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Chapter 590 The Legend of Shattered Stars

A brand new image appeared before Van En's eyes.

Those were shooting stars scattered under the magnificent and wondrous night sky.

"What a nice view."

He saw a city standing beneath what seemed like an eternal night sky, with meteors streaking across the heavens, a magnificent and epic sight.

This city, stretching as far as the eye can see, is an architectural style completely different from the outside world. It shimmers with a mysterious light everywhere and blends perfectly with the night, as if it were built in the style of darkness. The residents, dressed in strange white clothes, also look up at the shooting stars.

Just by observing, Vann seemed to be able to guess the various histories of this city, which is the kind of imaginative power that a qualified adventurer needs.

A magnificent and mysterious city, a night sky dotted with shooting stars—if he could see such a sight every day, he would be willing to live in this city.

People in ancient times must have eaten so well, and even the scenery they saw was so beautiful!

Van En felt a pang of envy. He thought back on his life and realized that all the scenery he had ever seen that could be considered "fantasy" was in the city of Sien. He didn't know whether to call it luck or misfortune.

Although we can appreciate the scenery of the past through various images, simply watching images will make us increasingly unsatisfied.

He now deeply, deeply, deeply envies the people living in this nameless city, if—

"boom!"

A meteor crashed to the ground, instantly destroying large sections of nearby buildings. The residents swept away were left mangled and bloodied, with hardly any intact remains.

Whether it was rubble, meteorite fragments, or splattered blood, everything flew past Van En. He could even smell the pungent stench of blood, and the immersion was at its peak at this moment.

"Hey?"

He was stunned; his envy was shattered by this sudden turn of events.

What happened? A meteor hit the ground!

It feels like your computer wallpaper suddenly pops up and punches you.

The first meteor to fall seemed like a battle cry.

Suddenly, purple, shimmering starlight appeared in mid-air, and within the light, a storm of meteorites was smashed to the ground.

The beautiful shooting stars that were originally streaking across the sky seemed to be forcibly pulled by this force, and they all instantly changed positions and crashed into the nameless city.

"Boom boom boom——"

A torrential downpour fell, leaving devastation in its wake.

Cities destroyed, residents perished, civilization vanished.
The roar, screams, and earthquakes blended together to create a melody reminiscent of the apocalypse.

Even if it's the end of the world, it's nothing more than this.

Fan En was stunned.

Where is the promised ancient, breathtaking scenery?
My good mood changed in an instant!
It's like scientists painstakingly reviving ancient plants, hoping to recreate the beauty of antiquity, only to suddenly discover that the revived flower is called Zigera.

He suddenly realized that the meteor shower was not a beautiful natural sight, but a calamity that would bring destruction!
In this city that is suffering from a great disaster, there are extraordinary figures who are trying to stand up and stop the disaster, and even Van En's attention is drawn to them.

However, the other side did not succeed, because something else fell along with the meteor.

In the illusory darkness, a giant skeletal hand suddenly appeared and grabbed those who were trying to stop the disaster.

In an instant, the owner of the giant hand appeared amidst the flickering starlight.

It was a humanoid skull that could only be described as a "giant"—pale, cold, and terrifying, with insect-like pincers extending from its mouth adding to its inhuman and eerie appearance.

The broken forehead reveals a single eye hidden within, and the colors of the universe seem to converge within it. All the feelings of the cosmos—grand, cold, magnificent, and bizarre—can be found in that single eye.

Having crammed on knowledge about the outside world, Vann naturally knew the name of this monster.

[Dark Meteor] Estée!

These are monsters that once appeared in the Sien Dungeon. Although they only appeared for a few short weeks, they left a deep impression on people.

Because this thing has never been defeated by anyone!

Van En had seen footage of others challenging Estée, and based on his own feelings...
The Esti right in front of him now was even stronger than the one that had appeared before!

As they were grabbed by the giant hand and forced to stare into Esti's "eyes," the people who stood up in this nameless city let out shrill screams. Their fate was so terrible that even Vann turned his head away, unable to bear to look.

When Estée appeared, the fate of this disaster was already sealed.

The nameless city was not without resistance, nor was it without formidable strength.

But the dark meteor brought them utter destruction; no means were of any use against this mysterious monster.

Aster summoned more meteorites; it turned out that the previous attack was its doing.

Wherever the meteorite passed, it turned everything into wasteland.

"It was a truly hellish scene."

Having experienced the turmoil caused by the occult blood parasite, Van En's psychological resilience was much stronger than that of ordinary people, but when he saw this scene, he still closed his eyes like Buddha.

Even with my eyes closed, the oppressive, suffocating terror emanating from Estée still lingered in my mind.

The feeling of despair even seeped into his body through the cries of the city's residents.

However, he believes that the emotions he is feeling now are not even one ten-thousandth as severe as those people felt back then.

It was as if he had fallen into a heavy, stagnant swamp, or plunged into an endless abyss of the sea; no action could change his inevitable fate. It was at this moment that a question suddenly arose in Van En's mind.

The Legend of Shattered Stars. Shouldn't the protagonist be General Rataen of Shattered Stars?

Why did you make me see Estée destroying the ancient city?

Wait, Esti, meteorite, shooting star, star fragment.
Could it be that?
The moment the thought crossed his mind, the terror emanating from Esti vanished.

Instead, he felt an indescribable sense of security that enveloped his entire body!
Van En quickly opened his eyes, and the scene before him instantly changed. It was no longer an unnamed city, but a field that resembled Galid, only without the crimson decay.

Before him stood a burly figure, his entire body clad in lion armor.

The lion's mane-like red hair seemed to be burning fiercely, the excessively wide and heavy double swords pulsated with purple waves, and the skinny horse beneath him formed a stark contrast with its master's physique.

Even just a glimpse of his back is enough to make his identity recognizable.

"Ratan!" Vann instinctively called out the other person's name.

The figure standing firmly on the ground was none other than "General Shattered Star" Rataen!

He now exudes an overwhelming fighting spirit that is almost tangible, his red hair flutters like flames, and his fighting spirit is high!
Before Ratahn, the night sky was filled with twinkling stars, and a dark meteor streaked across the sky, revealing a grotesque and monstrous alien object.

It's Estée!

Seeing the two sides exuding an irreconcilable hostility towards each other, Fan En immediately understood what the so-called "Shattered Star" really meant.

The wasteland trembled.

Estée's skeletal maw opened silently, emitting a roar that could not be heard by the senses.

The scorpion-like form, composed of glittering stars, radiates an eerie light, while a bewitching cosmic nebula appears all around.

One after another, the destructive [Aesti Meteorite] emerged from the nebula!

In that instant, the mysterious and profound universe unveiled a corner of its mystery to the world!
A moment later, a meteor shower that could only be described as a torrential downpour began to crash down on the earth without pause, its force even surpassing the natural disaster that destroyed the nameless city!
The target is clearly Ratahn, who is all alone!
Regardless of what others do, this time Fan En was genuinely trembling.

But he glanced at Ratahn, who was standing in front of him.

That tall figure stood firm like a mountain amidst the torrential rain of meteorites, and even just standing there gave people a sense of security that words could not express.

Strong people always bring a sense of security, and Rataen is even more so!

"By the way, legend has it that he single-handedly challenged and defeated the star, so the result this time is—"

Vann stared at Rataen's retreating figure, his eyes brimming with anticipation.

Just as the meteorites were about to fall to the earth and Esti's giant claws were about to touch Rataen, he moved.

That was a stomp of earth powerful enough to trigger an earthquake.

The twin blades, deeply embedded in the ground, vibrated as a result, and were then drawn by a strong suction force, automatically flying into his hands.

Then, a battle roar that made people involuntarily tense up burst out from Rataen's mouth!

The deep purple gravity magic, which had reached a state of perfection, spread outward from the demigod in an instant, covering the entire plain in the blink of an eye!

That was such a terrifying range of coverage; even forbidden spells didn't seem to have many that could match it.

Fortunately, I'm watching a video right now; if I were actually on that battlefield...
It would probably be crushed by gravity in an instant!

Estée, captured by gravity, and the meteorites suddenly slowed down to an extreme speed. The powerful gravity pulled them toward the ground. Despite its best efforts to resist, it could not escape the fate of being pulled toward the ground little by little.

Like a wild beast slowly falling into the hunter's mouth.

On the ground, Rataen had already raised his twin blades—his [Shattering Star Greatsword]—high.

When battle spirit and magic burst through the sky, the night sky, filled with countless stars, comes to a standstill.

The two enormous swords fell without reservation.

“————!!!”

The stars shattered.

The earth cracks.

The stars stopped turning.

Fate is stagnant.

The scene freezes at this moment.

The images receded like the tide, all the strange scenes disappeared, and what reappeared was Galid's blood-red sky.

But Van En stood still, motionless.

His mind seemed to have been stolen by the blow that shattered the star, and he stared blankly at the amulet in his hand.

The image of Rataen battling the stars, carved on the amulet [Legend of Shattered Stars], shimmered faintly.

After what seemed like an eternity, Vannn stared at the amulet for a long time, recalling the scene he had just witnessed, and the sight of everyone heading to Red Lion City to participate in the battle festival, especially Yuffie's confident demeanor.

His expression changed instantly, and he couldn't help but exclaim:
"I'm fighting Ratahn???"

(End of this chapter)