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"His Majesty, the Shore Keeper, Rast."

Chapter 207 Brother Rust, Long Time No See (Two in One)

The cold mechanical sound made Last slightly dazed.

Then, he saw a pure white light suddenly shining in the dark library.

All the lights came on at the same time, bright and hot.

just like--

It's like welcoming back an old friend who has been gone for hundreds of years.

"Oh my god, what a big commotion!"

Dean Yin broke free from Last's arms, jumped onto his shoulder, and looked around with his ruby-like eyes.

The big, furry, snow-white tail stood up slightly, with a hint of vigilance.

As the holder of the unique long-order sequence "Moon", Dean Yin may appear lazy and not like to use his brain much on weekdays, but with the blessing of the sequence, his spiritual intuition is extremely powerful.

Since entering this mechanical spire, Dean Yin's spiritual intuition has been giving warnings all the time.

It was as if there was something extremely powerful in this tower, even enough to threaten Dean Yin's life.

This dangerous spiritual intuition made Dean Yin subconsciously put on a defensive posture, ready to take Last and run away immediately if the situation changed at all.

There was no other way. I was smuggled in by this guy. If Last died, I would not be able to return to the real world, so I had to save this guy's life at all costs.

However, facing the extremely alert Dean Yin, Last just reached out and stroked its soft fur, allowing it to gradually calm down from its panting state.

"It's fine."

He spoke softly, "I can sense that this place, this tower... has no ill will towards me."

As if to confirm his words.

The next moment, a crystal ripple suddenly appeared in the air in front of the man and the mink.

Immediately afterwards, a hazy curtain of light appeared before their eyes.

This seems to be some kind of projection technology, but it is more sci-fi and advanced than the current projection. It does not even require a physical screen as a carrier, but can directly display clear images in the void.

"Welcome to the Watchtower two hundred years from now."

There was an ethereal female voice, echoing throughout the empty and deserted library.

The girl's voice was pleasant, like the sound of wind chimes at night.

And Rast will never forget the name of the owner of this voice.

There was only one woman with such a voice, past or present, in the night world or in the real world—Last knew only one.

Gray.

Two hundred years ago, after the farewell by the Broken Coast, he once again heard the voice of the gray-haired girl whom he had given a name.

"Long time no see, Brother Rust."

"And - nice to meet you, Dean Yin..."

"Although I've never met you in person, I've heard Brother Luster mention you. He said you're a ferret that can speak human language and loves to act maliciously cute."

The light curtain was still distorting, and no clear entity appeared.

But the girl's voice, as gentle and pleasant as a wind chime, spread out along with the ripples.

Luster listened to Gray's voice calmly, but over his shoulder, Dean Silver's eyes widened.

It had never expected that this girl from the Sixth Epoch, among the echoes of history, would actually recognize it.

"It's a pity that we can only meet each other through a recording, Brother Last, even though we haven't seen each other for two hundred years..."

"Although I know from the glimpse of the future that you, Brother Last, will return to this world with Dean Yin—"

"But by that time, I will probably no longer be here, but will have disappeared from the entire world."

The girl's voice carried a hint of joy at reunion, but also a touch of sadness.

"I know that at this moment—"

"Brother Rast must have a lot of confusion and puzzlement in his heart."

"There are countless mysteries and hidden vortexes hidden within you. It is precisely to unravel these mysteries that you have returned here again after more than two hundred years..."

"So, let me solve these mysteries and confusions for Brother Rast."

"Those things about your origin, Brother Last, Canaan, Deep Blue Harbor, the 'Artificial Angel Project', and—"

"The truth about Amys."

Gray's clear and pleasant voice paused for a moment.

The originally ethereal voice was now filled with unspeakable pain and struggle.

"even if……"

"I made a lot of irreparable mistakes in the process."

"Brother Luster, I don't mind if you resent me for this."

……

The originally blurry and distorted light curtain suddenly began to ripple with an inaudible layer.

Then, the originally hazy picture slowly condensed and turned into a clear entity.

The image displayed on the light curtain was a huge map - the middle page of the Sixth Epoch, the territory of the Western Continent.

"Brother Rast, your and Leader Sissel's guesses and assumptions are not wrong."

"For a long time after the Battle of the Broken Coast, the entire world was devoid of living, legendary creatures that could walk the earth."

"The Shore Guardians and the remaining humans also took this opportunity to gain a precious respite."

On the continental map within the light curtain, red and blue spots and lines outlined a clear and distinct contour.

The blue represents the gathering place of humans, while the red represents the activity area of ​​the Iron Cross and the Beast Tide.

As Gray explained... one could see with the naked eye that the blue light spot on the map was expanding rapidly.

It broke free from its extremely sparse and tiny existence, and was almost completely swallowed up by the red area. It grew and developed rapidly, and in a very short period of time, it developed to the point where it could compete with the red light spots.

"Brother Luster, the knowledge you left behind in the 'Fool's Library' is a treasure that transcends entire eras."

"It allowed human civilization at that time to completely avoid the risk of trial and error, and instead directly utilize this knowledge, embarking on the fast track of rapid development of civilization."

"Now that I think about it, this knowledge, which was two hundred years ahead of the Steam Age, actually came from another time and space, right? It must have come from the future, right?"

Gray's voice paused slightly: "It's a pity that I didn't notice it at the time."

On the light curtain, the map outlined by the red and blue light spots is still changing.

Soon, the blue light spots that were originally on the verge of extinction quickly counterattacked the red light spots. The red areas representing the Iron Cross and the beast tide were quickly compressed and occupied, and became the lagging and beaten side.

This situation is exactly the same as when humans were oppressed by the Iron Cross and the beast tide and were unable to breathe - only this time, the situations of both sides are completely reversed.

"About ten years after the Battle of the Broken Coast, a new king emerged from the Iron Cross tribe, ascending to the legendary rank of Iron Cross King."

"And from the beast tide of the deep sea, a new forbidden creature finally emerged."

"Almost at the same time, I also reached the legendary level."

Gray's voice sounded calmly.

"It was another legendary war following the Battle of the Broken Coast... a war between races that would ultimately determine the fate of the entire Sixth Epoch and the future ownership of the continent."

"And the final result of the war is that humans won—"

"I killed the King of the Iron Cross and the newly born forbidden creature from the deep-sea beasts."

"And these two greatest threats to humanity during the Dark Ages were quickly eliminated in the following decades and completely withdrew from the stage of history."

Gray's description was very flat and uneventful throughout.

It's simply... as easy as crushing an ant.

However, looking at the map, a fierce and deadly battle broke out between the azure light and the bright red light.

However, Last could fully imagine how brutal the battle that Gray had downplayed was.

As the only powerful person in the entire human race who had the potential to break through the legendary level, Grey must have been racing against time at that time.

She must surpass the new king of the Iron Cross, the forbidden creature of the deep-sea beast tide—and break through the legend before it's too late.

And if Grey's breakthrough had been delayed, everything would have been ruined.

Only legends can fight legends. Without the protection of legends, human civilization, no matter how prosperous it is, will be vulnerable in front of true legendary creatures and will be crushed to pieces.

And everything that the entire Shore Watch organization insisted on, the sacrifice of leader Cecil... all of this will become a dream.

This is not a fair competition.

Whether it is the new king born from the Iron Cross tribe or the forbidden creatures in the deep sea, they have already existed for hundreds of years. All they lack is the final push to break through the legend.

But Grey is different.

She was only in her twenties when she broke through to the legendary level. The accumulation of her short life was undoubtedly much less than that of her enemies.

The only thing that supports Gray in breaking through the legend is the belief and persistence in her heart - and the ideal of being a "shore guardian".

However, the good news is.

In the end, Grey won.

She survived the Second Legendary Battle, a battle no less brutal than the Battle of the Broken Shore.

Since then, the entire human civilization has been completely free and has a vast world with unlimited freedom.

"In the years since, utilizing the scientific knowledge from the future that you, Brother Last, left behind, human civilization has flourished."

"Those were golden years, like being bathed in light."

"It's as if I've fulfilled the oath I made when I became a shorekeeper, fulfilled the last wish of Leader Cecil, and fulfilled the promise I made to you, Brother Rust."

"only--"

Gray's voice paused again.

"As the heir of the 'Fool's Library,' I have never forgotten the information contained within—the judgment from Heaven, the so-called end of the era."

"Even if human civilization flourishes, flourishing and flourishing...if we cannot survive the catastrophe at the end of the era, then everything will be in vain."

"So, after I broke through to Legendary, the Second Legendary War ended, and the Human Federation was truly fully established on the continent, I became the hands-off manager."

"I transferred most of my power as the leader of the Shore Guardians to my subordinates in the Shore Guardians organization and the government agencies of the Human Federation... I almost stopped caring about worldly affairs. I devoted my whole body and mind to the process of cultivation and meditation."

"I've looked at examples of civilizations that collapsed in past eras and discovered that both the wizard civilization of the Second Era and the virtual world civilization of the Fourth Era boasted numerous legendary figures at their peak... However, this didn't prevent these civilizations from being destroyed by the era's end."

"So, at that time, I thought that all this was because the Legendary rank was not strong enough—"

"Perhaps if I can advance further and reach the eighth level of the Angelic Realm, I'll be able to accomplish things that even the human civilization of the Old Era couldn't...protecting the entire civilization from the catastrophe of the End of the Era and reversing the fate of countless generations of shore guardians."

Last could feel that Gray was smiling at herself at this moment.

"Thinking about it now, I was really stupid and ridiculous back then."

"From the Age of Gods to the present, a full six epochs, hundreds of thousands of years—how is it possible that during this period, no human has ever reached a higher level than Legend, becoming an Angel?"

"The simplest example is the creator of the 'Fool's Library' and the 'Gravekeeper,' the nameless fool of the First Age."

"And the first generation Morigishi who stole the fire... They must have all reached the eighth level and become powerful angels."

"However, even these ancient angels are still trapped in the vortex of fate, unable to break free—"

Her voice paused slightly.

"Sorry, the topic seems to have gone a little off track."

"Anyway, after nearly a hundred years of hard training and ignoring the world outside... a few years ago, I finally broke through to the Legend level and became an Angel."

Gray gave a bitter smile. "Every transcendent, upon reaching the eighth level and becoming an angel, will gain a unique and limited ability unique to that sequence. This is the ultimate trump card of every angel and mythical creature."

"As an angel of destiny, the power I have gained is three chances to 'make a wish to destiny.'"