After peeling back that outer skin, the unknown darkness was exposed to everyone.

It has no shape, it seems to be able to change at will, and its dark surface is covered with eyeballs and sneering mouths, much like the Pride that Isaac and Hughes had seen.

"It's a very precise refining array, but unfortunately you are not the designer of the refining array, and you can't be improvised, as long as I do a little disguise, I can fool it."

Darkness spread across the ground, tethering Isaac.

The whole room is surrounded by darkness, sunlight is absorbed, and sound and light are gone.

Until Roy's hands lit up flames, he was the alchemist of flames, the magician of fire, and the light of the fire lit up the surroundings, and the darkness covered the walls and ceilings like paint, and there were eyeballs staring straight at them everywhere.

Roy stretched out his hand, and a beam of flame erupted from his palm to scorch the darkness, but to no avail.

"Damn!" Edward and Alphonse also tried to use alchemy to attack the unidentified object, but their attack seemed to hit the shadow.

"Don't waste your energy." The voice of the villain in the bottle seemed to come from all directions: "You have left reality, and it is impossible for you to attack me in the cracks." ”

"As a precious talent, you just stay there, rest assured, I won't kill you, you will witness the birth of God with me, hahahaha!"

The sound of wild laughter echoed in the darkness, and Isaac's restraints disappeared, and then everything was calm.

In reality, the entire Central Command is missing a corner.

Roy's office was swallowed whole by the villain in the bottle, and it integrated the cracked space in Gradoni's body into his body, thus arresting the human pillar and the human pillar subsequently.

It surged back to Hohenheim, and then used alchemy on the missing building, restoring the bricks and wooden tables.

"Well, you're almost awake." The villain in the bottle snapped his fingers: "You are still useful for the time being, during the war, you can't make trouble in the rear." ”

Those lying on the ground opened their eyes and returned to their posts blankly.

With the departure of the little man in the bottle, their eyes became clear one by one, forgetting what had just happened, and continuing to work.

The villain in the bottle returned to his basement, looked at the map on the table, touched his chin and pondered something.

He looked at it for a long time, and his brow gradually furrowed.

"If it's the developer who made the array."

"Forget it, there are only the last three anyway, so let's do it to make sure the ceremony goes through."

"Sloth." The villain in the bottle calls someone's name.

Out of the darkness came a giant-tall male, his size like a brown bear, his exposed muscles swelling as if they were about to explode.

Cyborg, lazy, Sloth, although it is an emotion separated from himself, his mind is simpler than Gradoni, probably too lazy to think, he doesn't know what to do without giving him clear instructions.

"Father." Sloss looked at him stunned.

"I have a task for you, Sloth." The villain in the bottle beckoned: "Come here, come to me."

On the other side, on the hills of Leor.

"The villain in the bottle has taken the initiative to attack, and although our refining array can kill the android, it has little effect on it." Ian takes off his goggles and talks to Hohenheim; "Isaac, and the Edward brothers, Colonel Roy and Lieutenant Colonel Hughes of the army, all five of them are trapped in the crack, which is probably the gap between the doors of truth."

"It's too risky." Hohenheim hugged his head: "We don't know the true face of that guy at all, it's still too difficult to save everyone."

He regretted a little, if he had followed his original plan, although some people would have to be sacrificed to complete the blood seal, most of the others would probably be saved.

"I know how to get out of the cracks." Ian said: "As long as there is the Philosopher's Stone, you can open the door, for now, only Mr. Hohenheim can rescue them, although the new refining array is still a little bit of effort, but we will go to the capital now, and finish everything there." ”

Ian took off his oil-stained gloves and pointed to his own masterpiece.

"This was the first airplane built in my hometown, and although it was lacking in performance, it was easy to build, and I was involved in the whole process of making it at that time, so as long as there were materials, I could restore it with alchemy."

"You were born in a fairly advanced country." Hohenheim sighed: "The development of science and technology in this country is basically in the hands of the villain in the bottle, more than ten years ago I was surprised when I saw airships and hot air balloons, I didn't expect that there are airplanes such as engines to fly in the air, and the world is too vast." ”

He reached out and patted the steel wings of the plane, feeling the unique touch.

"No, the country wasn't advanced when I was born." Ian shook his head and said, "Actually, Mr. Hohenheim, I was a slave like you, and when I was younger, people were still using horse-drawn carriages, and even things like trains and steam engines were unheard of. ”

"And how did you build the plane?"

"The story in the middle is too long, if you are interested, I will take the time to tell it to you when I have the opportunity in the future." Ian got into the driver's seat and started the engine: "Why don't you come up and take a test flight together?" ”

"That's true." Hohenheim hesitated, sat in the back seat of the plane, and put on his helmet and goggles.

The engine rumbled, black smoke was expelled from the tube, and the propeller was spun around, moving the plane on the smooth, polished runway.

The plane glided down the edge of the hill and took to the sky.

Hohenheim's beard trembled, and he clenched the handrails, felt the wind, and looked at the ever-shrinking buildings below, with an incredible feeling.

Ian took him for a lap through the sky, flying halfway above Leor, but there was not a single figure in sight on the street.

He steered the plane straight over the loess sandy plains, going high and heading to the nearby area.

Gradually, the sky was no longer clear, and the black clouds were like heavy lead plates, which made Hohenheim's mood a little dull.

You can see that there are black dots like ants on the ground advancing, it is not an ant colony, it is an army.

"That's . The army of Amestolis? Have you all arrived at this place? Hohenheim looked into the distance.

"After all, there are only three days left before the eclipse day, and it must be in a hurry to complete the refining of the land into a formation." Ian said.

"Didn't Isaac connect with the people of the army? Did they not have time to stop the army's movements? Hohenheim asked.

"No, he has cleared up the misunderstanding with Colonel Roy and Lieutenant Colonel Hughes, and with Colonel Roy's explanation and help, the Armstrong family and some of the former Ishvar officers are willing to delay the outbreak of war." Ian said, "But at the moment, they don't seem to be able to speak well with the army here. ”

"All in all, we can't let the war start so easily, let's go and cause them a little trouble." Ian pulled the joystick, and the plane quickly lifted up and flew into the dark clouds.

Hohenheim suddenly found that the oncoming wind was gone, and his bare face could no longer feel the breath of the wind, as if there was an invisible barrier enveloping him.

The plane, protected by the barrier, plunged straight into the black clouds.

Ian's eyes lit up and glowed golden.

The elemental flow in the air was disturbed, the wind was blowing, and the black clouds were thundering and lightning.

"Hey, it won't be so unlucky." The commander of the army, looking up at the sky.

Raindrops the size of beans fell on the tip of his nose.

Then came a torrential downpour, as if a reservoir in the sky had opened a valve, and the water poured down, quickly soaking the desert beneath their feet.

The road became extremely muddy and slippery, and walking was as strenuous as if walking in the snow, and from time to time someone slipped and fell, and the rate of march of the army was rapidly slowed down.

"No wonder the air has become humid lately, and even this kind of thing can be done?" Hohenheim exclaimed.

"It's just a stopgap measure." Ian said: "If they don't get rid of the people behind them, they won't withdraw their troops, and once the fight starts, many ignorant people will die." ”

"Is it true that we can only go to the capital?" sighed Hohenheim.

In fact, he was extremely reluctant to confront the villain in the bottle, not afraid of death, he had lived for four hundred years, and he had long lost his nostalgia for his life, he was afraid that he would die for nothing, and he was afraid that when he died, he would not be able to surpass the souls of his compatriots, and he would not be able to save his son and the humans of this land.

But now that he has come to this point, even his son has been arrested, and it is impossible to find another way.

"The fuel is already full, during the flight, you can also refuel, let's go straight to the capital, all the people of Leol have been evacuated, they will not come back until the end of the war, and there will be no more blood marks engraved here." Ian said.

During the days he had been in Leor, he had been working on the evacuation, and under his organization, both the elderly and the children had been evacuated to the farther border, and he used alchemy to create an air-raid shelter under the border, and transport water and food there in advance.

The crystallized puppet that remains there will maintain order for him.

"We have done everything we can, and we believe in the righteous people of this country on the side of the army." Ian turned his head and said, "Sometimes you don't have to think about having to do everything alone, if you have trustworthy companions, it doesn't hurt to rely on them a little,"

"That's right, if I'm willing to confess everything to Theresa at that time, maybe I'll be able to see her for the last time." Hohenheim sighed, "It's time for my incompetent father to go see the two brothers." ”

So the plane reversed course in the air, and in the midst of the storm and lightning, it flew straight to the center of the world. (End of chapter)