Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 677 The Eve (Part 1.16) [w words]

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"8:23:56"

Hughland Fort, exterior.

Wow——! !

The howling wind slapped against the thick armored walls that were full of traces of time. From afar, the slowly moving fortress looked like a dark mountain beast. Every step it took made the surrounding earth tremble violently.

"Brother Randy, I finally found you!"

On top of the pitch-black fortress that was like a giant beast, a dishevelled little girl with white hair was seen climbing up breathlessly from under the armored wall below. She looked at the young nobleman who was sleeping soundly on the small platform in front of her and breathed a long sigh of relief.

However, the only response was the sound of the sharp wind and the snoring of the noble young man.

"..."

Seeing this, the little white-haired loli looked down at her robe that was blown into a mess, pouted her lips, and quickly walked to the side of the young nobleman who was immersed in a sweet dream and even drooling, and took out the undead staff from the storage space. The staff was half a meter taller than herself and had a top like a battering ram. After taking a deep breath, she jumped with all her strength, shouted, and swung the staff with both hands to smash the armored wall and floor next to the other person's head.

Boom——! !

The next second, a huge roar was heard, and a circle of visible shock waves spread out from the place where the staff hit, suppressing the sound of the whistling wind around.

"Who the hell... Ahem, it's Xiaoyun, what's going on?"

A cursing greeting sounded, and the young nobleman who was sleeping soundly on the ground suddenly woke up. When he was about to greet the guy who disturbed his sweet dream as usual, he happened to see the white-haired little loli who was looking at him righteously, swinging a staff almost as tall as him in her hand. He coughed lightly and asked a question in a lack of confidence.

The little white-haired girl didn't say anything when facing the young nobleman who had just woken up. She just pursed her lips and looked aggrieved, giving people the feeling that she would cry at the next second.

"Hey, Xiaoyun, don't be like this, just say it if you have something to say! Uh... okay, I admit my mistake! I shouldn't have left Xiaoyun alone and come here to sleep! Please don't hesitate to take it out on me, Master Xiaoyun!"

The young nobleman looked at the white-haired little Lolita in front of him and was about to make some more excuses, but when he saw the other party's expression that looked like she was about to cry, he decisively knelt down in front of her with his whole body prostrated, and loudly admitted his mistake, not caring about his own face at all.

"Really...really?"

As the noble young man knelt, a soft questioning voice as soft as a mosquito's hum sounded from above his head. Upon hearing the voice, the noble young man's eyes lit up and he quickly said:

"Really! It's truer than gold! As long as Xiaoyun doesn't report to Sister Theo, I'll do whatever you ask your brother Randy to do!"

"Then... then I want Brother Randy to... to hold me before he goes down."

As soon as the words fell, a hesitating voice was heard, and the little white-haired girl lowered her head, her face so red that it seemed like water was about to drip out, and the ahoge on her head stood up high in the rising heat.

"Eh? That's all?"

The noble young man who was kneeling blinked his eyes and showed a look of surprise when he heard the words, while the little white-haired girl standing in front of him just blushed, lowered her head, and responded in a low voice.

"Um……"

A shameful voice sounded, and the young man didn't know how to respond for a moment. In the end, he could only smile helplessly, stood up from the ground, patted the dust off his body, reached forward, and picked up the white-haired little Lolita, whose neck turned red in reaction, and then sat with her on the edge of the platform.

"How's that? Is this okay?"

"Um……"

A strong gust of wind whistled past, blowing up the young nobleman's robe and the long hair of the white-haired little Lolita in his arms as he asked. The white-haired little Lolita in his arms just nodded with a red face, and buried her little face in the young nobleman's arms, not daring to look him in the face.

Seeing this, the young nobleman smiled helplessly, touched the other's head, and without saying much, he just held the other and sat on the edge of the platform, quietly looking at the scene in the distance.

Time passed by little by little. It was unknown how long it had been until the blush on the white-haired little Lolita's face gradually faded. She then carefully raised her head and looked into the distance with the young nobleman. She then spoke in a low voice:

"Brother Randy."

"What's wrong?"

"I...Is it really okay for us to be like this?"

"Don't worry, I'll just hold you for a while. Sister Theo won't say anything."

"No... not that, I... I mean, the scramble."

The little white-haired girl blushed when her meaning was misunderstood, and she quickly explained in a hesitant voice.

"A battle? Oh, you mean this? Don't worry, with Xiaoyun's ability, even if he can't get second place, he will have no problem getting third place~!"

"Third?"

Hearing the young man's words, the little white-haired Lolita blinked in confusion.

If she remembered correctly, there were only three paradises participating in this world battle?

"Yes, after all, the guys on the other side are so strong, we are lucky to get a spot. Anyway, according to the rules, as long as we hold a spatial coordinate, we can let Paradise take over part of the notarization rights of this world. So what we have to do now is to watch the excitement and try our best to retain our strength."

The young nobleman shrugged his shoulders and spoke in a matter-of-fact tone, as if he didn't think it was shameful to fight for just a spatial coordinate.

“Is…Is that so…”

The white-haired little Loli said this, lowering her head and looking down at her legs that were pressed against the young man's and gently swinging like a swing, with a depressed look in her eyes.

"Why, our competitive Xiaoyun feels sad?"

The young nobleman looked at the white-haired little Lolita, smiled and made a teasing remark.

"No... No, I... I was just thinking, maybe I'm too useless, so Brother Randy doesn't dare to compete with Samsara Paradise. Otherwise, with Brother Randy's strength, he would definitely..."

The little white-haired Lolita spoke hesitantly, lowering her head, a little frustrated, with a look of self-blame on her little face.

In her opinion, if she hadn't been holding him back, with the young nobleman's strength, there would be no need for him to choose such a conservative approach. After all, she had witnessed how he had come this far, and she knew better than anyone how powerful the young nobleman was.

This time, after hearing the self-blaming words of the little white-haired girl, the young nobleman who was holding her did not say anything to comfort her. Instead, he showed a look of surprise, then laughed and said:

"I see. Xiaoyun, do you think I was hiding from that guy Bai Mo?"

"Hey, isn't it?"

When the white-haired little Lolita heard this, she gently blinked her snow-white eyelashes, and a look of bewilderment appeared on her little face.

"Pfft, well~ Although I admit that I am no match for that White Demon, I am too familiar with his temperament. If it was a one-on-one fight, I might be afraid of him, but now I have Xiaoyun by my side. Just him and a summoner are not enough to make me so scared~!"

The noble young man chuckled, picked up the little white-haired girl, and leaned back, lifting her up. He smiled and stared at the little white-haired girl's eyes that showed a little confusion. He narrowed his eyes slightly and spoke to the little white-haired girl in surprise:

"What I'm really worried about... is the Sanctuary Paradise."

"Sanctuary...Paradise?"

The little white-haired girl muttered, recalling the information that the young nobleman had told her. This time, she remembered that the two people who came in from the Sanctuary Paradise seemed to be at the outer level, so she said with some shame:

"Sorry, Brother Randy, I forgot that two members of the Outer Level Team came to the Sanctuary Paradise this time."

According to the young nobleman, the pioneer called Black Sword is already a powerful being comparable to the other party and the White Mage of the Samsara Paradise. In this case, with the addition of a performer who is suspected to be far stronger than her, a top-tier summoner with a serious imbalance in her subjects, the Sanctuary Paradise is indeed the one to be feared the most.

"Sure enough, am I the one holding Brother Randy back?"

The little white-haired girl reacted and said, her expression became depressed again, but this time, the young man still shook his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said:

"No, in terms of personnel selection, our Xiaoyun can play a very important role in this battle. Moreover, Xiaoyun, you seem to have misunderstood my meaning. What I am worried about is not what kind of people the Holy Land Paradise has sent this time, but the Holy Land Paradise itself."

"The Sanctuary Paradise...itself?"

The little white-haired girl was stunned when she heard this. It was the first time she heard a young nobleman say such words.

It's not that I'm afraid of a certain existence, but that I'm afraid of a certain paradise itself. This feeling sounds like...

"You're talking about the Sanctuary Paradise as if it were a living being, right?"

The young nobleman said with a smile, his gray pupils seemed to see through the heart of the white-haired little Lolita, and directly stated the question in her mind, which made the white-haired little Lolita stunned for a moment, and then nodded slightly.

"Um……"

In her opinion, the tone of the other party's words just now did not sound like a joke, but that he really meant it.

"Brother Randy, could it be that..."

"Don't worry, there is no conspiracy here. Well... I can't say there is no conspiracy. Anyway, what I said just now is more of an appropriate description. In short, Xiaoyun, you just need to know that the actions of the Holy Land Paradise... especially the outer-level contractors in the Holy Land Paradise are basically not "accidental."

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. In short, remember that when something happens that you feel is abnormal and is related to the Sanctuary Paradise, the best choice is to find a place to protect yourself. Don't escape too much, and don't get too involved. Act normally according to your own ideas, but it's best to be more careful about everything."

"For example, in this world battle, the people from level nine to level four at the Sanctuary Paradise clearly chose to refuse just like our Paradise did. Why did they choose to agree when it came to level three? Xiaoyun, what do you think is the reason?"

"Well... because there are many Level 3 Outer Level teams in the Sanctuary Paradise this year, and there's also that guy called 'Tianqian'?"

The white-haired little Loli answered hesitantly. She had heard a lot about the third-level of this session of the Sanctuary Paradise. She heard that there was not only a monster so strong that the paradise had specially formulated a 'ban' rule against it, but also a total of seven outside-level teams and a strange violator who was suspected to be in the outside-level team.

You have to know that their paradise has only produced two third-level outer-level teams this year. Although the Samsara Paradise is better, there are only three people in total. It can be said that even together they are not as many as the Sanctuary Paradise. Under this circumstance, it is natural for her to agree to initiate a third-level world battle for the world.

"Well, on the surface, it is true. But if you think deeply about it, Xiaoyun, have you ever thought about why the Holy Land Paradise has produced so many foreign-level teams in this session? Why not in the previous or next session, but in this session?"

"This one……"

"Of course, you can also say that I think too much, but...Xiaoyun, have you read the history of the park's development?"

"See... a little bit."

"So, in your eyes, what is the overall style...or impression that the contractors of the Sanctuary Paradise give you?"

"This... God... There are many charlatans?"

The little white-haired girl thought about it, bit her index finger, and answered uncertainly.

In her rough impression, the first impression that the Sanctuary Paradise gave her was that there were indeed many charlatans, and the contractors there seemed to be basically believers of one or some type of god. Not only that, when she had read some introductions related to the paradise before, the introductions to the Sanctuary Paradise often contained words such as gods, cults, and believers.

From these, it should be no problem to say that the charlatan is the overall impression given by the contractor of the Sanctuary Paradise, but...

"It's just... have you ever thought about why the special class of the Holy Land Paradise, which is characterized by charlatans, is called Pioneer, a word that is incompatible with gods and sects?"

The noble young man's voice, as if seeing through people's hearts, rang in the ears of the white-haired little Lolita again, and when the white-haired little Lolita heard these words, she was stunned.

Yes, why is the special class in the Sanctuary Paradise called Pioneer?

If you think about it carefully, apart from the Sanctuary Park, the other parks actually have extremely distinct park characteristics for their respective special classes, and they are also extremely consistent with the overall style of their parks.

A hunter in the reincarnation paradise with blood on his hands, full of madness and cruelty.

A bohemian ranger of the Death Paradise who loves freedom and indulgence.

Safe and reliable, the guardian of the paradise that makes people feel inexplicably at ease and trustworthy.

The Sisters of the Holy Light Paradise are full of holiness, and the mere name reminds people of healing and warmth.

There is also the Battle Angel, which has been banned, but the name makes it clear at a glance that it is in line with the style of Apocalypse.

It can be said that the names of the special classes in the other five paradises are extremely consistent with the overall style of the paradise and the contractors. On the contrary, the title of Pioneer, which often appears on the stake, is incompatible with the so-called charlatan style no matter how you look at it...

"Don't you find it strange? Hunter, Ranger, Watcher, Nun... The names of the special classes in other parks can clearly indicate the characteristics of these parks, but the Sanctuary Park chose a name that is completely inconsistent with the style of the charlatan, 'Pioneer'?"

"Then, let's assume that each park's title for its special class is determined based on its own style. Then... is it possible that the first impression given by the title of 'pioneer' is the true 'appearance' of the Sanctuary Park, and the so-called 'god-like style' is actually just a 'false image' deliberately created by the Sanctuary Park, or just a 'process' on its development path?"

As the young nobleman spoke, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a deep look flashed in his gray-white pupils. When the white-haired little Lolita heard these words, she was completely stunned.

"The pioneer... is this the true 'appearance' of the Sanctuary Paradise?"

"Yes, if you think about it carefully, the overall style of the Sanctuary Paradise does give people the impression that there are charlatans everywhere. But if you look at it from a deeper perspective, don't you think, Xiaoyun, that the essence of this style... is actually a kind of 'advanced'?"

"Since you have read the history of the park, Xiaoyun, you should be able to find that before the Golden Age, when other parks were still in the 'survival of the fittest' stage of eating raw meat and drinking blood, the Sanctuary Park had already reached the stage of 'cooperative coexistence' relying on faith and gods."

"Not only that, if you carefully read the data before the White Night Era, you will find that before the Abyss Eruption, among the top contractors in the Holy Land Paradise, there were not many orthodox contractors of the God System. On the contrary, in the Holy Light Paradise and the Apocalypse Paradise, several top powerhouses who were promoted by relying on the God System Rules were born. In the paradise known for its 'god sticks', in the end, not many powerhouses of the God System Rules appeared. Don't you think this is actually a very magical thing?"

"Especially after the Abyss Invasion, when the powerful gods in other paradises suffered mass deaths or insanity due to the pollution of the astral rules, the Sanctuary Paradise did not have any turbulent events related to the pollution of the gods' power. Although the information said that the Sanctuary Paradise built a good thing called the 'Temple of the Gods' that can protect the gods' rule system, so it avoided losses."

“But I looked up the historical data and found that when the Sanctuary Paradise announced the ‘Temple of the Gods’, the space inside it was not occupied much. On the contrary, the Sanctuary Paradise, relying on the ‘Temple of the Gods’, effortlessly gathered all the divine rule forces scattered across the star realm together. Even those wild gods had to express gratitude to the Sanctuary Paradise for taking them in. If you think about it carefully, this trick is really extraordinary, isn’t it?”

"Including the Golden Age, many people think that the appearance of an academic organization like the Academic Sect in a Sanctuary Paradise full of charlatans is just a coincidence. The 'Chief of the Academic Sect' simply thought that the environment in the Sanctuary Paradise was relatively stable, so he just happened to move in there. But is this really the case?"

"Xiao Yun, you like to read all kinds of history books. Tell me, according to the history of the present world, what kind of knowledge pushed everyone from riding horses to fighting each other?"

"Physics."

"So, what is the view of the scholar who founded physics in modern history on the relationship between God and science?"

"Science... science can help people better understand the intentions of the gods."

"Well, going back further, what about those 'heretics' or 'pioneers' who were burned at the stake? When they proposed their theories, what did they think of God and their own discoveries?"

“I feel… I feel that people’s understanding of this world created by God is wrong… Ah!”

Wow——! !

A gust of wind blew by, causing all the clothes of the white-haired little Lolita who was being held high by the young nobleman to fly up. She could not help but exclaim and shyly pressed down the hem of her dancing skirt. When the young nobleman heard the answer from her, he suddenly laughed.

"Look, now... you should understand why a sanctuary paradise featuring 'pioneers' would give birth to something like 'god sticks', right?"

"Haha, what a charlatan... What a deceptive lie! After all, how many people can realize that what they think is ignorant and backward is actually the most intelligent and advanced, and can even become a hotbed for academic progress?"

The young nobleman laughed, with a deep look in his eyes, and the little white-haired girl he was holding asked timidly:

"So, Brother Randy, what you mean is that the real feature of the Sanctuary Paradise is not 'supernatural', but 'science'?"

"Well~ I can understand it that way, but to be more precise, we should use 'advanced' or 'pioneer' instead, right? Although it's just my guess when I'm bored, don't you think, Xiaoyun, that the current operating mode of the Sanctuary Paradise is much more advanced than our paradise and the Samsara Paradise?"

"Indeed... a little bit. I heard from Sister Theo that the contractors there... are much more united than those in our paradise, and the hunting groups are also very large. There are also various things that can be bought in the market that we can't buy here at all."

The little white-haired girl thought about it and nodded in agreement. After a careful comparison, she found that the operating model of the Sanctuary Paradise was indeed so perfect that she was a little envious.

"But, Brother Randy...what does this have to do with us being careful about the Sanctuary Paradise?" After a while, the little white-haired Loli asked with some confusion. In her opinion, the above content did not seem to have much to do with what the other party said at the beginning about the need to be wary of the Sanctuary Paradise.

"Ah, you silly girl, you are so slow~!"

Upon hearing this, the young nobleman sighed helplessly, put the white-haired little Lolita down, and then stretched out his finger under the other's curious gaze and flicked the other's forehead heavily, causing the white-haired little Lolita to whimper and cover her forehead with her hands. The expression on her face suddenly became aggrieved.

But this time, the young nobleman did not comfort her, but said earnestly:
"Think carefully about what I just said, from the entire star realm's divine system being effortlessly recovered by the Sanctuary Paradise, to a charlatan paradise inexplicably becoming the star realm's top academic holy land, to their operating model quietly leading us and several other paradises, which step was discovered in time by the guys who were there at the time?"

"Even if you think about it carefully, from the paradise of charlatans, to the recycling of the rules of the gods, to now people are using the gods as 996 hard laborers, what do the calculations here make you feel?"

"Wow... insidious?"

The little white-haired girl covered her forehead and answered aggrievedly, while the noble young man nodded and praised with a look of teachable character:

"You're right. It's insidious. This is the style of the Sanctuary Paradise. And the style of the Paradise is related to the contractors under its command... especially the outer-level contractors. Should I have told you about this before?"

"Uh... well, Brother Randy, you said at the time that every park will definitely produce a team of outsiders that fits its style, and because that person particularly fits the park's 'preferences', he or she will often be cultivated by the park to become the core figure of the park. You also said that your personality is actually the result of the similarities between our parks."

"Hey... what do you mean by like-minded? That's called hitting it off right away. Don't say that, kid!"

The young nobleman coughed and denied the last words of the white-haired little Lolita without hesitation. Then he looked at the scene in the distance, squinted his eyes, and said:

"In short, it's almost like what you said. According to the nature of Paradise, since there are so many outside-level teams in the Sanctuary this year, there is a high probability that there is a sinister bastard who is extremely in line with the 'preferences' of the Sanctuary Paradise. And this guy is likely to be someone who looks completely flawless on the surface and can even fool you, but at the critical moment he can turn you into a Muggle bastard."

"According to what Sister Theo has told me, there are three people who fit this description in this year's Sanctuary Outer Level Team. One is the brother Yamu I told you about. Whether this guy is the person I mentioned or not, you have to be careful when dealing with him. He is very secretive. The other two are Dong from the Sanctuary Sun Cult, and Black Sword from the Lailai Cult founded by the stars of the Golden Age."

"I have never met these two people, so I can't make a direct judgment, but according to my intuition, the probability that the black sword is the bastard I mentioned is very high, especially since he is from the Lailai cult. According to my investigation, the probability of a normal person appearing in that cult is lower than the probability of me hooking up with my mother. Anyway, I don't believe that this guy is as noble and upright as the newspapers say."

"Of course, that being said, this guy belongs to the Lailai Cult, which has a pretty good relationship with our heritage, so we can't be ruthless. In this case, we'll just have to hide if we can. So Xiaoyun, just stay with me. We'll throw out a few undead and release those crazy people in this fortress. It'll be OK to symbolically participate in the battle, and let the White Demon, who has only killing in his mind, deal with it himself. Don't let him get really affected~!"

"Although my intuition tells me that the silly White Demon is likely to suffer a loss, but if the two of them happen to fight to the point of both suffering losses, hehe..."

The young nobleman shrugged his shoulders and said as a matter of course, then laughed with a sinister expression, and the little white-haired loli next to him blinked and said nothing when she saw the other party's appearance.

Although she felt that what the young nobleman said made sense, to be honest, for some reason, she always felt that the other party was not much better than the sinister bastard he described?
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"03:23:56"

Jingle Bell--! !

The shrill sound of the alarm exploded from the clean and tidy room, but it stopped abruptly in less than half a second.

Communication device, pyroxene inner armor, pyroxene storage bag, portable operation unit...

Very good, that should be all right.

In front of the large dressing mirror, Tafina, who had woken up a few minutes earlier, checked her clothes very carefully. After making sure that she had not forgotten anything, she glanced at the time displayed on the communication device on her wrist, took a deep breath, opened the door, and walked out of the room.

"Are you awake? Breakfast is ready, so eat quickly."

When she opened the door, a gentle and pleasant voice sounded in front of Tafina. Lav, who was wearing an apron and holding a stack of freshly baked breakfast, put the plate in her hand on the dining table and spoke to Tafina. Tafina looked at the other person's figure, which was gradually matching the one in her distant memory, and was a little stunned for a moment.

"Why, are you feeling unwell?"

"No... I just happened to remember some things from the past, some things... before you, Raph, got pyroxene disease."

Tafina came back to her senses and spoke to her friend in front of her with a smile, a hint of tenderness in her eyes. When Lav heard her words, she was slightly startled, and a hint of reminiscence appeared in her eyes.

"Come to think of it, it's been a long time since I made breakfast for you, Tafina."

As Lav spoke, she looked down at the breakfast in front of her, which was still a little unfamiliar, and a hint of reminiscence appeared in her eyes.

"Yeah, it feels like a dream..."

Tafina sat at the dining table, elegantly tasting the breakfast prepared by her friend, with a hint of tenderness in her pupils.

Dream...or rather, this was a scene that she had never dared to imagine even in her dreams.

My friend who was suffering from pyroxene disease recovered just like that, and I sat with him at the dining table, chatting about the past in a warm atmosphere. We no longer had to fear death from pyroxene disease, nor did we have to worry about the difficulties brought by poverty.

Even their identity of being born in the lower class will no longer affect them, and they can walk hand in hand openly on the road in the middle class and even the upper class.

"Ah, it seems like it's almost time for the shift change!"

Suddenly, a scream was heard, and Lav, who was wearing an apron, seemed to remember something. She said something hurriedly and hurried to the changing room.

"Sorry, Tafina, I have to go to work first... ah!"

Dozens of seconds later, Lav, who had quickly changed her clothes, said hurriedly. When she was about to push the door and leave, she suddenly felt a sense of weightlessness from under her feet. An arm suddenly picked her up from behind and hugged her around the waist. After holding her in a princess hug, it was carried from the floor-to-ceiling window to high in the sky with a whistling wind.

"I am a great sorcerer now, right? If I just go to the factory, I can get there in no time~!"

Tafina looked at her friend in her arms, who had a shocked expression on her face, and smiled slightly, revealing a sly expression as if seeking credit.

When Lav heard the gray-haired girl's answer, she was briefly shocked, then she came to her senses. She looked at the busy traffic at least hundreds of meters away from her, with a hint of excitement in her eyes, and murmured:
"Amazing! Is this what it feels like to fly in the sky?"

Although she also knew some pyroxene spells and had seen Tafina leaving the air many times, due to pyroxene disease, she had to lie in bed all year round. This was the first time in her life that she had the experience of being taken to the air by a friend.

"This is just the beginning. Get ready. We are about to speed up. Be careful not to bite your tongue~!"

"Ok!"

Tafina said with a smile, and with a thought, the pyroxene shuttle under her feet began to shine brightly. Upon hearing this, Lav smiled with a hint of anticipation, and took the initiative to hug her tightly, looking down at the scene in front of them together, her pupils flickering slightly, as if she wanted to remember this scene forever in her mind.

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"02:16:56"

"Sorry, I'm a little late. Um...Excuse me, is this the General Staff Headquarters?"

A somewhat nervous questioning voice came from the room full of technology. Ryan looked at the conference room in front of him, where there was only a blond young man concentrating on something. He stood up straight unconsciously, mustered up his courage, and spoke at the door:

"Um... I'm Ryan, the new chief of staff. May I ask..."

"Hey, you are Ryan?!"

Before Ryan could finish, an excited voice rang out. The blond young man who was flipping through some documents rushed over excitedly after hearing Ryan's self-introduction. He grabbed Ryan's hand and looked around him curiously, muttering to himself as he looked at him:
"So amazing... There is really no sign of training mental strength. He has completed such a high level of training rounds with just an ordinary person's body. It is just as Lord Black Sword said. It is amazing...!"

"that……"

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce myself! Hello, Commander Ryan! I am the deputy chief of staff appointed by Lord Black Sword to assist you. I am Anwen, a former vanguard soldier of the 39th Battalion of the Order Tower Regular Army, a level 3 warlock apprentice, and I am good at intelligence analysis and logistics management! Please give me your guidance!"

The blond young man said this and gave Ryan an unusually standard military salute. At the same time, he stared at Ryan with his eyes that seemed to be flashing, his eyes full of excitement.

"You... hello..."

Ryan listened to the other party's self-introduction, stretched out his hand somewhat at a loss, and shook the other party's hand. When he was about to say something, a voice that he was very familiar with came from the other entrance of the conference room, which shocked his body.

"Hmm? Are you guys... holding a welcoming ceremony?"

I saw a black-haired young man standing at the door, looking at the two people standing beside him with some curiosity. Next to him was a gray-haired girl wearing the standard wartime attire of the Grand Warlock of the Tower.

"Master... Lord Black Sword?!"

"Black Sword Commander-in-Chief, Tafina Deputy Commander!"

Faced with the two people who suddenly walked into the conference room, Ryan, who was not used to this kind of situation, became a little at a loss all of a sudden, while the blond young man Anwen next to him put his legs together very skillfully and saluted to the black-haired young man and gray-haired girl.

"Well, this is a meeting room, there's no need to be so serious, everyone sit down,"

The black-haired young man said, motioning for both of them to do their part, and then he said to Ryan:

"Ryan, you should have finished reading the information. What do you think of the upcoming battle?"

"Well, I..."

Ryan was suddenly nervous when asked this question, but he quickly calmed down after seeing the calm eyes of the black-haired young man that made him feel inexplicably relieved. After recalling the ideas he had sorted out based on the information provided by the other party in the past few hours, he sat down in the seat with the label "Chief of Staff" and said:

"That's right, Lord Black Sword. I analyzed the information you provided."

"According to the information you provided, we currently have a total of 12 great warlocks, 1433 official warlocks, and 12460 regular tower troops composed of warlock apprentices. From the perspective of efficiency, considering that you said that there will be continuous reinforcements in the future, I personally suggest that these personnel be divided into four teams, each team..."

In the meeting room, the plain-dressed young man from the lower class spoke in an orderly manner, while the blond young man beside him also raised his opinions at appropriate times. The two of them kept speaking, while the young man sitting in the main seat nodded slightly, quietly listening to the two's plans and various opinions, and finally...

"Master Black Sword, the above is all the plans I have compiled, please take a look!"

"Ah."

In the conference room, Xin Lailai took the CNC board handed over by Ryan, looked at the map and text analysis with various circles and crosses drawn on it, and browsed it carefully. Almost as soon as he calmed down -

[Notice (Tree of the Void): There is 1 hour, 0 minutes, 0 seconds left before the first space coordinate is generated. According to the rules of this expedition world battle, the location of the first space coordinate generation will now be announced to the participants of each camp! ]

A majestic announcement sounded in Xin Lailai's mind, causing him to change expression. He put down the document in his hand, looked at Tafina beside him, and said:

"Pass the order down, all troops are ready, and the personnel should be arranged according to what Ryan and Anwen just said. The performers will send people to assist you."

After the words fell, Tafina's pupils shrank slightly. Without any hesitation, she nodded and answered in a sonorous voice:
"As you command, Lord Black Sword."

……

"00:05:43"

"Brother Adong! Tell me more about the story of the masked hero and the big black devil~!"

"Well, I don't mind, but maybe Mr. Antoine would have an objection?"

A strong smell of rust filled the air. In the slightly damp iron carriage, a young man with a wild imagination sat in the window seat and spread his hands towards a curious child in front of him.

"Ahem...Tao, stop making trouble. It's late now. You should go to bed."

"Okay... But, Brother Adong, will you continue to tell us stories tomorrow?"

"Well, if I were still alive, I would probably do that, right?"

A light cough was heard, and Antoine, who was wearing a tattered teacher's robe, spoke to the reluctant child. Upon hearing what he said, the other child had no choice but to lower his head and leave the car, looking back every three steps.

"I'm sorry, but the kids are so energetic that you can't rest well."

After the child left, Antoine looked at the imaginative young man apologetically and apologized.

Although the imaginative young man had only been here for less than a day, he not only played with the children enthusiastically, but also used that strange pyroxene magic to relieve his illness. In Antoine's eyes, he already regarded him as someone he could trust.

"Well~ I personally don't really care. I'm actually quite happy to have someone to chat with me."

The imaginative young man just smiled indifferently at Antoine's apology, then squinted his eyes and looked at the scene outside the window, as if he was observing something.

"Come to think of it, it seems like it's going to rain, Mr. A-dong, why don't you go somewhere else to rest? If you stay here, you might get wet."

Antoine looked at the imaginative young man's actions and also looked out the window. After seeing the depressing dark clouds in the gloomy sky, he kindly reminded him.

"It's raining... Yeah~ It's really going to rain soon..."

The imaginative young man did not give a direct answer to the old teacher's reminder. Instead, he continued to stare at the sky, which was a perfect interpretation of the dark clouds that were about to destroy the city. He narrowed his eyes and said something that made Antoine a little confused:

"However, this rain... doesn't seem to be something that can be avoided simply by changing seats in the carriage?"

Can’t the rain be avoided by changing position?

Antoine heard this, a hint of doubt appeared in his eyes, and he looked out the window curiously again, but this time, he was stunned -

Buzz, rumble—! !

In a trance, it seemed as if a huge roar sounded from afar, causing the ground beneath my feet to tremble slightly.

Looking around, I saw that the huge black cloud in the sky seemed to be stirred by a giant hand, slowly spinning at a speed visible to the naked eye, and turned into a vortex amidst the thunderous buzzing sounds. The huge black cloud vortex was spinning in the sky, stretching for thousands of miles, and from a distance, it seemed as if it was going to suck the entire world in.

"Teacher!!" "There is a monster!"

“So… so big!!”

Suddenly, screams came from the other side of the car, causing Antoine's expression to change. He rushed into the car where the children were resting, but he happened to see a scene from the windows on both sides that made him gasp:

Boom...!
Faint trembling sounds came from a distance. If you listen carefully, you can hear many more terrified shouts in the air. They were the wandering pyroxene disease patients outside who had discovered something was wrong.

In the distance, three huge shadows slowly emerged from the end of the horizon, like a whale rising from the sea level, but much larger than that. They were large enough to cover the sky and make mountains hundreds of meters high look extremely small.

Is that a behemoth?
Or is it a bizarre nightmare?

When the outlines of the three fortresses emerged from Antoine's eyes, he felt as if he was trapped in an illusion that he couldn't get out of. The iron floor under his feet became more and more distorted as it trembled, the black clouds in the sky became larger and larger, and the dark shadow in the distance was getting closer and closer, until...

"00:00:00"

Boom! ! !
A huge roar resounded throughout the heaven and earth.

On the earth, a huge silver-white beam of light shot up from the distance, illuminating this land that had not experienced true light for thousands of years and whose day and night were divided entirely by the flickering law of pyroxene crystals, making it as bright as day.

With the help of this beam of light that was enough to illuminate the entire world, Antoine, who was trapped in a nightmare, suddenly woke up. Not only that, this time, he finally saw the true appearance of the three huge monsters:

That's the fortress.

It was several times larger than any small fortress he had ever seen, and it was a huge fortress that was enough to make people tremble just by looking at it.

A fortress several thousand meters high stood on the earth, crushing mountains and flattening forests. Amid the wailing of the earth, it moved towards the silver-white light column in the distance, and finally...

An extremely dazzling dark brown beam of light burst out from one of the fortresses and hit another fortress on the other side of the earth at an unimaginable speed.

boom! ! !
The belated roar exploded in Antoine's ears. He stared blankly at the scene in front of him, at the dark brown shelling marks that spanned the entire sky, and finally realized what all this meant.

The war...has begun.

……

(End of this chapter)