I, holding a long sword in my hand, only know one move

Kelon shook his head gently: "It doesn't matter. I understand you and Rick's choice, but at least...let me continue to like you secretly."

"..."

"Sometimes, I really envy you. It feels like being able to love someone regardless of your own safety. In this world, this shouldn't be considered selfish, right?"

Ke Long threw down the quilt and left like this. Even Cheng Rang had no time to stop him.

Do you understand Rick's choice?

The footsteps outside the door disappeared as the sizzling pyroxene on the wall of the room gradually extinguished. Cheng Rang looked back at Ke Long's words tonight and couldn't help but slowly widen his eyes.

Kelon, she...

Have you already discovered that Hubie is not human?

But even so, she always treated Hubie as a real family member...

So a girl who looks carefree on the surface but is so delicate on the inside should also vaguely expect that she is not an ordinary person.

But she will still like herself and worry about herself.

That childlike enthusiasm also continuously infected other people in the settlement, bringing them hope in despair.

To be honest, if this settlement only had Rick or only Kelon, it would never be as beautiful as it is now.

Rick bears the despair and darkness of the world and uses absolute reason to make the most correct choice, while Kelon bears the side of beauty and hope, using passion and sensibility to expand the tiny happiness in despair as much as possible. Come on.

And the appearance of Hubie...

Is it the existence that pries open Rick's [Heart Lock] that represents absolute sanity and changes the situation?

Cheng Rang waited in the room for a while again. After there was no movement around him, Cheng Rang put on his cloak and mask again, put on the pyroxene lamp and set off from the settlement in the darkness.

He had a premonition...

Such ordinary and happy days may not continue forever.

The outside world at night is more beautiful than during the day, with bright blue souls falling from the sky like thousands of fireflies.

From time to time, rolling thunder could be heard in the distance of the dark purple sky, which was then dyed orange with a faint bright yellow.

But this beauty is still fatal to most creatures.

It can be inferred from the situation in the distance that the almost endless [war] will not stop even at night.

Black ash fell on Cheng Rang's shoulders, and he raised his hand to gently dust it away.

These are all elves who died because of the war.

Whoosh——

Cheng Rang's figure turned into a blurry afterimage and shot out in an instant, heading towards the girl waiting for his appointment in the distance at a speed that was absolutely impossible for humans.

But all the actions were watched quietly by a figure.

In the dark studio, Ke Long slowly straightened up in front of the telescope lens. Within a few seconds, he could no longer capture Cheng Rang's cloaked figure.

She felt that her legs suddenly lost strength, and she slowly fell to her knees, raised her hands and clutched her chest tightly, and murmured a sentence with trembling lips.

"There won't be any results..."

Chapter 41 The story before the legend

Here, the night where death is like falling snow - hard, firey, smelling of metal, is not quiet.

But the figure traveling quickly in the wilderness didn't care about that.

The cave on the mountain wall in the distance was clearly visible. Cheng Rang raised his head, exerted force on his feet, jumped silently, grabbed the entrance of the cave and slipped in.

Click——

The small beam of light from the flashlight illuminated the darkness in the cave. Because it was close to the water source, water droplets were still dripping from the tips of the stalactites, hitting the shallow depressions on the ground. When the white light shined up, it could still shine on the rock wall. It reflects the brilliance of a rainbow.

The howling wind swept into the cave, making a whistling sound. Cheng Rang walked along the rock crevice diagonally downward, climbed through the narrow pass and jumped down.

But after the last experience, before falling into the water, Cheng Rang drew his knife and nailed himself to the rock wall with a boring sound. Then he turned over lightly and fell down. The original intention of nailing to the rock wall returned to his waist in a flash. Between the scabbard.

"Ai Xue'er, I'm here." On the shore, Cheng Rang softly called the girl's name.

deep huge

The surface of the large lake rippled slightly, and soon bubbles popped out. A purple light suddenly appeared from the depths of the lake, quickly rose to the surface, and then——

Wow!

A beautiful mermaid girl with long dark blue hair decorated with coral emerged from the water, holding a pearl shining with purple light in her hand, with a smile as bright as a flower.

"You're finally back, Cheng!"

"Sorry for coming so late."

Ai Xue'er shook her head vigorously: "Yeah~ It's not too late at all! Ai Xue'er's place is always bright!"

It’s always bright——

Only then did Cheng Rang realize that there was no light in the dark cave except for the ball of light he had left for her.

The girl who is waiting alone here and abiding by the promise cannot know the changes of day and night. She can only stare at the darkness that cannot be illuminated by the light in the curled up shell, waiting for the call in the promise.

"That's good....."

Cheng Rang held up a few fish hanging on the rope and shook them: "Have you finished eating?"

The girl followed the fish in Cheng Rang's hand as her eyes moved back and forth, and said, "Not yet, because...Cheng said...save some food."

Ai Xue'er took out four intact packages of food and showed them to Cheng Rang. She said proudly: "Look~ Ai Xue'er is obedient!"

"Three, did you only eat one pack in three days?" Cheng Rang opened his eyes in surprise.

"Well, because I don't know when Cheng will come back...Ai Xueer only eats a little when she is hungry."

"Can't you go into freezing sleep? In that case, you can decide when to wake up, so you don't have to work so hard."

"If I enter freezing sleep... I won't be able to call your name!"

Cheng Rang's next words were stuck in his throat, while Ai Xueer laughed cutely.

"Sure enough, if you call your name... it will be conveyed. Cheng must have heard my call, so he came here, right?"

No, I didn't hear it at all...coming here today was just a random coincidence.

But in the girl's almost transparent world, all she can wait for is herself.

"Cheng, come and chat with Ai Xueer! We have an appointment."

"........Um."

Cheng Rang sat down on the shore and asked, "What do you want to talk about?"

Although I had to go back before dawn, it was still early and I could still stay with her for a while longer...

"Can Cheng tell stories? Ai Xueer wants to hear stories..."

"Of course I will. What kind of story do you want to hear?"

In the dim light, the man was sitting cross-legged on the ground, while the beautiful sea-dwelling girl was lying next to him, smiling and looking at his face with eyes that seemed to be talking. The fish's tail gently slapped the water, stirring up white waves.

When Ai Xueer's mother taught her how to speak, she would often tell her stories. But the specific story, Ai Xueer said it had been too long and she couldn't remember it.

"As long as it's a story, you can tell anything."

"Well, then...let me tell you a story about a traveler."

"Okay~"

The girl nodded and looked like she was listening. Cheng Rang organized his thoughts and spoke slowly, bringing time back to the past——

"This is the story of a traveler who can travel through various worlds..."

That was when he was not a traveler. The boy was just an ordinary person, living with his mother in an incomplete family.

Although life cannot be called rich, it is better than ordinary and happy.

He was once a young man full of passion, eager to experience all kinds of exciting adventures like the protagonist in the adventure story...

And one day, his wish came true.

...

Cheng Rang adjusted his posture so that he could sit more relaxedly and looked at the girl lying on the shore. She was very fascinated by the beginning of such a boring story.

Cheng Rang couldn't help but smile, and continued:

"He took the sword and started training to become stronger."

Because as long as he passes the initial experience, he will be able to become a brave man on his own, embark on a journey to the adventure world, and start the exciting story of his dream.

But for some reason, he never passed the initial training.

So I can only continue to exercise...

Time passes day by day, year by year, and I don’t know how long it has been.

The young man could only wave the sword in his hand over and over again where he started.

Precisely because the story never started, he could only continue training in this boring and tedious way, with no ending, no end, and no hope.

The initial expectations were gradually smoothed away by time, and the enthusiasm was extinguished, cooled, and condensed by the endless road...

The young man regretted it. He didn't want to stay here anymore, because there was nothing else here but himself.

But the fate of being suddenly selected did not let go of the young man. He tried every means, but he could not return to the dull, warm, and even boring days at the beginning.

He began to miss his mother's nagging voice. He began to miss every time he was pregnant.

When the child is hungry, someone will prepare delicious meals for him and call his name.

He cried bitterly while holding the sword in his hand in a world of nothingness.

He felt unfair, helpless, and alone.

"Why doesn't he go on interesting and passionate adventures like the protagonists in other stories?"

"Why is he the only one left in this deserted world, facing a void that is so long that no hope or margin can be seen, and no one responds even if he screams?"

For a long time after that, the young man struggled with loneliness and pain. Tormented by loneliness, he could not stop complaining and crying.

He had been crazy, desperate, expecting... hysterical.

He even wanted to pursue self-destruction to end everything that made him feel endless loneliness and loneliness.

But the unknown power can never make him do what he wants.

The young man was awakened from a pool of blood countless times and thrown back into the nothingness. It was as if someone was watching him in the distant unknown and told him - you have not completed your mission yet. You cannot refuse, and you cannot refuse. Can't give up.

"..."

Cheng Rang said this, lowered his head and fell silent.

Ai Xueer, on the other hand, furrowed her beautiful brows and asked softly: "Then what?"

"Then?"

After a long pause, Cheng Rang took a deep breath and sounded relieved.

"Then after a very, very long time, the boy finally got used to everything and figured out one thing."

"What's up?"

"...That is, he can't go back to the past no matter what. Instead of feeling sorry for himself where he is, it is better to pick up weapons and move forward."

Because no matter what, all he can look forward to... is the future.

"The only thing you can choose is hope."

Chapter 42 One Year

After swiping the sword in his hand tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of times.

The young man's heart changed from anticipation and excitement to dullness and boredom, and then to complaint and loneliness.

despair.....

crazy.....