This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 589: Klonoa's Legacy

Costat was very rude. "Mr. Hines, please hold back your thoughts. It's too shameful for us to start fighting among ourselves before we get the goods."

Heins snorted coldly. He was just testing their thoughts and didn't intend to really discuss the matter.

But Costat's words also made him very dissatisfied. "What do you mean by a little thought? This is a situation that you are bound to face. Your Highness, have you never thought about it? Or do you already have an idea in your mind but hide it?"

In the distance, the action seemed to have begun, and one of the chosen ones had already arrived in front of the Holy Castle.

Everything is ready.

Costat said expressionlessly, "Let's solve this matter first. It will take a long time before we can truly obtain the Holy Castle. Azure Dragon will not give up."

Hines sneered, "Don't use Qinglong as an excuse. He can no longer contact the Holy Castle. It's better to speak out your ideas openly than to do something in secret."

Heckler frowned and stared at the scene in the distance. It seemed that something unexpected had happened, as if it had taken too long.

Costat immediately sneered, "This holy castle was originally discovered by the Empire. You guys are the ones who forcefully intervened. Are you fair and square?"

"Ha..." Hines laughed: "Finally you spoke your mind. I knew the Empire would be upset about this... maybe..."

Before he could finish his words, Heckler shouted angrily, "Shut up! You are a bunch of idiots!"

Hines' face turned cold, and Heckler's face looked extremely ugly. "There was an accident."

"Ok?"

The three of them suddenly reacted and looked at the chosen one who was close to the Holy Castle.

He was seen holding a skull in his hand and seemed to be shouting.

However, the Holy Castle did not respond at all.

"How could this happen?" Heckler's eyebrows twitched and he flew forward.

The faces of the three people gradually became solemn. They suddenly had a bad premonition in their hearts. Without caring about the argument, they quickly followed.

As he got closer, he could hear the chosen one trembling in response to Heckler's questions.

"I...I don't know what's going on. I'm just speaking according to your requests."

Heckler's face was extremely gloomy. "Try again."

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the chosen one was seen holding up the purple skull in his hand, trying to keep his voice calm: "I request to take the trial to become the king!"

This sentence is exactly the same as what Leonidachus said at the beginning.

However, the holy castle before them remained silent, no longer emitting a beam of guiding light like it did last time.

"What's going on?" Hines was the most impatient and asked immediately, "Why is it different from last time? Did your people do something?"

"Idiot!" Heckler scolded unceremoniously, "Can you use your brains when you speak? If we can easily do something to the Holy Castle, why would we need you?"

Schmidt frowned. "What's going on? The previous method no longer works. Does that mean my plan is ruined?"

Costat's face was tense, but he had an extremely strong and familiar feeling in his heart.

That feeling is called "unexpected situations". Since he came into contact with Qinglong, the number of unexpected situations has almost far exceeded the total number since he became a prince.

"Qinglong!" He uttered these two words, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

"You mean, Qinglong is doing something wrong?" Hines' face changed slightly.

"Since the last incident, the only abnormality that has occurred is the sudden contact between the Azure Dragon and the Holy Castle." Costat's expression was solemn.
"Perhaps during the brief connection just now, Azure Dragon had some influence on the Holy Castle, making our methods ineffective."

Qinglong?

Hines' cheeks flushed, then turned blue, and he twitched slightly. He recalled what he had said before and his "contempt" for Qinglong, which was like two slaps in the face.

This made him unable to help but retort, "Don't blame Qinglong for everything. Maybe it's your people who are behind this."

"Tell Malcolm to change people." Heckler almost squeezed out these words from his throat, his eyes fixed on the Holy Castle in front of him.

We tried again with a different person, but the result was the same.

The cold reality told Heckler that the loophole he had painstakingly figured out had now been filled.

If it weren’t for the Azure Dragon and the inexplicable space-time giant screen, the Holy Castle would have been mine long ago.

Heckler roared in his heart. He could not remain calm ever since the three major civilizations intervened.

After being squeezed, Hines breathed rapidly, but although he seemed reckless, he did not add fuel to the fire and swallowed it down.

Schmidt's face changed, and an indescribable feeling of frustration swept over his body. Strictly speaking, this was only his second fight with Qinglong.

He sighed, "I thought I finally defeated Qinglong this time, but it turned out to be a miserable victory."

"All previous plans were based on the premise of being able to squeeze in. Now we have to start all over again." At this point, Schmidt became more and more helpless.
"It will take at least ten years to break through the Saint Castle's energy shield."

"Ten years, there are too many variables." Costat did not react much. He was already accustomed to the unexpected situations caused by Qinglong.

"The good news now is that Qinglong cannot contact the Holy Castle for the time being."

"As for starting over again..." Costat's eyes swept over Heckler, "Let's report this matter first."

Several people looked unhappy. This was the most unexpected accident. Even in the High-Level Joint Organization, they were tricked by Qinglong, and they were not angry to this extent.

Everyone knows that the Holy Castle is the key, and as long as there are no problems here, it can be accepted.

Under the current circumstances, the higher-ups will probably be angry again.

……

In the capital of the empire, Adam was receiving a secret report with a strange look on his face. "What message did Chronoa leave for me?"

On the virtual screen, a middle-aged man with a resolute look said in a deep voice: "Yes, that's what the life form in that dimension said."

"He seems to have been looking for someone from the Empire, and he had to make sure that he was someone who obeyed your orders. After passing the relevant information to me, he destroyed himself. I have ordered people to seal it in top secret and send it back as quickly as possible."

Adam nodded with an unclear expression, and immediately thought of Qinglong.

Chlonoa conveyed the information to him in this way, presumably before his death, and it must have involved Azure Dragon.

Could it be some secret about Qinglong?

Thinking of this, Adam became a little impatient.

But it would take time to transport the things back, and he didn't want more people to know the news. He had to watch it himself, so he could only hold it back for the time being. Putting this aside for the time being, Adam asked again, "How is the search going?"

The middle-aged man looked a little hesitant. "We have searched the area where Klonoa perished, the main battle area of ​​the Eternal Star, and the tracks along the way, but we have found nothing so far."

"There's not even a trace of it."

Adam frowned slightly and tapped the table with his knuckles. He was the one who sent this group of people to search for the fragments of the Star of Eternal Silence. The information left by Chlonoa was an unexpected gain.

He has one third in his hand, Qinglong also has one third in his hand, and there should still be one third lost out there, which no one knows about.

He sent this group of people there after the apparent dispute ended. Half a year has passed, but still nothing has been gained.

"Keep looking, and remember, be sure to hide." he warned.

"I understand." The middle-aged man nodded.

After the screen went off, Adam slowly leaned back in his chair, with all kinds of information intertwined in his mind.

Not long after, "Klonoa's legacy" came to mind. Facing the thorny enemy Qinglong, this information tugged at his heartstrings, "What on earth... is it?"

He had many thoughts at once.

But soon, the quiet thinking was interrupted by a communication request from Costat.

A gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he quickly calmed down and chose to connect.

"Holy Emperor..." Costat smiled bitterly. Adam had a rough idea in his mind and asked in a deep voice, "Something went wrong at the Holy Castle?"

"You are wise." Costat said helplessly, "Today, the captured chosen ones arrived, and we were about to launch a second exploration, but who knew that Qinglong suddenly forced communication with the Holy Castle..."

He roughly repeated what happened, but Adam's expression remained unchanged.

When he heard that the information state isolation lock had recorded Qinglong's information state, he raised his eyebrows. This should be good news.

But since Costat said something had changed, Adam wasn't excited and just continued listening.

"…As a result, when the chosen one tried Heckler's previous method, something unexpected happened. The Holy Castle did not react at all. We speculated that it must be Azure Dragon who changed the underlying rules of the Holy Castle…"

"Wait..." Adam's face changed slightly, and he suddenly interrupted, his face serious: "Are you sure that Qinglong changed the rules of the Holy Castle?"

Costat paused, noticing Adam's unusual reaction, and said conservatively: "At present... this possibility is the most likely. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"That's the Holy Castle, built by the Lord himself." Adam's voice became deeper. "If you want to change the rules of the Holy Castle, you can't do it with just a few words. He..."

Adam hesitated to speak.

Kostat's expression also became more serious. He realized that this matter was more serious than he thought. "Now, it is impossible to squeeze into the Holy Castle by taking advantage of the King Trial. All plans must be scrapped and started over again."

"We can't delay any longer. He might be closer to the Crown of Digras than we thought." Adam's face changed, and he immediately gave an order, "Tell Heckler not to hide it, and use the backup plan."

Costat's heart skipped a beat. "Heckler's backup plan is only a speculation. It may not succeed."

"Don't be afraid. The entire cost will be borne by the Star Alliance and the Federation." Adam said coldly: "We provide a plan, and the two of them provide solutions. It's reasonable."

Upon hearing this, Costat's expression softened a little. He nodded and whispered, "...Do you want to speed up the progress over there in the Chaos Star Gap?"

"There's no rush for that... Just follow the plan." Adam shook his head. "The Chaos Star Gap cannot cause any fundamental damage to Azure Dragon. The Holy Castle is the key."

Costat said he understood, and the slight confusion he had during the report was swept away, and he had a goal again.

.........

In the Holy Castle, Li Ming had already passed the monitor and watched the entire process. He couldn't help but sigh: "You are still reliable."

If this loophole is not plugged and the three major civilizations are allowed to squeeze in, they will really be unable to take care of each other.

The Supervisor retracted his metal arm, and the virtual screen in front of him disappeared. He shook his head and said, "This can only delay for a while. You still have to think of a solution as soon as possible, otherwise you will have to give up here..."

Thinking of this, the Supervisor couldn't help but feel a little angry. "How can the life forms of the main universe be so short-sighted? The danger of the Eternal Abyss is hanging over their heads. Shouldn't they work together? Why are they still fighting each other?"

"Your talent is unique in the universe, and you deserve the full support of the entire universe. That is your hope to fight against Yongyuan."

"At the beginning, the Titans worked together, without distinction between you and me."

“Haha…” Li Ming couldn’t help but grin, “I guess you must have a filter. Even the Titans back then didn’t necessarily work together when facing the final crisis.”

He took a lot of benefits left by the Titans and had no opinion on the Titans. He was just simply arguing about this matter.

The Supervisor frowned, slightly dissatisfied: "Of course we will work together, regardless of death or consequences. No Titan will have selfish motives, and there will be no infighting."

"Why are there eight holy castles?" Li Ming asked back.

The Overseer paused for a moment, frowned, and explained, "Of course, we can't put things in one basket, and we can't just give them to one living being."

"The masters want to cultivate more seeds to help subsequent civilizations fight against the danger of the Eternal Abyss."

"It's to avenge them." Li Ming hit the nail on the head and shook his head, "Working together is easier said than done. Sometimes, it seems like working together, but it's nothing more than strength that happens to be used in one place."

"Besides, the Titans are a race after all, and the main universe races are like the stars in the sky...wait..."

At this point, Li Ming seemed to have noticed something, and looked at the Supervisor with a special look, half-smile, which made him very uncomfortable, and he said in a deep voice:

"No matter what you think, the Titans are all working together. If you were born in the Titan era, you would definitely receive full training."

Li Ming smiled, "It just occurred to me that the concerted efforts you mentioned just now should not include those Titan branches. In fact, even you don't count them as "people"."

The Supervisor's metal face suddenly changed.

Li Ming shook his head and laughed, "You said I was born in the Terrax era, and you subconsciously put me in the Titans, right? What if I am a Titan branch?"

The Supervisor complained that these life forms in the main universe were not working together.

At the same time, he subconsciously separated the Titan branch from "working together".

Even the monitors who have truly experienced the Eternal Abyss have different levels of education in their hearts, not to mention these guys in the main universe.

Li Ming didn't expect that once the Eternal Crisis was announced, everyone would work together to fight the disaster and even devote all their efforts to training him.

Besides, the three major civilizations are not unaware of the existence of the Eternal Abyss.

The Overseer was speechless.

Li Ming patted his strong shoulders and said, "Thank you for your concern, but it's better to rely on yourself than on others."

(End of this chapter)