Pillars of Ita

When did Fang He realize this?

Perhaps from the moment Mia took them to travel in the Sea of ​​Aether to help the ship officer cure the curse and salvage Narsu's divine power from the scattered fragments of priesthood, he had already understood how priesthood and laws worked.

The law is like an established and unchanging truth, and the power of God is just a reflection of it, like the keeper of an infinite treasure house. The storm on the new sea does not need to be guarded by anyone, but the master of the rules of the storm field can control how it operates.

When it fell into the hands of the dark powers, the storm surges that occurred every thirty years struck the northern borders of the empire day after day, engulfing the borders of civilization.

Apoptosis can restrain the disorder of life and death. When the apoptosis dies, the beginning of the forest forms a gray disaster that sweeps across everything until the vitality of the Holy White Tree is completely devoured.

'Remember, little one—'

After the fierce prosperity, everything returns to silence, and creation is destruction. The more magnificent the universe is, the closer it is to death, until the starlight burns out and all the stars go out.

The young man held the Tonamiki Staff, his dark eyes reflecting the Death of the Suns, and the words of the monarchs of the seven dynasties seemed to echo in his ears. Xochitl told him the true meaning of fate, and Shipili explained the end of time and the meaning of destruction.

A vortex was born in the shadow in mid-air, like a door to another world. The blazing starlight was attracting gluttonous invaders. A red star hung high in the shadow, like Venus falling into the dust.

Countless shadows were pouring out of the door like a torrential rain. They fell into the water and then crawled out of the mire, forming distorted images - they were the enemies of civilization that he had seen once before in Elpahin's Battle of the North.

Shadow man.

"It's not the right time yet. We... still need time," Luo Yu stretched out his hand, "Ed... still needs time."

It was as if thousands of voices came out of his mouth, and the tens of thousands of dead souls under the seven pyramids sang in unison, and a bottomless abyss was born in his eyes.

He was glad that Tianlan was not here, otherwise he would have been scared to death.

He gently brought his left and right hands together, as if he wanted to grasp the crack in the air and close it; but the power of Tonamiki's Holy Staff was limited after all, and the power that his mortal body could bear was limited after all.

The seven pyramids were shaking slightly deep underground, and cracks appeared on the pyramids one after another. The souls of the dead from the Sinsas era were emerging from the cracks, like black smoke, emerging from the wounds on their bodies.

Death will kill you, the power of destruction is not without cost.

Luo Yu seemed to see Xochitel again - the one headed by the seven monarchs who buried the entire dynasty just to take revenge on the saints.

The saints of the sun had already disappeared into darkness, watching the world with cold eyes. They opened a door, and he could not close it again no matter how hard he tried.

"It's not the right time yet," the Serpent Man's monarch smiled at him, "It's not the right time to make plans yet."

"But I need strength!" The boy roared in his heart. His companions were in that world, facing the old enemy of Xinsas. He wanted to close more than just this door.

"Ed must return safely, or I will curse your plans."

"You are beginning to learn our way of doing things," the Serpent Lord showed a meaningful look, "Planning and calculation are indispensable means. The opponents you face are insidious and cunning, so one day you will become more insidious and cunning than them. We chose you, and you also chose us--"

"Give me strength..."

The voice in the boy's heart was like a wild beast.

But Xochitel shook his head and looked towards the sky. "It's not the right time yet. Fate has chosen him. The scales have shown a holy power above his head. You underestimate him... and the saints..."

A gentle breeze was blowing through the woods.

It was a wind that the barren forest had not been bathed in for a long time, the South Wind, Charlotte. Some people said that it was born above the storm in the new sea, heralding the arrival of midsummer in the Hill of the Giant Trees.

A heavy rain poured down. The Giant Tree Hill in the gray disaster had never had a spring, so it would not bring the lushness of summer, but the rain could wash away all the filth.

Washing the grey dust into the sea.

In the Silver Chain Islands, on a merchant ship traveling back and forth between Kaolin and Isulian, young sailors were looking solemnly at the gloomy sky. The needle of the hygrometer was swaying unsteadily, and the barometer from another world also indicated the coming of a huge storm.

But the old captain was dismissive of the young people's performance. The newcomers had not experienced the baptism of the sky and sea and had forgotten the rules that had been followed for many years above the clouds.

He turned the pipe in his hand over and knocked the bowl against the side of the boat, watching the ashes after burning drift into the clouds. The wind was coming from the south, and 'it' had not been seen over the sky and sea for a long time.

"Move up, lower the sails," he shouted, "Don't be sad, boys, this is the Muse, the goddess of the new sea, we haven't seen her for a long time."

"What is that, sir?" inquired the officer.

"The first storm on the new sea," the old captain answered. "The new sea was born when the last of the old continents sank under the deep sea. When it was born, it raised a storm that washed away all the dust of the old world."

"She hasn't appeared in many years, and young people today have long forgotten her."

He stretched out his hand and caught the raindrops in the air, which seemed to be there and not there. It was the last storm of the old world and the first cry of the new world.

After the storm, the green shadows dissipated, and there was a thousand years of peace.

Therefore, above the sky and the sea, the south wind symbolizes luck and also the beginning and end of the era.

The heavy rain hit the eaves and corridors, gathered into a stream, and flowed through the streets and alleys of the ruined city, washing away the scars and rubble.

But Fang He knew nothing about the heavy rain happening in the netherworld. He only threw a fragment of divinity into the gray divine fire. In fact, it was not him who made the move, but the girl behind him.

Only then did Amatos notice the girl who had been standing behind the Great Saint, the ship's officer's daughter, the noble daughter of the Albert family - Sylvie.

He knew Elaine's plan and the twins whose fate had been prepared long ago. He also knew who the other member of the Twin Alliance was, so he ordered his servant Karsak to hold Mia back.

But He overlooked that insignificant mortal.

No - it should not be said that "He" ignored it. Amatus suddenly realized that he had been deceived. Attila blocked the other party vaguely, and the breath of Aymeya emanating from her was just to cover up the breath of a mere mortal.

All of this was planned by the Lady of Nature. She brought Sylvie out of the fog in advance and put her into a deep sleep.

All of this is done to minimize His attention.

But in fact, it was from the shining scales on Sylvie's forehead that Amatus truly recognized the other party's identity - Narsu's divine blessing.

And the moment it realized the problem, Narsu's divine fragment had already been thrown into the gray flame.

Amatos finally realized what was happening.

"Narsui," Amatus roared, "You betrayed us!"

But a cold snort came from the vibrating space.

That voice belonged to another person, but it was like two voices overlapping each other: "I did not betray you, but I defeated you."

"We meet again, Amatus," one of the girls' voices said, "You defeated me, but the one I chose brought me back to life. In a sense - this is fate."

It can be selected.

But never disobey.

Fang He suddenly recognized the owner of the voice. Although he had never heard the owner of the voice speak, he unconsciously imagined the other person's image.

The girl of destiny, Elaine.

The other person in the voice also made Fang He feel familiar - the owner of that voice was cold and harsh, like a strict mother: "They just paid me enough." "But you," the voice said coldly, "you knew that everything on that island was a trap, but you let me fall into the calculations of Roman and Oli. You thought I was dead, but you didn't expect Roman to give me a chance. This is a little lesson for you."

"Narsui," Amatus said angrily, "You were the one who planned the storm in the north. You didn't inform us when you planned the ether node. You buried yourself in Orli's plan, and now you blame us?"

"Yes, so now I am one of them. On the contrary, you, Amatus, returning to the world of Starlight is what we have always longed for, right? Now there is such an opportunity, you can become a true god again."

The Soul Eater Lord was actually shaken for a moment, but he quickly became alert. The transformation of opposites is not so easy. If that were the case, the world of death would no longer exist.

The Saints of Orin paid the price of two goddesses, and Lady Apoplectic truly died in this battle. If He were to return, who would die instead?

Ollie himself?

The shining stars have a certain number of radiances, and nothing is without price.

Amatos soon realized that the plan had come to an end and that fate could not be changed. As Elaine said, she defeated them again.

Through a mortal.

He looked at the square plover beside him, as if he wanted to remember this tiny human.

"You win this time, Elaine, Narsu," Amatus was worried that Elaine and Aimeya, who were hiding nearby, would attack him. Although he was not afraid of the two goddesses joining forces, his projection might not be able to withstand it, so his figure was fading away bit by bit, "But the starlight burning out is the fate of this world, otherwise we wouldn't have fallen into darkness when the suns died. You won for a while, but not for a lifetime."

"Next time, when the disaster comes——"

He only left one last sentence: "You may not be so lucky."

The space fell silent for a long time.

Only the holy white tree not far away was still shining.

The gray flames spread over the grass and finally grew into a pair of human figures. A pair of twins walked out of the flames. The one leading the group - Fang He could still recognize the other.

The girl had long black hair that reached her ankles. She wore a robe woven from gold thread, and her golden pupils were still flickering with the starlight of destiny.

That was the destined girl, Elaine, but she looked different from the one Fang He had seen in his dream. She seemed to have more majestic features and looked a bit like Narsu's temperament.

Especially those dreamy eyes.

The person behind the girl was looking at him coldly. Fang He had no doubt that if looks could kill, he would have died thousands of times.

He could fully understand why the other person looked at him that way, because in a sense, that person's predecessor had died at his hands.

But Narsu's appearance was completely different from her previous one. Instead, she looked like Elaine's twin sister. She was taller than Elaine, and had colorful scales on her forehead and hands similar to Sylvie's.

But in a sense, the gaze of a god can indeed kill a mortal, and there is actually only one reason why she didn't kill him.

Elaine smiled and stretched out her hand to stop the other party: "They are already our chosen ones."

"He is your chosen one, not mine," Narsu looked at Sylvie, "She is my daughter, my chosen one."

Fang He didn't expect that after going around in circles, things would return to the starting point - he couldn't help but think of what Roman had said to him, that the new god would be an old acquaintance of his.

He looked at Elaine, then at Narsu, in a sense, this was really an old acquaintance. The business lady had planned all this long ago, but she played a big joke on him.

He looked at Sylvie with some worry, but Elaine smiled and said, "Don't worry, since we have been reborn from the ashes, what's on her is no longer a curse, but a blessing."

"She chose her as the Chosen One, which is also a good thing for you," the goddess of fate said, "You solved our problem, and also solved your own problem."

Fang He breathed a sigh of relief. Sylvie smiled and gave him a trusting look. She walked forward and gently took his hand.

The elf lady looked at the two of them thoughtfully from behind, then smiled slightly, breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down, just as she had done in the past on the Seven Seas Traveler.

As for the presence of two gods in front of her, she didn't care too much, after all, she herself was also the Chosen One of Aimaya.

"Goddess Elaine..." Fang He couldn't help but speak. After all, he had too many questions to ask, such as whether the Gray Disaster had ended, and whether the crisis at Giant Tree Hill had come to an end.

They came here not to solve the crisis of the saints, but just to take the elf lady away. If the crisis in Giant Tree Hill continues, it may not be so easy for them to escape.

He also wanted to ask who those people behind the scenes were. Although the Seven Seas Tours were just passing by, he had promised Meryl and Linseya, and every unicorn girl, that he could not let them down.

What's more, the minions of the Shadow Man have traced all the way from the Empire to this place, and it is very likely that Adeni is behind it - or the mysterious shadow society mentioned by Nia.

He had not forgotten his parents' former captain, the origin of 'Star', and the notebook he got from Istania, which was exactly the same as the one he had seen at his uncle's house.

On it is a coat of arms related to the Shadow Society.

He always had a vague premonition that the real purpose of those people sending him into this world and his parents' strange plane crash were all related to it.

And even if we take a step back, investigating the other party's origins and background is also a task entrusted to them by the military.

But Elaine shook her head and interrupted him. "Elaine was my former name. You can call me Lumineth now. In the original language, light represents creation and destiny. The corresponding one is Umbrael, which represents storm and death."

"Now the twins are in charge of the three courts of storm, death and fate, together with the natural temple representing the rebirth of nature, that is, the triple woodland. They are the three goddesses of the new nature and the ancient fate."

"We are Aimaya, Luminia, and Ubraya."

The third voice spoke, "The ancient destiny will return, order will be restored, the Holy White Tree will flourish again, the crisis will be temporarily resolved, but the disaster will still come at the end of time."

A third shadow descended from the Temple of Nature, and the Lady of Nature came before the White Tree.

Attila also stood up from the ground and looked at her goddess respectfully.

"So," Luminia said, "Ed, Mia, you will be my chosen ones. I will give you the crown of destiny and the blade of death to that girl. You will exercise my authority until the end of time."

"My daughter," Ubulaya (Narsul) said to Sylvie, "will you take my trident and become the mistress of the sea and the land, the mother of my daughters, and the matron of the Naga clan?"

"But I want to be a human more." Sylvie looked at Fang He beside her. She didn't mind having stronger power, but she was worried that she would become another person and Ed would not be able to accept it.

But the former did not care, thinking that she had agreed. She reached out and touched Sylvie's forehead, and the faint scale pattern on the forehead of the ship officer finally disappeared, and it became as white as before.

She herself is in human form, so she doesn't mind what her chosen one looks like.

Luminia interrupted Fang He with a smile, as if she knew what he would ask: "The plague of the white tree will come to an end, and Aimaya will send down an oracle. What you wish for is the reward she will give you. But it is far from just that. You want to know why we chose you in the first place?"

She shook her head.

"Rather than saying we chose you, it's better to say you chose us. The Crown of Hailin is a sacred object I bestowed upon mortals, and I prophesied that it would usher in changes at the end of an era."

"But not everyone can easily pluck the strings of fate, otherwise I would have given you the oracle the moment you got the Crown of Hailin. You have to believe in yourself, Ed, just as we have always believed in you."

"Finally," the girl began, "rather than us telling you the answer to the question you want to find, it's better for you to go and find it yourself and see it for yourself."

After saying that, she reached out and gently pushed Fang He's chest. A door of light opened behind Fang He, and he fell into the vortex and disappeared immediately.

...(End of chapter)