Secret: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

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Dreams are filled with grotesque and surreal elements.

The three of them didn't say much, and they walked up what looked like a giant snake or a spiral staircase, towards the place where the light came from.

They climbed up the stairs, getting higher and higher. At some point, Klein saw illusory clouds appearing beside him, and then gradually being passed through by him as he walked, falling below.

After walking up the stairs and reaching the top floor, they came to the top of the sea of ​​clouds, as if they could reach the height of the sky with their hands.

Medici stopped in front of a black wooden door covered with strange patterns that appeared out of thin air.

There is no gap in the sea of ​​clouds below, but the clouds are constantly floating, and there are faint shadows like towns and many creatures.

Klein looked up and saw that the sky in the dreamland was very strange. He knew it was the sky, but the sky looked like a huge glass zenith. A golden sphere could be vaguely seen in the brightest place, but it was blurry and looked far and near.

The sphere shrinks and expands steadily, casting a warm and bright light.

"What is that?" He couldn't help but ask. The bright sphere was a bit dazzling after looking at it for a long time. Klein lowered his head and miraculously felt the soreness in his eyes in his dream. "It's the same as the star realm. A symbol corresponding to the 'sun' and the Creator?"

"Oh, have you seen the symbol of the astral world?"

Hermes asked curiously.

Klein nodded and decided to speak truthfully: "That was a very accidental opportunity. The symbols of the astral world seem to be very different from the spiritual world. They don't have so many strong symbolic meanings, but are more like the celestial bodies and starry sky themselves. "

"Strictly speaking, this counts."

Medici joined the conversation. At the same time, he stretched out a hand and slowly grasped the door handle. His tone was lively: "After all, we are walking in the dream of the serpent. This is the Lord in the eyes of fate and a symbol of the star realm." It’s similar and very normal.”

The phantom of the giant snake that had overlapped with the spiral staircase remained silent, seeming to acknowledge Medici's words.

When Klein heard this, he looked around and saw that the blurry walls seemed to have the same vague paintings and sculptures hanging on them. The "Angel of Destiny" seemed to have a special liking for artistic creation. Klein saw Many works come from this angel. He seems to particularly like to use this method to record a certain moment in his destiny, or to give revelations to believers and others.

However, it was still very scary to see the statues and murals that suddenly became active... Klein thought of the little "Sun" who followed the chief on an exploration trip a long time ago and ended up falling into a loop. The other party was frightened by the murals left by the Angel of Destiny. .

"What's behind this door?"

Klein looked at the door in front of him and couldn't help but ask. Just as described in the ancient books in the Aurora Society, the gods sealed the true Creator in the Eastern Continent, intending to bury this period of history forever. And on the way to the land abandoned by the gods, the image of "door" does appear a bit too much, like layers of seals, locking the true creator and the people of this continent behind countless locks and Behind the gate.

He asked questions one after another, trying to get more ancient knowledge to help him digest his role better.

Medici and Hermes also showed great generosity and said while twisting:

"You'll know soon."

Klein understood that this meant asking him to think independently. At this moment, he felt that his feet seemed to be getting a little higher, as if the giant snake raised its head, and looked with them at Medici and opened the black wooden door covered with strange patterns.

The door opened forward, and there was a sea inside.

The sea is inside the door, above the sea of ​​clouds, and is directly illuminated by the dazzling sunlight. There seem to be large areas of rich golden color hidden in the water waves.

Medici breathed a sigh of relief and closed his eyes.

A golden sea? No, it was the things in the water that were emitting golden light... Klein observed Hermes and Medici, and seeing that neither of them seemed to want to explain the scene in front of him, he started to think hard.

This is the ruins of the God War, the dreamland of countless creatures, and the ruins of the God War are the battlefield where the "Redemption Rose" besieged the ancient Sun God, which is also the source of the catastrophe... Klein felt that he had vaguely grasped some clues, and thoughts were flowing. , according to the information revealed by Hermes, the God War broke out at sea, and the coast of the Eastern Continent was all in ruins. The ancient Sun God also fell in this battle, and his body and extraordinary characteristics were eaten by the three angel kings... Food……

Klein had a preliminary idea:

That is the blood of the ancient sun god!

And this blood appeared in the dream, proving that before he died, he was affected by the power of "dark night" and fell into a dream. He dreamed that he was torn apart and the sea was stained with blood.

In reality, perhaps the same thing is happening.

Regarding this answer, after understanding the composition of "Rose of Redemption" and comparing the various anomalies in the ruins of the God War, he already had a corresponding guess. He was not too shocked now, but the "Ancient Scholar" potion appeared again. digestion to a certain extent.

The digestion progress of the potion has almost reached 80% or even 90%. The remaining part will probably be digested soon during his trip to the Eastern Continent. After that, he only needs to bring the survivors of Moon City and Silver City to In the outside world, find a small island in the sea to settle and complete the ceremony.

Immediately afterwards, he sighed indescribably.

This is the closest he has ever been to the ancient sun god.

Bang!

Medici opened the door. As the black wooden door opened, an unimaginably strong aura seeped out, causing the entire dream world to visibly shake. The sea of ​​clouds made waves, as if it had encountered an earthquake that could destroy the world.

Amidst the scattered dust and collapsed stone bricks, Medici reached out and grabbed Klein and entered the dream where the golden ocean was.

The Creator's dream before his death was even somewhat peaceful, but as soon as he entered this world full of golden light and divinity, Klein immediately felt that his spiritual body was melting and his spirit was evaporating. Within a few seconds, he was It will become the nourishment of this dreamland.

At this time, the silver-white giant snake swam over from the other side of the door in an instant. Ouroleus surrounded all three of them and bit his own tail, forming a circle, which quickly made Klein's state return to normal. Still behind the door.

Immediately afterwards, the dream world suddenly shattered. Ouroleus seemed to find a direction in the dream. His huge scaleless body led Klein and others towards the end of the sea. Their figures became slightly transparent in mid-air, and then appeared directly in the mid-air of the ocean dyed golden, opposite the projection of the "Giant King's Court" frozen in dusk.

Here, there is a high temperature that exceeds Klein's imagination, but it is not as dangerous as in the dream.

In other words, the ocean in the core area of ​​the God War ruins has been divided into safe zones due to the conflict of various divine powers. As long as you don't explore blindly, there won't be any big problems.

"Orochi, do you want to read it?" Medici patted Ourolius on the back, and didn't know what answer he got. Medici smiled, "What a coincidence, I don't miss it either, you are taking us like this. Rush over."

"Your Highnesses, don't you read it? This is disrespectful to the Creator." Hermes looked around, and finally chose to point the cross on his chest, closed his eyes solemnly and prayed, "Praise you, the Creator of all things." Lord, the omniscient and almighty God!”

"You are one and ten thousand, the beginning and the end."

Medici clicked his tongue, reluctantly, but didn't say anything.

"You are the God of Gods, the ruler of the vast star world!"

After a pause, Hermes' voice deepened, and he added a sentence that did not belong to the ancient sun god's name:

“You are the God of humanity, the light of civilization, the sun that pierces the darkness.”

"I beg you to open the gates of your kingdom, and I beg you to give us the opportunity to go to your sanctuary."

"You don't need to add this. We are all here. He cannot turn us away no matter what. He loves pilgrims and also loves devout believers who die on the pilgrimage."

Medici whispered: "Forget it, I like to listen, and so does the big snake."

Hermes smiled and recited it twice more in a low voice. As the prayers fell, the sea of ​​clouds that separated the two mountain peaks instantly boiled and separated to the left and right sides, revealing a dark gap whose bottom could not be seen.

"But that is the Creator." Hermes sighed, "This is the awe of great beings and strong men. I also had a natural awe of ancient things and a worship mentality of powerful things, just like the ancient human beings. Totems are all powerful beasts. Of course, when I saw the one who fought the ancient gods, illuminated the earth, and opened up the human world, my faith in powerful beasts was suddenly shattered. I began to feel that I was stupid in the past. Why should I put my hope in the beasts and look up to them? I should be focusing on humans themselves."

"Actually, humans are just like that, and beasts are just like that."

"You have special feelings for humans, that's because you are human. And I don't have a tribe, so everyone is the same."

Medici shook his head:

"I admire strength, but it doesn't mean you can follow him just by being strong. Anyway, I haven't seen anyone better than the Lord so far."

Ourolius said nothing.

Klein consciously did not intervene in the conversation between the two ancient angels. He observed the surrounding scenery and even felt a little dizzy - the scenery here was too shocking. If you didn't come with a purpose, it would be a perfect trip. en route.

The sea of ​​clouds floated, and the sea below still carried a soul-stirring spiritual power. The projection of the "Giant King's Court" on the opposite side suddenly attracted all the dusk light, causing them to rush forward, filling up the deep path directly in front. gap.

As a result, an orange-red light path appeared between the two mountain peaks in the misty sea of ​​clouds.

"It's time to go down."

At the same time that Medici said these words, Ourolius was already lowering his height and reached the top of the road of light almost instantly. Hermes jumped down, and Medici also grabbed Klein and jumped down. Klein was unable to resist, and the clothes on his body made noise.

Then, Ourolius glanced at them, bit his own tail, turned into a giant snake, and disappeared from the dream.

Medici waved his hand in the air:

"See you in Silver City!"

Klein reflexively raised his hand, and then slowly lowered it.

He suddenly worried about one thing - did Ourolius help him because he saw something on the "menu of destiny" like Will, and was prepared to pay some price in advance, and then get something in the future?

If it was something else, that would be fine. If it was Will who had to pay, then Klein would really feel like he was being bought and sold again.

But if you think about it carefully, Will is not Klein's property, nor is he his subordinate. Instead, Klein always finds a way to curry favor with Will to earn some paper cranes and "restart" charms. The transaction between the two is a normal and reliable one. relationship, there is no subordination relationship that “can be given”.

The road formed at dusk seemed unable to carry anything, but after the three of them landed on it, they did not continue to fall and were as stable as walking on the earth.

"Let's enjoy this place. I don't know if I can go down this road again in the future."

Medici held Klein by his back collar and put him on the ground, led him forward, and said in a relaxed mood:

"In the third era, this place was ten thousand times more magnificent than it is now."

"At that time, the city-states built by half-giants, half-elves and humans were spread along the coastline, controlling the sky and the sea. There were always sailing ships sailing on the vast sea, transporting seafood and supplies."

"The dragon that surrenders will soar in the sky. Those who don't surrender will have their legs cut off and be shackled to fly forever until they die."

Now everything has changed.

This time, Hermes didn't say anything. They took Klein step by step closer to the magnificent "Giant King's Court" projection, looking around from time to time to enjoy the beautiful scenery.

Klein felt his ancient scholar's potion slowly digesting. Walking on the sea of ​​clouds, stepping on the long bridge at dusk, and overlooking the mythical palace in the distance is a happy and refreshing thing.

Not long after, they arrived at the projection of the "Giant King's Court" and stood in front of the tallest building.

This building has a spire on one side and a round tower on the other. The main entrance is more than ten meters long. It is mainly gray and blue and is full of symmetrical symbols, logos and patterns. It is the residence of the Giant King, the "Dark Angel" Sasili The place where you sleep.

Klein glanced at the dark hole on the left side of the door. He was roughly sure that the door in the dream could be opened without a key. Otherwise, the previous believers of the "True Creator" would not be able to pass through. After all, at that time, the correct key In the collection room of "Admiral Iceberg".

"As long as we push this door open, we can enter the 'Eastern Continent', otherwise we will be seen by the guy behind the door."

Medici took out the "Creeping Hunger" from his pocket and threw it to Klein: "We won't open the door, we will go directly."

Klein put on his gloves, and a faint blue, illusory door with no sense of substance appeared in the corner of the gray-blue door.

Then Medici took two steps and passed through the illusory door.

Well, there are no useless extraordinary abilities, only useless extraordinary people... If you open the door directly, you will be watched... by whom? It might have been the "True Creator", but who is it now? This is His sanctuary, His kingdom of God, so who else is there? ...Klein followed Medici closely and stepped into the slightly blurry blue door.

As soon as he passed, he immediately felt like the world was spinning, and even his spirit seemed to be torn apart.

When the abnormality disappeared and his condition recovered, Klein found himself on a beach illuminated by dusk light.

The gravel and stones here are all black, and the dark blue water waves come from afar, hitting the edge layer by layer, but there is no sound of the tide as it should.

They are quiet, like a grand illusion show.

This sea is illusory... You will appear here when you come in, but it is probably not the case when you leave... According to the principle of reciprocity, if you want to leave, you can only open the Giant King's residence where the "Dark Angel" Sasril is sleeping? Klein passively turned his head in confusion and looked in another direction. There was a mountain peak bathed in dusk, with countless palaces, countless towers and layers of majestic city walls frozen on it.

When Medici said "will be seen", did he mean being seen by the "Dark Angel"?

This is the "Court of the Giants" in myths and legends.

"I really miss it."

Just when Klein was shocked by what he saw, Hermes said softly: "I didn't expect that one day I would be able to come back here."

"This is probably the last time."

Medici turned around, glanced sideways at the magnificent Giant King City, and pushed Klein and Hermes forward:

"When you go back out, be quieter."

"Don't break these things - these are precious cultural relics!"

TBC

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Good night!