Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 724 The End
ended……

On the gradually collapsing spatial battlefield, Xin Lailai looked at everything in front of him and breathed a long sigh of relief. The White Demon next to him, who had just emerged from the Shadow King state, staggered, bleeding from all seven orifices, and was barely able to support his body with the help of the blade stuck in the ground.

"Ahem, damn it! I finally understand why this damn mission has a favorability requirement. Fortunately, Lao Hei, you have increased the favorability enough this time, otherwise if we really fight for another stage, the three of us will probably have to lie here!"

Randy, who had also released his second stage, limped over and supported the White Mage like a brother in distress. He casually complained. At this moment, the Void Tree's announcement sounded:

[Notice (Void Tree): It has been detected that the world-class unit · Duskblood Guard Captain has completely died, and the "World Core (Corrosion)" has not been damaged. The hidden world quest · The Oath of Ancient Blood has reached 100% completion!!!]

[Tip (Tree of the Void): Please ask the main participants to bring the "World Core (Erosion)" to the location of the "World Core (Fake)" as soon as possible. After fusing it, you can end this "World Battle" and enter the mission settlement stage! ]

Does it mean the end is complete only when the core of the world is brought back?

"Tsk, BYD Void Tree is a bit too stingy, isn't it? It has come to this point, can't they open a small path for us?"

"There's nothing we can do. We're still in the world battle stage, so we have to follow the rules. Brother Bai Mo, how is your physical condition? Can you withstand the space teleportation?"

"Can't die."

Xin Lailai looked at the White Demon beside him, threw a few life crystal stitches at him, and asked casually, while the White Demon wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and answered expressionlessly.

In fact, under normal circumstances, after using Shadow King twice and Abyss Form once in a row, let alone having enough physical strength to resist space teleportation, it would be good enough to have one breath left.

However, the physical buffs provided by Xin Lailai at the beginning and the life crystal suturing technique released by herself were really powerful. They helped him relieve a lot of physical burden and even saved the honor recovery potion in the storage space.

It can be said that after this battle, Bai Mo was already thinking about what he should do in his inheritance to trade with the other party in the Sanctuary Paradise after returning. Although he always insisted that his own strength was the kingly way in the past, after tasting the effect of top-notch assistance + high-quality enhancement items, this idea was just really good.

Putting aside the fact that he was shot to death by the old guard captain, this BOSS battle could be said to be the most enjoyable one he had fought in recent times. Not only were there enough recovery items and buffs, but he also didn't have to worry about accidentally hurting his teammates. He even had Xin Lailai, the top team assistant, to help him resist damage, make up for the output, control, and even use his brain throughout the whole process, allowing him to successfully enjoy the feeling of emptying his brain and just doing his job, which was very satisfying for a pure technical master like him.

"That's ok, Brother Randy?"

"Understood! Let's go!"

Seeing that the White Demon was fine, Xin Lailai nodded slightly. For safety reasons, he applied a layer of crystal suture on the other party and used the defensive field to resonate with the other party's body protection energy. Then he looked at Randy, signaling that the other party could set up the teleportation array. Upon hearing this, Randy whistled frivolously, and with a move of his mental power, he quickly set up a relatively stable teleportation array around the three of them, and then fired a shot into the sky.

Om-! !

The next second, a silver-white light bloomed and transformed into a circle of space fluctuations that was much smoother than the space orbital cannon, wrapping up all three people and disappearing on the spot with them.

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Dark Glory Continent, Kota Fortress.

"Don't panic! Let the 19th Line of Defense retreat. Lord Black Sword and his men have already set out. What we need to do now is to protect..."

"Le... Chief of Staff Ryan! Lord Black Sword and the others are back!!!"

"Yeah, I know... eh? Wait, so fast?!"

Inside the Kota Fortress, Ryan, who had just received the news of Xin Lailai and others' departure two minutes ago, was commanding calmly and quickly. At this moment, the messenger beside him suddenly looked happy and said excitedly, which made Ryan's eyes widen suddenly. Obviously, he did not expect Xin Lailai and others to act so quickly. Then he immediately reacted and decisively changed the order:
"retreat!!!"

"Notify everyone, retreat the entire army, and move all defense lines inwards immediately! Don't fight to the bitter end!"

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Kota Fort, main gate.

",!!"

Dark red flames rained down from the sky, burning the abyss creatures that rushed to the main gate into ashes. On the armored platform, Tafina, who had just released a large-scale pyroxene spell, breathed a sigh of relief. She was about to observe whether there was anyone who needed support on the battlefield...

"Everyone, pay attention! Lord Black Sword and his men have completed the decapitation operation! Immediately abandon all endangered defense lines and conduct a protective retreat to the interior! Do not fight to the death!"

A sonorous and urgent voice of instructions came from the communication device beside her ear, which made Tafina's expression startled. Then she suddenly widened her eyes, looked behind her with rapid breathing, and then -

Boom——! !

Suddenly, an extremely dazzling three-color beam of light shot up into the sky from the fortress, illuminating the entire world.

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Kota Fortress, inside the core tower.

"Wow, Ran...Brother Randy!!"

Intense spatial fluctuations were lingering around, and in a room with a translucent world core floating, the white-haired little Lolita looked at Randy and the white demon supporting each other, and rushed over with tears in her eyes, looking like she was about to cry.

"Haha! Don't worry, I still have some limbs intact."

When Randy saw the little white-haired girl rushing towards him, he smiled, touched her head and comforted her.

"Oh my god, Brother Bai, you're injured... Did you use that again?"

"Yeah, I used it."

"It's over. I'm going to be scolded by the big sister again when I go back. Tsk, forget it! Anyway, there have been so many things happening in this world. I think the big sister will understand us... uh, maybe?"

The werewolf youth at the side looked at the remaining wisps of dark aura on the white demon, his eyelids twitched, and after asking and getting a positive answer, he muttered uncertainly, and then looked at the core of the world in the hand of Xin Lailai who was walking in front, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

"Is this what the hidden mission requires?"

"Well, Brother Evil Moon, can you ask your summon to make way for a moment? I need to go over there."

"Oh, I almost forgot about this. Hey, Eclipse, don't fall asleep! Move over!"

"Mua~!"

The werewolf youth reacted after hearing what he said and shouted to the silver-white spider girl who was lying lazily snoring in a large hammock made for herself by using the ceiling. The other party yawned, rubbed her eyes, muttered something in a daze, then pressed the three-meter-long silver-white spider leg against the wall beside her and pushed it, making way for Xin Lailai like swinging on a swing.

Is the life of the Zerg Queen so relaxed?

Xin Lailai looked at this scene, and glanced at the silver-white spider girl in front of him with some curiosity, but he didn't care too much. He just nodded slightly, walked quickly through the path made by the other party, and came to the bottom of the fake... or the 'tree-made' world core. After looking up, he put the black core in his hand into the light column, and then...

boom--! !

A beam of light made up of a mixture of blood-red, bright gold, and gray rose into the sky. At the same time, a cold and majestic reminder sounded in the minds of everyone present:

[Notice (Tree of the Void): Attention all participants in this world, because the main participants White Devil (Reincarnation Paradise), Randy (Death Paradise), and Black Sword (Sanctuary Paradise) have successfully obtained the "World Core·Erosion", this "World Battle" has ended]

[Notice (Void Tree): Since the "World Battle" has ended, this world is about to enter the "Notarization Phase". According to the notarization of the spatial coordinates of this expedition world battle, the proportion of notarization authority this time is: Sanctuary Paradise (40%), Reincarnation Paradise (30%), Death Paradise (30%)]

[Notice (Void Tree): Severe abyss erosion residues have been detected in this world, and the judgment is in progress...]

[The judgment has been passed. The Sanctuary Paradise, Samsara Paradise, and Death Paradise have all agreed to pay the cost of removing the erosion residues on their own. There is no need to change the notarization authority ratio for this judgment.]

[It is detected that the rank of "World Core·Corrosion" used in this notarization is higher than the current rank of this world, judging...] [Judgment completed, Sanctuary Paradise, Samsara Paradise, and Death Paradise have all agreed to pay the resource costs for the rank promotion of this world on their own, and there is no need to change the notarization authority ratio for this judgment]

[Notice (Void Tree): Judgment completed, preparations for notarization begin...]

As the notice fell, in an instant, three different colored halos burst out from the sky in a fan-shaped shape. For a moment, all the lives in the Dark Glow Continent saw the same picture at this moment, and heard the cold and majestic voice that sounded in their minds, like a god:

【Preparation completed, notarization begins! 】

Boom——! !

The next second, three different colors of light fell, turning into a circle of intangible but visible impact, spreading from the surface of the entire world, and wherever the light passed, the abyss creatures and abyss beasts that were affected were like machines that suddenly received a standby command, one by one they all froze in place, and then dissipated into ashes all over the sky with the sweeping wind.

"Is this... a miracle?"

In the command room, someone was looking at the scenes that appeared on the screen and in his mind, muttering in disbelief; in the fortress, a patient suffering from pyroxene disease was looking at the pyroxene crystal clusters and wounds on his body that suddenly disintegrated and healed by themselves, and after a brief daze, he hugged his companions beside him tightly with tears streaming down his face, crying bitterly.

Not only these places, but also residential areas, refugee areas, fortresses, battlefields, wilderness... At this moment, all living beings in the Dark Shine Continent seemed to have sensed something, and as long as they had the freedom of movement, they subconsciously looked up.

"Hey, look at the sky!"

"That is……"

Finally, it was unknown who discovered something first. In front of the main gate of the fortress, a warlock suddenly pointed to the distant sky and exclaimed. The gray-haired girl, the warlocks, and the warriors looked in the direction he pointed. After seeing the scene in the distance clearly, they looked at the sunlight shining down from the dark sky, and they were all stunned for a moment.

……

Dark Glow Continent, Wilderness.

"Mr. A-Dong, what are you doing...?"

An old and hoarse voice sounded. On the platform of the side door of the abandoned fortress, the old teacher, whose breath was as weak as a candle in the wind, was leaning against the armored wall. He looked at the imaginative young man next to him who was suddenly surrounded by a circle of golden halo, and his eyes moved slightly.

"Nothing, it just seems like I have to leave here soon~! Anyway, didn't you hear the sound?"

The imaginative young man, who was also leaning against the armored wall with his hands casually placed on his knees, smiled, squinted his eyes, looked at the scene in the distance, squinted his eyes, and casually asked the old teacher whose eyes were gradually turning from turbid to dim.

"That sound... I seem to have heard it..."

As the old teacher spoke, he looked at the gradually blurring vision in front of him, at the pitch-black sky and the vast and barren land, and murmured in an old and hoarse voice:

"But... I was thinking about what Mr. A-dong said before, so... I might not have paid much attention..."

"What did you say before?"

"Ah... yes, Mr. Adong, didn't you ask me before, what is the meaning of doing these things..."

A hoarse murmur sounded, and the old teacher lowered his head and gently stroked the book in his hand with his unconscious fingers. A touch of gentleness appeared in his cloudy eyes, and he murmured:
"To be honest, I don't know what the specific meaning of doing this is..."

"We are just a group of survivors exiled in the wilderness, abandoned by civilization. To put it in a story, we are probably... a group of minor characters who don't even deserve to be remembered."

"Neither... ahem... I can't be remembered, nor can I control my own life and death. Even just living in this world is almost exhausting. If you think about it carefully, this kind of life can perhaps be described as pathetic, right?"

"But... even so, I... don't regret my past, and I never think it should be abandoned."

"Maybe... I'll be ridiculed, maybe... it'll sound funny, or maybe... ahem... someone will think that my idea is disappointing."

"In fact, I have resented and complained in the past. I felt... ahem... that what happened to me was too unfair, and... until now, I think... I haven't forgiven those guys. I even... fantasized more than once that someone would avenge me... or something."

"Mr. A-dong, actually... I don't like this world. I even hate it... but I am sure that while I hate it, I can't let it go. If... I really heard someone say... that they want to destroy the world... or something like that, I would probably... still want to stop it, right?"

"Heh... cough cough, it's very contradictory, isn't it? I'm obviously... full of resentment, but I also feel satisfied. I've obviously thought about... resisting, but... I don't dare to... do anything. In the end... I'm just like... everyone else, living normally... but abnormally... in this... world."

"But ah..."

As the old teacher spoke, his cloudy eyes reflected the old book cover. He gradually stopped stroking it and looked up at the sky in the distance, muttering:
"I think this is... the meaning of our existence."

"Not worth mentioning, but... existing; no one cares, but... making choices; just like... those children, they... made me understand that even if we... ahem... insignificant, we can still... do... what we desire in our hearts."

"Mr. Dong..., I like reading books very much, especially those forgotten histories."

"I once...thought that I was attracted by...the great deeds in the forgotten history."

"But later... I realized that maybe I just wanted to find traces of those insignificant people who were destined to be forgotten by history... just like us, from those forgotten corners?"

"This is... the lifestyle I chose for myself. This is the meaning I seek for myself."

"And in the future, I believe... those children will also... find their own way... to live."

"Perhaps... they will be forgotten like me, but... at least, I can use... my own way to record a little trace for them."

A hoarse murmur came from the old teacher's throat, which was covered with dark brown crystal clusters. The imaginative young man who was squatting beside him and looking up at the distant scenery with him just narrowed his eyes and stared at the distant sky and earth, watching the golden halo that passed across the earth like the aurora, without saying a word.

"Mr. Adong, can I... ask you one last question?"

"Just ask."

"What do you think this world will look like in the future?"

"Who knows? But...it probably won't get worse than it is now, right?"

Boom——! !

At the end of the earth, an extremely dazzling golden light bloomed. In the distance, shouts of disbelief and cheers of people who found that their pyroxene disease had been cured came from the main gate and interior of the abandoned fortress.

As the old teacher was listening to the imaginative young man's answer and was about to say something, he seemed to see something suddenly and froze there. The dark sky that collapsed and disintegrated from the golden halo was reflected in his cloudy pupils. He looked at the blue sky and the sunlight breaking through the clouds that he had only seen in dreams and very few materials, his eyes leaping.

"Yeah……"

The next second, the sun set, dispelling the shadows and darkness on the earth and completely covering the dim light emitted by the pyroxene crystal dust, and the old teacher closed his eyes peacefully as if he had fallen asleep.

"That would be enough."

Wow——! !

A light breeze blew by, picking up the dark brown crystal dust that had fallen from the old teacher's body, blowing the old book in his hand. The pages flipped in the wind, and finally gently stopped on the title page, revealing the words written in very ancient characters:
“May the world one day be freed from this dim light and usher in the true light.”

——Hao Zachary, the recorder of the Cang Ling Empire, excerpted from the last paragraph of "The Book of Oath".

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(End of this chapter)