileges to make the boy his personal slave.

They soon became brothers, and Azir gave him a name.

Zeroth.

It means someone who knows how to share.

In Shurima, slaves cannot have names, so this is a secret between them.

Zelas told Azir that he was able to read that knowledge because his parents, who were scholars before they became slaves, gave Zelas all their knowledge.

However, when Azir's father was building a monument to Azir's father's favorite horse, he broke a leg and was disabled for life, and as long as the slave lost its value, all that awaited him was death.

Fearing the same fate, his mother begged an architect to take him as an apprentice, a genius whose knowledge could not be overwhelmed, and whose favor earned him access to Nasus' library.

This was the beginning of their friendship.

Azir and Zelas, the difference in identity did not stop their friendship, they were like brothers.

During an inspection with the Emperor, all the princes except Azir fell in a pool of blood as Zelas desperately managed to save Azir from the Assassins.

Azir hugged Zelas, who was about to faint, and promised him that if he had the chance, he would be relieved of his slavery status and treated him as his own brother.

Zelas's intention was not to reward, he just wanted to protect his brother, but Azir's words made him happy.

Since then, Zelas has done his best to assist Azir, even to learn the forbidden dark arts, and in order to make Azir's inheritance more secure, he even has blood on his hands and slaughters Azir's brother who is still in the queen's womb......

……

Scenes from his past life appeared in Azir's mind like pieces of a puzzle, which were not put back together, they fell into darkness and shattered into more fragmented pieces, disappearing.

Azir stretched out his hand in the darkness, but he couldn't touch anything, he hated Zeroth, but when he was about to lose everything, the last thing he wanted to lose was these memories.

That's his brother......

……

"Azir! Can you hear me? Azir, answer me! ”

Two suns can be seen in Kagu's field of vision, one is a star in the Tatooine system, and the other is the remnant of Azir wrapped in flames.

"Vital signs detected, weak."

The cold voice came from the screen, Jiagu slumped weakly in the driver's seat, the light outside became weaker and weaker, the second sun began to shrink, and the golden disc sandwiched between the two suns, the light on it gradually dimmed.

He understood that Azir had failed.

Through the ship's imaging device, Kagu could clearly see Azir struggling in the flames.

He suddenly recalled that when he was patrolling the campus at night, there was always a student who was lying on the library table regardless of the wind or rain, whether it was a holiday or a normal day.

That's Azir.

Whenever this happens, Jiagu always doesn't bother him, just silently helps him close the doors and windows that are not closed, and the two never communicate.

Jiagu lowered his head for a long time, and when he raised his head, his eyes became as deep and dark as the universe.

Kagu ordered an attack on Azir.

The guns on the ship kept pouring down, the robots also raised their hands to transform into long-range attack devices, and countless laser rains exploded flowers of different colors in the universe.

The second sun was completely extinguished, and Azir's body was gone, and he failed after all, and in the end there was not even a single cell left, and it was completely dispersed.

Jiagu felt that a big stone blocking his heart had finally disappeared, and the sense of patency was greater than the sadness.

But in the next second, the voice in the communication device made him angry again: "Stop! Stop! General Kagu, what the hell are you doing?! You're making a fool of us! ”

The voice was an official of Kamigawa, and Kamigawa Academy was under his jurisdiction.

"I just got a tip, how can you do this to one of our students? He's just a student from a low-level civilization, and his civilization hasn't even reached the astronaut level, and you actually did such a thing, aren't you embarrassing us?! ”

"Just now? I handed in my report to you a few months ago?! Jiagu roared, and at this moment, the tangled and complicated emotions in his heart were also released in the roar.

"We saw your explanation, and if you want me to say that you are really old and confused, you actually think that a project of a subordinate civilization can be used by us, you ......"

Jiagu directly turned off the communication, he didn't want to pay attention to these stupid pigs who were eating vegetarian food, he just closed his eyes and let his stirring spirit return to calm.

Just now, he killed Dinghei's favorite student.

But isn't he his favorite student?

"Alas......"

With a sigh, the old general, who was no longer a soldier, straightened up, and when he opened his eyes, he returned to a cold demeanor.

It's time to go back, and he's going to have to fuck a fucking war of words, and sometimes he wants to grab a gun and slam those damn politicians out.

"Rise again! Shurima, like the sun, prospers! ”

However, just as he turned around to go back, the eagle, which had been huge and had been gathered by the flames, spread its wings, and at this moment, the ship and the robots were reflected like a speck of dust in the universe.

Some people were born to overshadow the sun's brilliance, and in the praise of that golden light, the majestic voice made this god from Kamigawa feel fearful.

"Shurima, your emperor is back!"