Quit the team, then picked up a beautiful girl with problems

The top of this giant tree in the heart of the island is a platform formed by the upward-growing branches squeezed together. Combined with the dust that covered the sky of Newbis over time, plants grew in it and accumulated water, it became the habitat we have today.

This is a small, lively lake with many small fish swimming around. There are lush aquatic plants on the bottom of the water, and of course there are narrow crevices in the dark.

An Dasu usually behaves in a reckless manner, and Li Ang is afraid that she may go too far.

But if you think about it carefully, this guy is just reckless in some things. If he is not brave and careful, it will be difficult for him to handle extreme situations like airship racing.

Li Ang said little and cast a spell to cover everyone with a breathing mask.

"Come on, let's get in the water together."

"what?"

While the others were feeling the air mask that looked like a space helmet, Dorothy acted as if she didn't want to swim.

"Then you use the flower vines to pull us on the water surface so that we can float up if something goes wrong." Li Ang said.

Although nothing serious will happen, this is also a way for her to save face.

"alright."

"How far can your vines extend?" Leon asked.

He had privately asked about some situations of the Magic Flower before, and through spiritual vision observation, he knew that the vines were not a large mass parasitic on her body. In fact, the main body of the Magic Flower was only in the area behind her waist, similar to a bulb. Those proliferating vines were all grown rapidly by them drawing magic power from the magic dimension. This kind of monster was so unreasonable.

So, theoretically, if she has enough magic power, she can extend very long vines.

"I haven't tried it since I got the Blossom of Flourish," thought Dorothy, "but it should be several dozen meters."

"That's enough. Let's go down first."

"Great."

Dorothy stepped onto the inflatable boat that Leon had rowed, deliberately showing off her charming figure and lowering her chin to him.

Li Ang took the waist bag he had just given her, rolled his eyes at her, put it around his waist, and turned around to prepare to dive with the other three.

"Brother, I, I can't go down." Alulu said hesitantly. Her body size would indeed cause greater resistance in the water.

"Come."

Li Ang reached out and held her chubby little hand, and Alulu immediately followed with a smile.

"Wait, I want one too." Zoe grabbed for the other hand.

But because this was the devil's arm, she was afraid of grabbing the thorns, so her hands were slow, and Andasu's palm with slender and distinct knuckles had already grasped it first.

"you!"

Seeing that things were getting urgent again, Li Baang quickly grabbed her as well.

"let's go."

With the power of the demon arm, it's okay to hold both of them.

Even so, he had to control the water flow to help him dive, otherwise he wouldn't be able to exert any force at all. To use magic to solve this problem, he had to think about how to write the spell pattern, but now he had a new way thanks to the Material Grimoire.

The three of them were happy to be led by her, especially with the air masks. When the sunlight on the water disappeared and the scenery switched to a vibrant water world, they held Li Ang's hands tightly and laughed.

The laughter of the beautiful girls in swimsuits was transmitted through the air mask and then into the water, which made it sound distorted, but that kind of happiness was also transmitted to Li Ang's heart.

so good.

He smiled and controlled the water flow, and everyone dived into the deep water crevice that Andasu pointed out.

Here, about ten meters away, the surrounding water was already dim and without light. Alulu threw out a ball of holy light to illuminate the gap, and among the water plants, several rune stones immediately revealed their shapes.

Sure enough, there is a large rune stone somewhere deep enough.

Everyone picked up the stones and put them into their pockets.

There are five pieces here. I didn’t expect to get such a harvest. Li Ang felt relieved.

There was something next to the rune stone. Leon waved his hand, and everyone pulled the water plants and removed them, revealing what they were covering.

From the outside, it has sharp edges and corners, just like the corners of a building.

Could it be the remains of some ancient ruins?

262. Ancient Fate

If it is an ancient relic, it would be very strange. For example, the ruins under the ground of Satus Island were flattened and cut into pieces in some kind of battle, and then merged with some rocks in the sky to form that situation.

Kamusema Island already existed before Diana arrived, and because Leviathan fell here, it accumulated sufficient water elements. She created grass and forests here, and this tree came into being.

Did Diana bring this thing?

Li Ang tried to touch these runes and ritual relics to see how the system would judge them.

[Hint: The Creation Equation [Fractional] has been discovered and is temporarily blocked. You can collect it only after its integrity is released.]

blockade?

He used the system panel to check the specific properties of these things.

Ancient Debris

They are made of some strange materials, which are forged by the flames of the Eternal Furnace. They have a toughness second only to refined source materials, but they shatter under the mighty power. However, the power within them still operates according to a certain pattern.

Unsure what would happen if he forcibly destroyed or moved the vehicle, Leon asked Zoe, "Can you call Diana over?"

The sound was like a buzzing sound through the water. He said it twice. Zoe understood it and changed into a fairy posture. Her white and tender feet stepped on the lush water plants and teleported away.

Not long after, she reappeared at the bottom of the water holding Diana's hand. The latter was actually the incarnation of a plant, and she didn't even need an air mask, and could swim freely in the water.

Seeing the prism with runes carved on it among the water plants, Diana was stunned at first, and then revealed a complicated look.

She made a few noises in the water. Zoe nodded and pointed upwards, motioning for everyone to go to the surface to talk.

Everyone floated to the surface, and Dorothy used flower vines to place their swimming rings in front of them, and the girls climbed up one by one.

Seeing them coming out of the water, Farina curiously came over, holding the rabbit in her arms, and rowed over in a small boat. She was using a foldable portable speedboat made by Kangtan, which was specially designed for adventurers to cross water.

After catching her breath, Zoe began to relay Diana's words.

"Little Diana said this was her former guardian."

"Guardians?" Dorothy asked in surprise. "What on earth have you discovered?"

"What does guardian mean?" Leon asked. "Is it some kind of machine, or an autonomous creature?"

Zoe relayed the question, but Diana couldn't express herself clearly this time and waved her hands, leaving Zoe at a loss.

"W-What do you mean? What do you mean I didn't expect it to be asleep forever? Don't cry."

The celestial girl seemed to be possessed by a complex web of thoughts, her usual ethereal aura now obscured by her tearful expression. However, this Star Soul might have been born with flaws, or perhaps, simply because she was the embodiment of an unconscious forest, she possessed a few flaws in terms of human intelligence.

Seeing that she couldn't understand, Yueyintu, who had half-closed his eyes, sighed and said, "Let me explain."

It pricked up its ears and twitched them, saying, "It's been too long since the time when the Star Souls roamed the skies. Countless generations have passed since the mortals came and went, and we've long since lost sight of the grand spectacle of the Star Souls' patrols."

These words immediately attracted everyone's attention, especially Zoe. She resonated with the power of the Star Soul, and when it came to understanding the nature of these beings, perhaps no one here understood it better than her.

But they obviously have some hidden messages, or like Diana, they can't express it. Star souls are not like humans. If they live long, they may try to stir up trouble or establish some power that will last for thousands of years. They just remain silent, waiting for something.

Unlike humans, they don't like to recall and talk about their glory, so Zoe is curious about their past, but knows nothing about it.

Aqua slowly described the existence that once surrounded the Star Soul.

Magical rune warships or mechas would lead the way at the front of the team, acting as vanguards while also pulling the chariots carrying the star souls. The star souls could take humanoid or beastly form, surrounded by massive mechanical magical rune devices that amplified the star soul's power, generating defensive shields and energy attacks.

And this was only the core of the fleet. In the outer skies, countless rune guards guarded the fleet. These guards seemed oblivious to anything other than their own missions, their sole purpose being to protect the star souls or to follow their will and charge forward.

Leon thought, if he could see the panel, it seemed that all these things should be classified under the category of servants. Just like what the Water Dragon said, even the top monsters are somewhat inferior. Perhaps only the Six World-Destroying Strikes can be compared.

In ancient times, Star Soul did not fight alone, but had a complete set of arrays to match it.

The girls listened intently, but Diana had a look of melancholy on her face.

Zoe noticed Leon's gaze and asked.

Diana shook her head slowly, telling the girl what she was thinking.

"You say they are pitiful?"

This made everyone a little puzzled, but Li Ang seemed to have grasped something.

Ever since he set out from Satus Island, ancient things have continued to appear, and the Guardian of the Furnace of Creation sounds similar to the Star Soul Guardian. Could it be that they are both—

"After all, that's something the Deus people refined with their souls," said Yueyintu.

"soul?!"

The girls each made sounds with different meanings.

Zoe and Dorothy were simply surprised, while Andasu shrank back into the water in fear, leaving only half of her face exposed. Thinking that the thing was under the water, she immediately surfaced, not knowing what to do, and could only swim behind Leon.

Alulu frowned. The opposite camp to her was those evil people who liked to sacrifice souls or directly study matters related to the soul.

Leon groped his demonic arm. Soul? Newbis was actually different from some of the fantasy worlds he'd seen on Earth. While there were extraordinary powers here, the soul was a concept, not a substance.

All things have spirituality, spirituality attracts magic, magic interferes with matter, and matter nourishes all things. Wisdom comes from the complexity of spirituality. After a life with complex spirituality dies, there is a probability that the spirituality will not dissipate, lose control, and use magic to form a semi-material body - this is the origin of Newbiss's ghost.

The undead are the spirits that remain in the original body. Ghosts and the undead are collectively called the dead.

In any culture, people have witnessed these beings and thus have come up with the concept of souls, and in most cases the word refers to ghosts.

In the habitat of all spirits that Leon had visited, there were a large number of spirits that had not dispersed. They remained in Newbis in a special way, mostly by self-selection. They looked the same as the undead, but were actually completely different. Leon once thought that it was the place that best fit the scenario described by the concept of soul.

However, the guard of the Furnace of Creation surprised him.

If the creator of Star Soul has a connection with it, it is possible that he would create something similar.

After Yueyintu grasped the key point, Diana finally knew where to start the story.

Zoe said, "Little Diana said that these guards were once powerful warriors or monsters. After being captured, they were transformed into warriors with only the will to protect the star soul."

"Transformed..." Dorothy exclaimed.

Leon understood the feeling of half-elves. This term was mostly used by alchemists, but there were actually very few talented people among them. Most of them gathered in the Holy City or Thousand Tower City. There were mostly swindlers in other places.

Dorothy had studied in Qianta City, but after moving to Spark Harbor, she likely encountered a large number of these scammers. Leon had seen many of these shops while shopping in Spark Harbor, some even claiming to offer services like beauty treatments or rejuvenation. Living there, she must have seen many people fall for them.

So for her, this word already has a complex meaning, and now it involves extremely high-level power, which makes her even more touched.

Leon's opinion was that this single word encompassed the Deus people's ability to manipulate spirits. They could actually capture the spirits in humans and monsters and transform them into some kind of creation. This completely exceeded the understanding of a sorcerer with an incomplete heritage like him.

Diana went on to say that after the "war", all the guards assigned to her were destroyed, but the sky no longer needed star souls. She followed the advice of Baal and other star souls, found an island to build a star palace to live in, and waited for the "right time".

And her giant incarnation of the flower goddess, whose skirt was once as big as the earth, was now equipped with rune armor, which was connected to different rune guards. These guards were of course almost destroyed, but some rune devices were still attached to her when she came to this island.

Those devices and guards were silent at the time, so she didn't care. After they merged into the land with her, no one knew where they were buried on the island.

She herself didn't know that a part of it was trapped in the gaps between the branches of the most vigorous tree on the island, and the inner power had not yet dissipated.

As soon as she approached, she felt that there was a guard's soul among them. It had accumulated power for tens of millions of years and just wanted to reorganize itself with the surrounding materials to protect her again.

"In that case, what should we do?" Zoe was at a loss.

She couldn't think so much. Li Ang knew at a glance that this girl simply thought that Diana was a good person, so her guards must also be "good people".

Although she was not so naive as to call the guard to play house, she could not think of a way to deal with it.

But Li Ang is different. He wants the creation equation from this guard.

So he asked Diana, "What do you think of it?"

Diana still looked melancholy. She was silent for a long time before she said that she had always found them painful.

Li Ang, or the people of this era, cannot imagine the scenes of ancient times. Using the terms used in some previous works, it can even be called the "Age of Gods."

Therefore, he could not understand the true nature of those guards. Were they just bodies that had been refined and performed actions according to a program, or were they poor people who were constantly being tortured?

But either way, there seems to be a way.

"Help it out."

As soon as Leon said this, Diana trembled all over.

The girls didn't say anything for a moment, but Farina smiled, as if she was not surprised by what Leon would say.

Zoe was a little hesitant. She was mainly worried that Diana would be sad.

However, to her surprise, Diana agreed.

"She said, 'I didn't expect there was a guard who wanted to fight for me for so long, but it's all over now, and he doesn't have to fight anymore.'"

The atmosphere was a little silent, and it was Li Ang who broke the silence first.